1. What was required by the Neutrality Acts ? Did they succeed in keeping the US neutral

1. What was required by the Neutrality Acts? Did they succeed in keeping the US neutral

2. Why did Roosevelt ask Congress to pass the Lend Lease Act?

3. What was the relationship between Japan and the US before the attack on Pearl Harbor?

4. How much did President Roosevelt consider American public opinion when deciding how to respond to the conflict in Europe?

5. Why did he need to consider public opinion at all?

DECEMBER 8, 1941

JEANNETTE RANKIN

SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT - 1940

G I ’ S

WAR PRODUCTION War Related Production

1939 = 2% 1944 = 44%

M-1 Carbine 0 in 1941 1945 – 6 mil.

161,000/mo. Liberty Ships

200 days 40days

WAR PRODUCTION By mid-1945 the U.S. had produced

300,000 airplanes 80,000 landing craft 100,000 tanks 5,600 merchant vessels 6,000,000 rifles 41,000,000,000 rounds of ammunition

WORKFORCE

AFRICAN AMERICAN MIGRATION ≈ 700,000 left the south

North & West Washington Pop. ↑ 35.3%

b/w 1940-45

FINANCE

CARS BICYCLES GAS FUEL OILS & KEROSINE STOVES RUBBER SHOES SUGAR COFFEE PROCESSED FOODS

MEATS & CANNED FISH

CHEESE & CANNED MILK

FATS TYPEWRITERS NYLONS TIRES

VICTORY GARDENS

RECYCLING Cans Tires Pots & Pans Razor Blades Old Shovels Old Lip-Stick tubes TOTAL

WAR

ASSIGNMENT(SORRY)

C18s1 DO:

1-4 ALL KEY TERMS (PICT. DICT.)