HY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Potsdam Conference, Harry S. Truman, Leapfrogging
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Prior to the bombing at pearl harbor, the u. s. had agreed to the abc-1 agreement with the british. It stated that if the u. s. entered the war, then it would focus its efforts first on germany. After germany was defeated, the allies would focus on japan. For the u. s. , wwii was far more complex than wwi. It had to feed, clothe, and transport its forces all over the world. National unity during world war ii sped up the assimilation of immigrants into american society. Unlike in wwi, there was almost no government witch-hunting of minority groups in wwii. The exception to this was when 110,000 japanese-americans on the pacific coast forced into concentration camps. Washington feared that they might act as saboteurs for japan in case of invasion. The supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the concentration camps in korematsu v. u. s. (1944). The conservative congress cancelled many of the new deal programs.
