There are four main types of local government- counties, municipalities (cities and town), special districts, and school districts. Counties are the largest units of local government, numbering about 8,000 nationwide. They provide many of the same services provided by cities.
Religion was less practiced, and humanism was formed. It formed into a more secular culture. This means that people were more focused on worldy things than God or religion.
They knew the place they were on defense and British had to ship stuff over which took a month
The pacific war is what he is referring to. However, FDR has had many victories