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Series of laws passed in the United States in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that was to lead to the Second World War.

Foremost pressure group against American entry into the Second World War, and was established 4 September 1940

United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927

United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927

Program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war mat�riel without becoming directly involved in the war.

The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941 that brought the United States into World War II

First peace-time draft in United States history. The government selected men through a lottery system. If drafted, a man served for twelve months.

Form of trade in which goods are sold from a wholesale warehouse operated either on a self-service basis, or on the basis of samples.

Established a vision for a post-World War II world, despite the fact the United States had yet to enter the War. The participants hoped in vain that the Soviet Union, since June invaded by her previous ally Nazi Germany, would adhere as well.

The purpose of the board was to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War II in the United States of America. It rationed such things as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics. It was dissolved shortly after the defeat of Japan in 1945.

Purpose was to arbitrate disputes between workers and employers.

Was the commander of the Japanese Navy for the first four years of World War II. He is generally regarded to be Japan's greatest naval strategist of the war, and among the greatest naval strategists in history.

Early May 1942, was one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. It was the first battle in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, and the first naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon each other.

One of the most important battles of World War II. The assault on the Japanese-occupied island of Guadalcanal by the Allied navies and 16,000 United States troops on 7 August 1942, was the first offensive by US land forces in the Pacific Campaign

Remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France.