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Mount Holyoke College

International Relations: Relations With Japan 1938 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
This publication from the U.S. Department of State lays out the attempts the United States made between 1938 and 1940 to influence the behavior of Japan through "moral embargoes" and eventually a complete embargo of all strategic...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Presidents: Special Report on Japan's Strength

For Students 9th - 10th
Special report written in 1933 by the U.S. Ambassador to Japan to the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, describing the increase in Japanese military power and expansion into Asia. The last paragraph is chilling, considering the oncoming...
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Handout
Tennessee History For Kids

Tennessee History for Kids: Tennessee Goes to War Again

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website provides information about Tennessee's role during World War II.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Cordell Hull (1871 1955)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Cordell Hull who was the longest serving Secretary of State in history, serving under Franklin D. Roosevelt and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945.