Meanwhile, in the USA. . .
US Isolationism• Americans
wanted to stay out of Europe’s wars.
• FDR wanted to help Britain anyway
Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union..........................$11 billionFrance..................................$3 billionChina..................................$1.5 billion
Other European......................$500 millionSouth America.......................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941
U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941
Lend Lease Act
• FDR sent war materials to foreign countries.
KEY EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES…
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. America enters WWII.
December 7, 1941
ECONOMIC GAINS
• Unemployment fell to only 1.2% by 1944 and wages rose 35%
• Farmers too benefited as production doubled and income tripled
Internment campEXCUTIVE ORDER 9066
Allied Powers
• The Allies were the USA, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union (USSR). These are called the “big three.”
Internment of Japanese Americans
• USA was afraid if Japan were to attack the Pacific coast
• The Government ordered them to move to camps.
Strangely, Japanese Americans served in the Army
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
• Among the brave men who fought in Italy were pilots of the all-black 99th squadron – the Tuskegee Airmen
• The pilots made numerous effective strikes against Germany.
Women in workforce…
Rosie the Riveter
WOMEN JOIN THE FIGHT
• Under Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) program women worked in non-combat roles such as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, and pilots
Paying for the WarPaying for the War
Ration Books
ATOMIC BOMB DEVELOPED
• Japan had a huge army that would defend every inch of the Japanese mainland
• So Truman decided to use a powerful new weapon developed by
scientists working on the Manhattan Project – the Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos,
NM 1942
The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos,
NM 1942
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
I am become death,
the shatterer of worlds!
I am become death,
the shatterer of worlds!
Major GeneralLesley R. Groves
Little Boy Fat Man Enola Gay
FDR DIES; TRUMAN PRESIDENT
• President Roosevelt did not live to see V-E Day• On April 12, 1945, he suffered a stroke and died– his VP Harry S Truman became the nation’s 33rd president