Destroyer for Bases Deal
Exchange US Destroyer (anti-submarine ships) for British Naval bases around world.
Four Freedoms Speech
FDR’s speech to Congress in Jan. 1941 describing the threat of the Axis Powers
Atlantic Conference
Between FDR and British PM Winston Churchill where they agreed on their objectives in a post WWII world: self determination, no territorial expansion, free trade
Self-determination
A country’s ability to be autonomous
No Strike for Closed Shop Pledge
Deal struck between labor and business in order to maintain war production
Anti-inflation act
allowed President to freeze prices and wages, set rations.
Revenue Act of 1942
created new high tax brackets – highest income brackets taxed at 88% to pay for cost of war
Victory Gardens
Program encouraged by government in order to send needed commercial food to the war effort
Ultra and Magic
Intelligence code breaking programs by American and British
Korematsu v. United States
Ruling affirming Japanese internment
Code Talkers
Native American radio operators that sent encrypted messages in the field
Braceros Program
Government program working with Mexican government to recruit Mexican labor workers in the farm industry
Zoot Suit Riots
Racial tension between white communities (include naval servicemen on leave) and Mexican populations that led to violence
Detroit Race Riots
Racial tension between white communities and African American populations resulting from the Greta Migration
Double V Campaign
Movement that called upon African Americans to support victory over America’s foreign enemies and victory over racism in the United States.
Wacs and Waves
Army and Navy women in non-combat service