War never changes at its essence. The military at its core never changes. However the way the world and all its many variables impacts the statistics about war does change, and within the past decade the numbers can be exponential. Throughout history there has always been war to some degree and it's converted from a brutal and slightly Neanderthal style towards a more sophisticated style, well as sophisticated as war can be that is. America is no stranger to fighting, I mean the nation was practically founded by war when we broke ties with the British. We fought amongst ourselves during the Civil War, and stood together United during the World Wars. World War 1 was the most prevalent early war the United States entered and it wasn't by choice.
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A great example of this is the propulsion of women's roles in America at the time and their abilities to work and not just be stay at home wives. While many men were off fighting, women essentially kept the country running as efficiently as possible, and when many men didn't come back the women kept their positions. It changed many traditional views that families had as well, with around 53,000 men dying it left numerous broken homes through America and the breadwinners of families became women rather than men. Even though they were the breadwinner of their family there was a wage gap and coupled with the fact of there only being one viable income in a household many children were brought up in poverty. Thanks to the war the Woman's Suffrage clause was presented and ratified allowing women the right to vote which was a monumental step forward in history. The circumstances many were put into allowed them to voice their complaints more openly to the public than prior to the war, and the social dissatisfaction led many to join together to go on strikes and eventually create unions which would have take much longer to develop had it not been for the war. Another social impact was on the African American community. There was a massive absence of jobs in the northern states and many African Americans took advantage of this and moved from their souther farmlands towards the north to take advantage of new job opportunities, better education, and the more modern and industrialized aspects that city life gave them. This massive swing in the demographic shift became known as the Great
A great example of this is the propulsion of women's roles in America at the time and their abilities to work and not just be stay at home wives. While many men were off fighting, women essentially kept the country running as efficiently as possible, and when many men didn't come back the women kept their positions. It changed many traditional views that families had as well, with around 53,000 men dying it left numerous broken homes through America and the breadwinners of families became women rather than men. Even though they were the breadwinner of their family there was a wage gap and coupled with the fact of there only being one viable income in a household many children were brought up in poverty. Thanks to the war the Woman's Suffrage clause was presented and ratified allowing women the right to vote which was a monumental step forward in history. The circumstances many were put into allowed them to voice their complaints more openly to the public than prior to the war, and the social dissatisfaction led many to join together to go on strikes and eventually create unions which would have take much longer to develop had it not been for the war. Another social impact was on the African American community. There was a massive absence of jobs in the northern states and many African Americans took advantage of this and moved from their souther farmlands towards the north to take advantage of new job opportunities, better education, and the more modern and industrialized aspects that city life gave them. This massive swing in the demographic shift became known as the Great