How did world war II affect America ?

... How did world war II affect America Before world war two the US was an isolationist, this is when a country doesn't get involved with wars and such like. But many Americans wanted to enter the war, they believed that it could bring them out of the great depression although most Americans didn't want to enter the war they believed that it would only bring suffering. Therefore there was division, which was typical of America at this point. I will be looking in this essay on how the war affected America and whether the division remain at the end. Roosevelt thought that he needed to get America into the war but without the people's support he wouldn't be able to do it. So he decided to start selling the allies weapons but they would have to collect them. Next he said that he would lend the allies weapons but any that were

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