USA IN WORLD WAR II. Lend-Lease Act 1.When WW II began, the USA was neutral. 2.In 1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. a.It allowed the USA to sell/loan.

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USA IN WORLD WAR II

Lend-Lease Act 1.When WW II began, the USA was neutral. 2.In 1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. a.It allowed the USA to sell/loan weapons to any country helping defend the USA. b.USA’s factories became busy!

Suppose my neighbor's home catches fire, and I have a length of garden hose four or five hundred feet away. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his hydrant, I may help him to put out his fire...I don't say to him before that operation, "Neighbor, my garden hose cost me $15; you have to pay me $15 for it."... I don't want $15--I want my garden hose back after the fire is over. - President Franklin Roosevelt, 1941

Mobilization 1.Over 15 million Americans served in the military during the war. 2.America had to mobilize! a.Factories shifted to making war supplies. b.Families began rationing items. c.Families planted victory gardens. d.Unemployment ended. Factories needed workers. Many women began working in factories.

Japanese-Americans 1.After Pearl Harbor many people did not trust Japanese-Americans. 2.FDR ordered the army to move Japanese- Americans onto “relocation camps.” 3.110,000 were moved. 4.The camps were surrounded by barbed wire.

We Can Do It by J. Howard Miller

Rosie the Riveter by Norman Rockwell

Saturday Evening Post, May 1943