World War ll was a military conflict from 1939 to 1945, it was fought between the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan, with their respective allies.(wiki) The war changed the lives of many after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, the war began, and everyday life across the country was dramatically changed. Food, gas and clothing were rationed, Internment camps were formed, campaigns to end segregation were put in place, and women were finally gaining independence in the work field.
With all the changes being made in the daily lives of many, they weren’t all changes made by the people. The government was also taking on something different for the economy. Propaganda posters began to be distributed and passed out to the masses to spread the idea of rationing. Rationing is when they allowed every family to only have a fixed amount of their commodities, in order to feed the soldiers at war. In other words if you are careful and buy less the rest …show more content…
This in turn caused more than 110,000 japanese americans to be relocated to internment camps where they endured harsh and extreme living conditions and were poorly treated by U.S guards(doc 3), this was in no way a positive change.Along with with orders being signed for having a different heritage, segregation was still an ongoing problem that needed to come to an end and as of World War ll it wasn’t going to be tolerated any longer resulting in the “Double V campaign”, that stood for “Black victory at Home and Abroad”, they worked to end segregation and give African Americans the victory the deserved which was a positive and great achievement made during this time (doc
With all the changes being made in the daily lives of many, they weren’t all changes made by the people. The government was also taking on something different for the economy. Propaganda posters began to be distributed and passed out to the masses to spread the idea of rationing. Rationing is when they allowed every family to only have a fixed amount of their commodities, in order to feed the soldiers at war. In other words if you are careful and buy less the rest …show more content…
This in turn caused more than 110,000 japanese americans to be relocated to internment camps where they endured harsh and extreme living conditions and were poorly treated by U.S guards(doc 3), this was in no way a positive change.Along with with orders being signed for having a different heritage, segregation was still an ongoing problem that needed to come to an end and as of World War ll it wasn’t going to be tolerated any longer resulting in the “Double V campaign”, that stood for “Black victory at Home and Abroad”, they worked to end segregation and give African Americans the victory the deserved which was a positive and great achievement made during this time (doc