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The war powers act of 1941 was passed by Congress allowing the President to assume more power in building a military fleet to send overseas. This was because of the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as many other preceding factors. Previous attempts such as the Ludlow amendment would have called a national referenda to declare war. The 1941 war powers act ultimately was a declaration of war against the axis powers, notably Germany and Japan.
It requires the president to go to congress to declare war.
Abraham Lincoln suspending habeas corpus is example of him using emergency powers during the Civil War. It was highly controversial and was challenged in court.
It was not in the central powers
There were no Central Powers in World War II. Two of the countries that made up the C.P. were gone before 1939. The two sides in World War II were the Allied Forces and the Axis Powers.