1. How the US remained neutral
   1. "Appeasement"
   2. Isolationism
      1. Germany is a counterweight to the S.U.
      2. Profitable markets overseas
         1. Ford's Company
         2. 80% of Jap. Oil comes from U.S.
      3. View that WWI was a mistake, so this is too
      4. Pacifism in colleges
   3. Neutrality Acts
2. What drew US into conflict?
   1. Pearl Harbor
   2. The US sort of "took sides" with Cash and Carry and Lend Lease Acts
   3. FDR was alarmed with Hitler's aggression
3. How did US mobilize for war?
   1. Office of War Information
   2. Automobile industries made tanks and other military vehicles
   3. Created W.P.B., W.M.C., and O.P.A.
      1. Allocation of labor, control shipping industry, manage quotas, and fix wages
   4. Went from "class taxation" to "mass taxation"
4. How did the war shape the behavior of US citizens (woman)
   1. Office of War Information encouraged woman to work with propaganda
   2. Hollywood Films depicted woman working happily
      1. Glorified the independent woman
   3. Rosie the Riveter
   4. Woman forced the United Auto Workers Union to confront equal pay, maternal leave, and child-care facilities
5. How did different ethnicities assist?
   1. Challenges?
      1. Mexicans were not segregated but still discriminated against
      2. Limited use of GI Bill for blacks
      3. Zoot suit riots
      4. Japanese Internment (Exec. Order 9066)
   2. Navajo Code Talkers
   3. Tuskegee Pilots