World War II-era United States government

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The World War II-era United States government was the federal administration that mobilized the nation’s political, economic, and military resources to fight the Axis powers and manage the home front between 1941 and 1945.

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instanceOf federal government
wartime government
alliedWith Free French Forces
Republic of China
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
attorneyGeneral Francis Biddle
branch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
capital Washington, D.C.
country United States of America
createdAgency Manhattan Engineer District
Office of Price Administration
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
declaredWarOn Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan

Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
economicPolicy Keynesian-style deficit spending
endedWithEvent end of World War II in 1945
enteredWorldWarIIOn 1941-12-08
financedWarThrough increased taxation
war bonds
headOfGovernment Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
implementedPolicy Lend-Lease aid
linked to: Lend-Lease program

conscription
internment of Japanese Americans
price controls
rationing of consumer goods
wage controls
war mobilization
issuedExecutiveOrder Executive Order 8802
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9102
judicialBody Supreme Court of the United States
leaderTitle President of the United States
legislativeBody United States Congress
lowerHouse United States House of Representatives
mobilizedFor World War II
navyDepartmentHead Frank Knox
James V. Forrestal
organizedConference Casablanca Conference
Potsdam Conference
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
oversawProgram Lend-Lease program
Manhattan Project
Victory Program
participatedIn founding of the United Nations
president Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
propagandaCampaign “Buy War Bonds”
“Loose lips sink ships”
signedDocument United Nations Charter
signedLaw G.I. Bill of Rights
Lend-Lease Act of 1941
linked to: Lend-Lease program

Second War Powers Act of 1942
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
War Powers Act of 1941
stateSecretary Cordell Hull
Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
supportedSocialChange African American migration to defense industries
increased female labor force participation
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Pacific Theater of Operations
timePeriod 1941–1945
treasurySecretary Henry Morgenthau Jr.
upperHouse United States Senate
vicePresident Alben W. Barkley
Harry S. Truman
Henry A. Wallace
warDepartmentHead Henry L. Stimson

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Francis Biddle participantIn World War II-era United States government
Hughes H-4 Hercules programSponsor U.S. government (wartime contract)
linked to: World War II-era United States government
USRA Heavy Pacific 4-6-2 designAuthority US federal government (wartime control)
linked to: World War II-era United States government
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Years depicts World War II era in the United States
linked to: World War II-era United States government
The Court Years, 1939–1975 coversEvent World War II era Supreme Court
linked to: World War II-era United States government
Helen Stephens employer U.S. government (War Department) during World War II
linked to: World War II-era United States government
British government during World War II alliedWith United States government during World War II
linked to: World War II-era United States government