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The United States and Isolationism: Balancing National Defense and Homefront Support

Explore the complex relationship between U.S. isolationism and national defense during World War II. From the Neutrality Acts designed to keep America out of conflict, to the Lend-Lease Act facilitating aid to allies, the strategies evolved as global threats increased. The aftermath of Pearl Harbor catalyzed the nation's entry into war, with significant contributions from states like Georgia, which supported military efforts through job creation and training facilities. This period also highlighted domestic challenges, including racial tensions and the impact of wartime needs on American society.

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The United States and Isolationism: Balancing National Defense and Homefront Support

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  1. The United States Reacts National Defense at any Expense but Keep Our Boys at Home ISOLATIONISM

  2. The United States Reacts • Neutrality Acts (keep US out of war) • No passage on ships belonging to warring nations • No loans or credit to warring nations • Page 396 • Lend-Lease Act (help other countries) • Federal gov’t power • Lend or rent military goods • $50 billion • Page 397

  3. Pearl Harbor

  4. Explosion of the USS Shaw

  5. USS West Virginia (foreground) USS Tennessee (background).

  6. USS California

  7. USS Maryland (left) and the capsized hull of USS Oklahoma

  8. USS Arizona

  9. Airfield at Ford Island

  10. F.D.R. (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address The War Begins

  11. The War Continues

  12. 300,000 Georgia men and women 7,000 died Women served as nurses, clerks, and pilots (WAVS) Georgia’s Contribution to the War

  13. Bell Aircraft Marietta, GA 28,000 jobs 6,000 women B-29s Page 405

  14. 447-foot long Brunswick 16,000 jobs Savannah 200 ships built Liberty Ships Page 405

  15. Military Training • Camp Stewart (Fort Stewart) • Camp Gordon (Fort Gordon) • Fort Benning • Warner Robins Air Force Base

  16. The Impact of the War at Home • German attacks at St. Simons Island • Victory Gardens

  17. The Impact of the War at Home • Ration cards • Racial tension • Camp Stewart Riot • Page 411

  18. Concentration Camps

  19. D-Day • June 6, 1944 • Omaha Beach, Normandy, France • 600 ships • 175,000 Allied soldiers • 11,000 airplanes

  20. V – E Day

  21. The Pacific Theater Iwo Jima Midway

  22. Atomic Bomb

  23. V – J Day • Victory in Japan • August 14, 194520 million killed worldwide • 400,000 Americans • 21 million victims • Orphans • Prisoners • Survivors of Nazi concentration camps • Refugees from war-torn areas

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