From Isolation to Mobilization Pgs 817 821 826

From Isolation to Mobilization Pgs. 817 - 821, 826 - 831

Isolationism - U. S. Congress signed a series of neutrality acts - U. S. could sell nonmilitary goods to countries who could pay cash

- Lend-Lease Act: allowed FDR to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor - located in Hawaii - served as home to the U. S. Navy Pacific Fleet - December 7, 1941 - 180 Japanese warplanes attacked - 2, 400 Americans killed; 1, 200 wounded - 200 American warplanes damaged or destroyed - 18 warships sunk or heavily damaged - Japan lost only 29 planes

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

United States Declares War - FDR declares Dec. 7, “a date which will live in infamy” - Congress passed a war resolution Dec. 8, 1941

Mobilization - Selective Training and Service Act: required all males (ages 18 to 36) to register for military service - Becomes known as “the draft”

The GI War - More than 16 million Americans served as soldiers, sailors, and aviators - Nearly 1 million African Americans joined the war - Units were kept segregated - 350, 000 women also volunteered

Office of War Mobilization - - Centralized the production and shipments of resources for the war Consumer goods factories were converted to war production - Ford Motor Company began making B-24 bombers - Liberty ships were made to ship supplies or troops