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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Predicate Object
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