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Introduction to Chapter 25

THE UNITED STATES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1939–1945[[LP Photo: P25.01 detail of Riveting Rosies / ROA_04224_25_P01.jpg]]

> How did the Second World War change the United States, both domestically and internationally? Chapter 25 examines the involvement of the United States in World War II. It first explores isolationism and neutrality in the years before the nation’s declaration of war in 1941 and then explains the most important wartime events, including the impact of the war on the American home front.

> How did the United States respond to international developments in the 1930s?

> How did the outbreak of war affect U.S. foreign policy?

> How did the United States mobilize for war?

> How did the Allies turn the tide in Europe and the Pacific?

> How did the war change life on the American home front?

> How did the Allies finally win the war?

> Conclusion: Why did the United States emerge as a superpower at the end of the war?

Detail of Riveting Rosies.

Library of Congress, 8e01288.

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