Chapter 6-The impact of the Second World War Flashcards
What was the cash and carry plan?
How britain and france starting buying US weapons warships and planes however Germany then defeated france and britain was left alone
What was the lend lease deal?
Instead of selling weapons, america would lend britain weapons
How did america stop isolationism?
They supported britain’s war against germany
What happened between America and Japan?
Japan started to invade many of its surrounding countries such as china because japan was a small country and wanted food and raw materials. Because of this FDR vowed not to sell any oil or steel to japan and this angered the japanese as america was where they got most of their oil and steel from
Because of this, japan planned a secret attack on the US ships ( it was bombed ) in pearl harbour this is because they thought it would take a year for the americans to recover their ships and during this time they could create an empire that the americans won’t be able to defeat.
Because of this Britain and America declared war on japan but then germany and italy (japan’s allies) declared war on america
What happened when america went to war?
Weapon making
The WPB was created to turn industries from peacetime work to war work. Companies and factories would build planes machine guns parachutes weapons and much more. The WPB made sure that all factories received the materials they needed.
Women
before women took jobs such as nursing or teaching but during war they took over men’s jobs and occupied a third of all americas jobs.
African americans
A civil rights campaigner organised a march to washington DC to protest about african american worker rights. The government feared of thousands of angry protestors so FDR promised to improve their working rights. Some africans americans were now working and some companies improved their policies about black workers
However during the war a million Af Ams fought in it but black sailors were only allowed to work in ship kitchens, black soldiers were not allowed to train as officers and the air force wouldn’t train black pilots at all.
However after, racial barriers started to break down, black people were now trained but could only lead black people and could now train as pilots. Also women could take on jobs as nurses but could only nurse black people
Who was rosie the riveter?
A fictional character that appeared in magazines posters and newspapers to encourage women to work in factories
She showed how women can be glamorous and work and the same time
