Meanwhile, in the USA. . .

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