The Second World war had impacted the Americans in ways that became irreversible, but at the same time had not always been positive. The unity and national support of the war sparked a fast-growing rate of industrialization, production, and economic success in the United States. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the ideology of racism towards Asian peoples had become very popularized in the United states, but it was not a new concept. The topic of racism towards African-Americans remained rather stagnant during the time of the war in the Domestic American society, but it did not affect the African-American support of the war. Throughout the whole entirety of the nation change had been inflicted; however, not all changes were beneficial nor were …show more content…
One aspect that had become popular was the use of women to work in factories; however, women had already been working in factories since the nineteenth century. What was such a major change was the drastic increase of female employees. In the span of the war, four million more females began working in factories for war production. The government utilizes this via propaganda saying, “more women at work, the sooner we win!” located in document 4, and other cartoons like Rosie the Riveter. Also, with the increase in war factory production people began to migrate to these places, California gained roughly 1,500,000 workers during the period according to document 6. This increase in jobs led to the end of the great depression. The increase in industrialization led to technological advances such as atomic energy expressed by Bernhard J. Stern in document 7. America had become very changed by the shift in middle class gender roles, war related jobs producing economic success for America, and new technological advances in the …show more content…
They fully supported the war effort; however, they probably understood the hypocrisy of the situation more than anyone else. America was fighting for the freedom of its citizens but simultaneously neglected the freedoms of its colored citizens. The Pittsburgh Courier of document three writes at this time of the African-American fight against the enslavers abroad and their domestic enslavers, showing how their situations had changed little during the war. Corporal Rupert Trimmingham, a colored man, expresses his predicament in document 5 of how enemies of his nation are being treated better than his segregated company. So in the time of the Second World War treatment of blacks changed little in the United States, but blacks still did their part in the war along with the rest of the
In September of 1939, a global war had begun when Hitler led the German forces to invade Poland. The American president was reluctant on entering the war because he was building allies in the western hemisphere and was focused on making life better on the home front. Tragedy struck America on the morning of December 7, 1941 when the Japanese conducted a surprise aerial attack against the United States naval base at pearl harbor. The lethal and deadly force of the attack spurred President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to realize it was time to enter the war. As American troops were being sent off to war citizens' lives on the home front changed dramatically. The soldiers were being taken care of before the people and did not experience the
On December 7th, 1941, Japanese fighter planes staged an attack on U.S naval and military forces based in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. In around just two hours, America suffered from approximately 3,435 casualties including 2,000 deaths. The shattering defeat cost the U.S, 8 battle ships and around 200 airplanes. The following day, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. This was approved, and more than two years into the conflict, America had eventually fully committed to the war.
World War II saw the engagement and a large swath of destruction in Europe. It also involved battles half way around the world in the Pacific. So why did it affect the United States? What could a nation on the other side of large areas of ocean do to affect these conflicts?
World War 2 didn't just only affect the US, but it affected the whole world. However, even though the whole world was affected, the US was really the only country to prosper from the horrific event. Many positive changes had occurred during the time after the war. The most important postive aspects were that the US economy didn't go into debt due to the war, like other countries; also the US power on the world and its military grew and developed. Another postive changed was that many acts were passed in the US because of what happened during the war, also the United States grew relationships with other countries, The US then ended up creating a group called the United Nations, which was a peaceful way to settle conflicts amognst countries.
World War I and World War II were both fueled by the same country; Germany. These wars eventually aided the American economy and altered American foreign policy. If America didn’t get involved in both, the outcomes might have been very different. As a result of these two wars, America became a superpower. …
World War Two brought about extreme changes to the United States. In many ways it changed how Americans acted and thought about themselves, thus making a statement to rest of the world. Moreover, World War Two strengthened the United States, and Federal Government. The Government took control of entire industries, According to Bernstein, “military leaders acted from a mixture of motives and attitudes—a desire to control the economy to guarantee military-supply programs” (Bernstein, 1967). They fixed Americans wages, rent, rationing of food, and other supplies.
World War II changed and affected many Americans lives and lifestyles. During the war, resources were very limited such as food, electricity, rubber, metal and gasoline. People had to learn how to adjust to the new changes. The availability of resources changed the lives of americans at home during the WWII because they had to conserve food, electricity, and car sharing.
World War Two affected America mentally more than anything. The war put fear into the minds of the Americans about the amount of immigrants coming to America, as well as the ones who already lived in America. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America was in a complete state of fear. Americans feared the Japanese were going to attack again, or even worse, the Japanese -Americans would remain loyal to their homeland.
Trying to encourage women to work is a task. The federal government's War Manpower Commission planned to launch a large campaign focusing on recruiting workers. As World War II started, between 1940 and 1945 there were huge gaps within the industrial workforce. Between this time Rosie the Riveter increased the percentage of female workers by 10%. Although the percentage of female workers increased in the industrial labor force, the greatest increase in female workers was in the aviation industry.
How World War II Has Impacted America World War II changed the course of history starting in the second half of the 20th century. The war began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. America entered the war in 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. America joined the Allied Forces. The Allied Forces consisted of Great Britain, America, the Soviet Union, and France.
Women had different perspectives during World War 2. Many served in different branches of armed forces. Some labored in war productions plants. Most women stayed at home and had other responsibilities to raise children, balance check books, and some labored in war-related office jobs, while the men went to war. In addition to factory work and other front jobs about 350,000 women joined the Armed services, serving at home and abroad. “Rosie the Riveter,” later became a popular propaganda for women. While women worked in a variety of positions closed to them the industry saw the greatest increase in female’s workers. More than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. aircraft industry in 1943,
During World War 2, there are many big events that took place and still affects the world today. One main event that really changed America was the draft, where the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This drastically transformed the lives of almost every family in America, and to execute our skit we decided to do it on the draft. The main focus of our skit had to do with how war and the draft modified the emotions of the person be drafted and the families. We achieved this by adding the interviews to show how the person was personally feeling, and yes, we did have an addition of a “joke” interview as me.
In the early to mid-1900s America was faced to go through wars and racial discrimination. Intolerance towards race and religion continued for years before the U.S. entered World War 2. But after WWII America lead the path for change. Book authors Thomas Bruschino and Derek Charles Catsam both explain the change that forged America to the America it is today. The books of Bruschino and Castam; A nation forged in war, freedom main line: the journey of reconciliation and the freedom rides. Bruscino writes of the time before WWII to the time during WWII to the time after WWII while Catsam continues to the effect that WWII had on America. But when you think of WWII you think of all the people who died for this country, the amount of money and
WWII had a major impact on America both positive and negative. The war affected many aspects of American life and had lasting impacts even after the war ended. The war required a huge production effort to provide the materials the soldiers needed to fight. The United States produced weapons for the war and became “an arsenal of democracy.” The United States experienced a change in economic and social patterns and this provided a template for years after the war. On the positive side, WWII brought about many changes to world. It brought us into the modern age, revolutionized warfare, established America and Russia as the supreme powers of the world, laid the political geography for the next century, was the origin of the Cold War, introduced nuclear weapons to the world, revolutionized large-scale warfare, showed what an evil regime is capable of (Holocaust, Japanese POW camps), introduced or started new, and it brought war to a completely new destructive scale.
World War II was the first time that women were greatly encouraged to join the workforce. Nearly 6 million women took industrial jobs such as steel plants, shipyards, and lumber mills at the urging of the government and media (“Women of the Century”). Because the men were away fighting in