WW Two

"This neighbor told me that what we needed was a damn good war, and we'd solve our agricultural problems. And I said, 'Yes, but I'd hate to pay for it with my son. Which we did.' He weeps. 'It's too much of a price to pay.'"
"The war was fun for America. I'm not talking about the poor souls who lost sons and daughters. But for the rest of us, the war was a hell of a good time."
"The war changed our whole idea of how we wanted to live when we got back. We set our sights pretty high. All of us wanted better levels of living."
"Ours was the only country among the combatants in World War Two that was neither invaded not bombed. Ours were the only cities not blasted to rubble."








How to Quarantine Disease in an Isolationist Country:

I. Intro:
Abraham Lincoln Brigade


II. PEACE IN THE 1920s
A. Isolation
B. Washington Conference
C. Kellogg-Briand Pact
D. The Peace Movement

III. ISOLATION TO WAR
A. Isolationist Tension:
1. Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act (1934)
“Foreign markets must be regained if producers are to rebuild a full and enduring domestic prosperity.” (FDR)
2. Nye Committee
3. Neutrality Acts
FDR: “no state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another.”
4. Ludlow Amendment
B. Non-Belligerence:
1. Stockpile Act
2. Educational Orders Act
3. Civilian War Resources Board
4. Lend-Lease
5. The Atlantic Charter
C. War: Attack of Pearl Harbor





IV. War:
16 million men and women entered 1/8th in combat
33 months=average time of service