American Economy During Ww2

The Great Depression and World War II were very important economic events of the twentieth century for the United States. The government was able to regulate economic activity and to better control the economy through consumption and spending. The American industry was revived by the war. This labor movement became a great equalizer to both private and government industries. The war also had vast technological and scientific changes which led to a permanent expectation for engineers, citizens and scientists. Every major economy in the world except for the United States became damaged. Mass production of consumer goods was not seen like this before the war. During WWII, most of the American society stood behind the war effort, and supported him fully. The American people were able to do away with the last few issues shake off the last issues concerning the depression and help to prepare their economy to a time of getting ready for war. The government did not need to say much when asking Americans’ for help in getting ready.

During WWII many different minority groups experienced major changes in their way of life. Women experienced a major changes in their role in society during the war. One of the greatest changes that happened to the United States was that the war lead to most women serving in some sort of …show more content…
By the turn of the century, a new system of segregation and disenfranchisement was merging in the South, with the acceptance of the rest of the nation. Not only had the changing in the condition of blacks but also the shifting sources of immigration urged a growing occupation of the nation. The European nation was badly demolished by the war, and their people became very exhausted. The immigration law in 1924, which banned all immigration from Asia, reflected the renewed identification of nationalism, American freedom, and notions of Anglo-Saxon