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- Our foreign policy changed when Pearl harbor was bombed
- Between World War I and World War II the U.S. believed we could avoid getting into a war by isolating ourselves.
- Before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor the U.S. began helping Great Britain more and more.
- U.S. was supplying Great Britain and others fighting against Germany with war supplies.
- Arsenal of Democracy (continued)
- Powers of the President increase during a war!
- It is important that the President has a great deal of authority for making decisions.
- Specific Powers that increased:
- Chief Diplomat (Negotiator)
- Remember:
- F.D.R. died soon after being re-elected in 1944
- Reasons for dropping the bombs:
- Plus… one bombing raid on Tokyo killed more Japanese than either Atomic bomb
- 2. Another reason - we would be sending a clear message to Russia and the rest of the world to watch out. This show of force might have prevented a war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. after WWII.
- Domestic Issues during WW II
- Japanese Americans were put into internment camps during WW II
- Election during a war:
- Women gained opportunities during WW II
- Women proved they could do “men’s” work. They used this for leverage in opening occupations to them later.
- Rationing
- Patriotism
- After the war the men returned home, got married, and built homes in the Suburbs.
- The End
- Slide 25
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