·      FDR proposed the Lend-Lease Bill in 1940 but it was not passed until March of 1941

·      Had the goal of delivering US military assistance to foreign countries for WWII

·      Gave the president power to provide US troops to any country that he deemed important, basically any country that has defense that connects directly with the safety and protection of America

·      “The act permitted the United States to support its war interests without being overextended in battle.”

·      Passing this bill brought the US even closer to entering into WWII

·      US enters war in 1941, but we were providing troops and supplies aid to our allies in 1940 to help them

·      Most of the troops and supplies were shipped to the UK as well as some other nations fighting against Germany and Japan

·      FDR wanted to help the countries that didn’t have enough power, money, or supplies to put up a fair fight against the Germans

o   By helping these less powerful countries counter attack the Germans, FDR was trying to prevent the Germans from expanding further across Europe. Although providing aid didn’t directly help the US, it would in the long run if that meant preventing Germany from world domination

·      This program was not entirely supported or very popular among the Americans

o   They didn’t like the idea of shipping our supplies and losing lives of our troops for a war that we hadn’t even entered yet.

·      In 1940 the US made a deal with the British where we gave them weapons and supplies in return for land leases and claims to land in the Newfoundland and Caribbean

·      Countries, especially the British, were not able to pay the US back immediately because their economies were suffering from war time

o   So a deal was proposed that we would “lend” them the supplies they needed and in return they would eventually pay us back

o   However, the returned payments were not focused on money, but instead supplies and lands

·      This program idea began with the UK but we would eventually give the same deal to many other countries in need of assistance fighting in the war

o   This also strengthened our allies

·      The Lend-Lease program provided extreme resistance against the Germans

Source: http://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm

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http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/history_of_labor_unions.html 

-       The main point was to promote the fight for democracy for African American

-       Democracy could not be reached with how bad the segregation was getting 

-       The V in the slogan is important because it stands for “victory” especially victory over aggression, slaver, and tyranny. The second v represent the victory specifically to African Americans representing the victory of getting freedom 

-       It originally appeared in the African American newspaper Pittsburgh Courier saying that segregation and discrimination reached a point where it was no longer tolerable 

-        it became became well known with the response letter “should I sacrifice to live “half American?” written by James G Thompson 

-       It highlighted the risks African Americans need to take in order to live while in the military to campaign against axis powers

-       Even though African Americans I gain the ability to fight in war, they still had minimal jobs such as being a cook 

-       They fought for equal job opportunities 

-       Axis powers were powers that denied their rights as citizens 

-       This campaign served as a reminder of why African American men and women fought

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