The 1920s saw significant cultural changes in America. President Roosevelt declared neutrality for the US in the early years of WWII while Churchill watched without acting in Britain. After France fell to Germany, Roosevelt and Churchill formed an alliance to save Britain. WWII ended the Great Depression globally and established the US as a global police force while devastating Europe's Western empires. Japan emerged as a superpower but attacked Pearl Harbor due to anti-American sentiments, causing widespread US racism against Japanese people with lingering effects.

1. America Compared
Cultural Change in the 1920’s
By: Kyle Kaliher

2. Leaders
President Roosevelt declared
the U.S. neutral and Prime Minister
Churchill also watched without
action during the initial year of
WWII. After France fell to the
Nazis, Roosevelt and Churchill
formed an alliance to save Great
Britain at all costs. Political
manipulation on both sides led to a
mutually complicated war effort.

3. Effects of WW2
WWII brought an end to the Great Depression
worldwide and reinvented the U.S. as the world’s
policeman. WWII devastated all of the European Western
empires, started a cold war between communist and
anticommunist countries, and Japan emerged as the
world’s super power. With hatred toward Americans, the
Japanese decided to flex their muscle and attack the U.S.
on our own soil in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This caused
Americans to have a general hatred of anything and
anyone Japanese regardless of whether they agreed with
their leaders or not. Racial prejudice against the Japanese
people was instant and has had lingering effects for years.