World War II began in 1939. America declared isolationism to avoid any associations regarding the war (Foner, 845). Big businesses, however, have not stuck to the idea of ​​anti-entanglement. Henry Ford, of the Ford Motor Company, did business with Germany, allowing Germany to employ slave labor in Ford factories (Foner, 845). Shipments of American trucks, planes, and oil were sent to Japan (Foner, 845). However, the government attempted to remain neutral. In 1941, Japan led an air attack on Pearl Harbor, on American soil, and America then declared war on Japan. With mobilization efforts underway in America, President Roosevelt took orders to transform America into a country ready for war. Roosevelt created federal agencies to regulate various wartime expenditures (Foner, 852). Three million federal jobs were created with these agencies, which dramatically decreased the unemployment rate (Foner, 852). The Roosevelt administration also required industries to band together for wartime production (Foner, 852). With the large amount of manufactured goods produced for the war, the gross national product rose from $91 billion to $219 billion (Foner, 852). As people began working, union membership skyrocketed. The unions consolidated considerably during the war. While many men were deployed to fight in the war, women took up the jobs that men had left. While the women worked, they