The significance of the impact of World War Two on the United States homefront was large. The issues of race, racism, gender roles and technological and economic development had the most impact from the World War two. Even the American economy had changed dramatically during the war and even after the war ended. After the Great Depression took over the american lives, the economy has changed a lot. During the first World War. America wasn’t as into the war as they were in World War 2. They didn’t have all the supplies that they needed like weapons, automobiles, or any kind of necessity that was needed to survive fighting a war like that. Plus the Great Depression had impacted a lot of the industries and even the american people. Although
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For example the issues of race, racism, gender roles, and the technological and economic development had a huge impact on the American homefront. With the Americans fighting against the axis powers (Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and Japan etc. ) came a lot of responsibility for the people back home in the United states. With over 12 million men going to fight in World War 2 there were so many jobs left unintended. Probably for the first time in american history, the women had became employed and took over the jobs that the men had left behind to fight in war. Jobs that usually the men had worked were being run by the american women. Since the labor workforce wasn’t enough for the american women , even young adults helped their families and got jobs. Many of these jobs helped provide the necessities that the men had needed in order to keep fighting Germany Nazis. For example a few of the car companies had helped built tanks and other automobiles for the american military forces. With the women working and the children helping them with the labor, it made a big impact on the American homefront during the World …show more content…
Especially for the Japanese and African americans living in the US during this time period. The Japanese Americans were being treated unequally. And with the americans discriminating the Japanese just because their natives had bombed Pearl HArbor, they were shipped to the West coast and put into detention camps. Detention camps were basically compounds where prisoners are placed temporarily, as of pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws. The Japanese Americans were treated as if they were the enemies because of who they are in person. Although the Japanese were basically being held in camps, some people took the opportunity to fight with the Americans in the World War. They had believed that fighting with the other americans would show them how loyal they were to the United States. Although that may have been true other Japanese americans refused to fight because of the fact that they were fighting against their home country. And were eventually called the NO-No
For example the issues of race, racism, gender roles, and the technological and economic development had a huge impact on the American homefront. With the Americans fighting against the axis powers (Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and Japan etc. ) came a lot of responsibility for the people back home in the United states. With over 12 million men going to fight in World War 2 there were so many jobs left unintended. Probably for the first time in american history, the women had became employed and took over the jobs that the men had left behind to fight in war. Jobs that usually the men had worked were being run by the american women. Since the labor workforce wasn’t enough for the american women , even young adults helped their families and got jobs. Many of these jobs helped provide the necessities that the men had needed in order to keep fighting Germany Nazis. For example a few of the car companies had helped built tanks and other automobiles for the american military forces. With the women working and the children helping them with the labor, it made a big impact on the American homefront during the World …show more content…
Especially for the Japanese and African americans living in the US during this time period. The Japanese Americans were being treated unequally. And with the americans discriminating the Japanese just because their natives had bombed Pearl HArbor, they were shipped to the West coast and put into detention camps. Detention camps were basically compounds where prisoners are placed temporarily, as of pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws. The Japanese Americans were treated as if they were the enemies because of who they are in person. Although the Japanese were basically being held in camps, some people took the opportunity to fight with the Americans in the World War. They had believed that fighting with the other americans would show them how loyal they were to the United States. Although that may have been true other Japanese americans refused to fight because of the fact that they were fighting against their home country. And were eventually called the NO-No