Defining Documents in American History: World War II (1939-1946)

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Salem Press

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2015

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9781619257382

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9th Grade - College Senior

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This volume provides detailed analyses of key documents produced from 1939-1946, organized under nine broad categories.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Publisher's Note.
Editor's Introduction.
Contributors.
The Lead-Up to War.
1: Letter from President Roosevelt to Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
2: F.D.R.: There Will Be No Blackout of Peace in America.
3: President Roosevelt's Speech Recommending Revision of the Neutrality Law.
4: We Must Not Falter Now.
5: Compulsory Service Must Be Adopted.
6: The Country is Being Rushed into Military Conscription.
7: Proclamation 2425: Selective Service Registration.
8: Our Own Democracy is Threatened.
9: We Ought to Stay Out of the War.
10: Lend-Lease Act.
11: Charles Lindbergh: Radio Address.
12: Joint Resolution of the US Congress Reaffirming the Principles of the Monroe Doctrine.
Pearl Harbor.
13: Memorandum for the President, December 7, 1941.
14: Fourteen-Part Message from Japan to the United States and Secretary Hull's Response.
15: The Man in the Street Reacts to Pearl Harbor.
16: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech.
Domestic Aliens.
17: The Japanese American Creed.
18: Excerpts of the Munson Report.
19: Presidential Proclamation 2526: Alien Enemies—Germans.
20: Presidential Proclamation 2527: Alien Enemies—Italians.
21: Let Us Not Persecute These People.
22: Executive Order 9066—Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.
23: To All Persons of Japanese Ancestry.
24: An Interview with an Older Nisei.
Other Demographics.
25: Executive Order 8802—Fair Employment Practice in Defense Industries.
26: Those Who Deserve Freedom Will Fight for It.
27: The Colored People Are Still Waiting, Still Watchful.
28: Letter Recommending Navajo Enlistment.
29: The American Workers' Responsibility.
30: Women's Part in the War Effort.
31: Don't Make Slaves of Future Generations.
32: President Roosevelt's “Call for Sacrifice”.
33: We Love Honor More than We Fear De
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Defining Documents in American History: World War II (1939-1946)

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