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U.S. Diplomacy in the Pacific before WWII by: Samantha Foster

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    The Great Depression

    During The Great Depression, the United States was economically at its all time low with unemployment rate at double digits.
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    Pacific Theatre

    Japan was considered to be the main territory that composed the Pacific theater in WWII. The European Theatre was considered to be made up of the U.S, Great Britain and other allies.
  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    Franklin D Roosevelt
    Roosevelt believed that if he did a better job working on relationships with foreign markets instead of messing them up, that he can pick up the pieces from the damage that crippled the US economy during The Great Depression. He tied The New Deal into his foreign policy.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    After getting into office in 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt launched a group of federal programs that were known as The New Deal.
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    Axis Powers

    Germany, Japan, and Italy join forces and sign an Anti-Comintern Pact. This, they thought was to show that they denounce Communism. This joined forced would be known as the Axis Powers.
  • Aid to Great Britain

    Aid to Great Britain
    The United States provided Military Aid to their allies Great Britain before entering and being a part of WWII.
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    The U.S Angers Japan

    The United States made Japan angry by cutting off all oil exports with Japan.
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    Lend-Lease

    The United States start a lend-lease program that allows the U.S to oil, food, and war tools to allies like Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
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    The United States Freeze Credit for Some

    The U.S Froze all German and Italian credit and a month later they do the same to Japan. These countries were known as the Axis countries and because of the freezing of their credit they were unable to withdrawal fund that were invested in U.S financial institutions.
  • A Great Change in War

    A Great Change in War
    There was a new law that was passed during the growing war, Executive Order 8802 that did not allow racial discrimination within the U.S national Defense Industry. In both theaters and factories that made military supplies in the U.S had African-Americans serving their country.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan and the United States could not come to an agreement making Japan more and more angry, therefore leading Japan to surprise attack the U.S at Pearl Harbor.