1. The US Enters WWII December 7, 1941 “A date which will live in infamy”

2. Remember… The US managed to stay out of WWII at first – Peacetime draft – Be ready for WWII

3. December 7, 1941 US entered WWII when Japan attacked navy fleet at Pearl Harbor – On the island of Oahu in Hawaii – Surprise attack Entering WWII ended the Great Depression

4. Pearl Harbor Japanese bombs: – Sank American ships – Destroyed planes – More than 2,300 American soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed USS Arizona More than 1, 100 individuals went down with the ship.

5. Roosevelt’s Reaction “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval air forces of the Empire of Japan” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74 fsE

6. End of the Great Depression Automobile companies stopped making cars – Started making tanks and military trucks Shipyards operated 24 hours a day – Quicker than Japan and Germany Airplane industry biggest industry in 1945 Gave Allies a major advantage in WWII

7. Relocation Camps Prisonlike camps in which Japanese Americans were held after the bombing of Pearl Harbor Executive Order #9066

8. Changing Roles during WWII

9. After the US entered the war… Women took over jobs men had filled “Rosie the Riveter” 350,000 women served in military during WWII Nurses, pilots, airplane operators, and mechanics

10. After WWII started… Rationing – limiting what Americans could buy, so that more supplies could be sent overseas Government coupons for butter, sugar, meat, heating oil, and even gasoline