1940s

• How did America support allies in 1939?

  Lend-Lease Act where FDR sent $700m.
• When did the USA join the war?

  1941 after Japan attacked pearl harbor.
• What was the WPB?


  War Production Board made in 1942- many jobs.
• Employment?


  In 1942 4m had found jobs
• African Americans?


  African American soldiers and pilots but were still discriminated.

  War against hitler made society question racism.
• What is the NAACP?

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People