World War II-era United States government

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federal government wartime government

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. government (wartime contract)	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal government ⓘ wartime government ⓘ
alliedWith	Free French Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
attorneyGeneral	Francis Biddle NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	executive branch ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ
capital	Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdAgency	Manhattan Engineer District NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of Price Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of Scientific Research and Development NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of Strategic Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of War Information NERFINISHED ⓘ War Manpower Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ War Production Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
declaredWarOn	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedPolicy	Lend-Lease aid NERFINISHED ⓘ conscription ⓘ internment of Japanese Americans ⓘ price controls ⓘ rationing of consumer goods ⓘ wage controls ⓘ war mobilization ⓘ
issuedExecutiveOrder	Executive Order 8802 NERFINISHED ⓘ Executive Order 9066 NERFINISHED ⓘ Executive Order 9102 NERFINISHED ⓘ
judicialBody	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
leaderTitle	President of the United States ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
lowerHouse	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
mobilizedFor	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
navyDepartmentHead	Frank Knox NERFINISHED ⓘ James V. Forrestal NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedConference	Casablanca Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ Potsdam Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ Tehran Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ Yalta Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversawProgram	Lend-Lease program NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan Project NERFINISHED ⓘ Victory Program NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	founding of the United Nations ⓘ
president	Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ
propagandaCampaign	“Buy War Bonds” ⓘ “Loose lips sink ships” ⓘ
signedDocument	United Nations Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedLaw	G.I. Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ Lend-Lease Act of 1941 NERFINISHED ⓘ Second War Powers Act of 1942 NERFINISHED ⓘ Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 NERFINISHED ⓘ War Powers Act of 1941 NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateSecretary	Cordell Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward R. Stettinius Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedSocialChange	African American migration to defense industries GENERATED ⓘ increased female labor force participation GENERATED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1941–1945 ⓘ
treasurySecretary	Henry Morgenthau Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperHouse	United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
vicePresident	Alben W. Barkley NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry A. Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
warDepartmentHead	Henry L. Stimson NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francis Biddle → participantIn → World War II-era United States government ⓘ

Hughes H-4 Hercules → programSponsor → World War II-era United States government ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. government (wartime contract)