
Countdown to Pearl Harbor? (FDR, Advance Knowledge)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Second Amendment to the US Constitution
F t r was running for a third term in office, which is something no president had ever done before. Previously, going back to george washington, no president had served more than two four year terms before voluntarily retiring from office. A president could run for as many terms in office as he liked, just like a gressman or a senator can. But even though that wasn't the rule in 19 forty, there were a lot of people wanting to make a change. And 80 % of americans said they wanted to stay out of war, unless the united states were attacked. The selective training and service act, the first peace time conscription in american history, was passed
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