The United States changed drastically throughout the course of the Second World War, going from a relatively isolationist state to the first world superpower by the end of the war. However within the domestic United States change was just as dramatic with changing social ideas, new systems, and a new way of life. Domestic changes within the United States during this era have had major effects on the world in the years since, greatly influencing our modern world. Some of the major ways that the Second World War affected the United States include women in the workplace, better domestic technological applications, and a different concept of civil rights.The Second World War was an era of chaos and rapid change both domestically and politically.
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Additionally, during the Second World War, many Japanese-American civilians were unfairly persecuted and brought to internment camps where conditions were brutal and inhumane. Further context to the period is provided by the rapid increases in technological ideas, most specifically with aircraft and advanced industrial production.Firstly, during the Second World War, women were allowed access to many jobs that they wouldn't have been able to have before. With men being out of the country at war many more opportunities were provided to these previously under-employed groups, with this quote from Document Four explicitly stating that women were needed "The more women at work the sooner we win". This aids in the understanding that many of the groups previously less employed were now being offered more employment options with both women and African-Americans who wanted to participate in the war effort. This is mainly exclaimed in this quote from Document Three "WE HAVE A STAKE IN THIS FIGHT". . . …show more content…
Many other staple items were also developed during this period. Some of these items according to Document Seven "prefabricated houses, transport and passenger planes and helicopters, quick-frozen, dehydrated, and other processed and packaged foods, improved gasoline, and new and improved types of power". Many of these items have revolutionized the postwar world domestically, leading to drastically shorter travel times and easier access to food and shelter. This was in stark contrast to the prewar period where there was only limited access to food and rapid transit consisted of weeks of travel to cross the country.Thirdly, the war contributed to a rapid change in American civil rights and the perception of how civilians should be treated. Once into the war with the introduction of US internment camps for Japanese American civilians. This began as an act of fear and ended as one of the greatest inhumanities that the US has ever perpetrated upon its
Additionally, during the Second World War, many Japanese-American civilians were unfairly persecuted and brought to internment camps where conditions were brutal and inhumane. Further context to the period is provided by the rapid increases in technological ideas, most specifically with aircraft and advanced industrial production.Firstly, during the Second World War, women were allowed access to many jobs that they wouldn't have been able to have before. With men being out of the country at war many more opportunities were provided to these previously under-employed groups, with this quote from Document Four explicitly stating that women were needed "The more women at work the sooner we win". This aids in the understanding that many of the groups previously less employed were now being offered more employment options with both women and African-Americans who wanted to participate in the war effort. This is mainly exclaimed in this quote from Document Three "WE HAVE A STAKE IN THIS FIGHT". . . …show more content…
Many other staple items were also developed during this period. Some of these items according to Document Seven "prefabricated houses, transport and passenger planes and helicopters, quick-frozen, dehydrated, and other processed and packaged foods, improved gasoline, and new and improved types of power". Many of these items have revolutionized the postwar world domestically, leading to drastically shorter travel times and easier access to food and shelter. This was in stark contrast to the prewar period where there was only limited access to food and rapid transit consisted of weeks of travel to cross the country.Thirdly, the war contributed to a rapid change in American civil rights and the perception of how civilians should be treated. Once into the war with the introduction of US internment camps for Japanese American civilians. This began as an act of fear and ended as one of the greatest inhumanities that the US has ever perpetrated upon its