1942 ⟶ Executive Order 9066 Signed

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 a...
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1942

🤝 Lend-Lease Act Signed

United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act (now passed by the full Congress) allowing Britain, China, and other Allied nations to purchase military equipment and to defer payment until after the war.⟶
Lend-Lease Act Signed (1941)
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✍️ Executive Order 9066 Signed

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 allowing the United States military to define areas as exclusionary zones. These zones affect the Japanese on the West Coast, and Germans and Italians primarily on the East Coast.⟶
Executive Order 9066 Signed (1942)
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📜 Plans for Japanese-American Internment Discussed

Being discussed in high American government circles are plans for the internment of Japanese-Americans living generally in the western US.⟶
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