America only was able to improve its civilian economy, mainly by providing large amounts of armament and supplies for the Allies. Rather than undermine the economy, the war became the best tool in bringing America out of the Great Depression. Still, it was thanks to Roosevelt’s war strategies that the US came out victorious from the military conflict. It was his belief that by keeping armed ground forces at the minimum level, he could improve the economy by securing the industrial production lines. Along with production and a boosting economy, came social changes that affected all aspects of American life. There was an increase in mobility, which had virtually stopped during the Depression years. Now the urbanization of America was in
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The military organized women in specialized units, with their own officers, uniforms, and with a pay which was equal to the one received by their male counterparts. But the major faced by society was the image of the American woman on the home front. For the first time in American history, the number of married working women outnumbered single working women. The war provided a place for women in the labor force, and this, along with labor laws, gave women new opportunities to grow socially and professionally (Handler, 1979). Even if the wartime opened new opportunities for women in the workforce, it also created much social tension in the American family. The separation of the family nucleus had a devastating effect in society, and many youngsters felt the war had robbed them of their childhood and parental attention. As women took roles traditionally held by men, confusion, shock, and conflict inundated the American home. The war brought confusion to all social institutions, and this confusion would be crucial in changing American politics and American society, for once and for …show more content…
The Civil Rights Movement was, along with the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation, a turning point in America’s history. The enforcement of constitutional rights was a success in combating housing and labor discrimination. School integration was vital in providing educational opportunities for all, and gave society a clean slate to move forward from eras of hate and bigotry (Friedman, 2005). But the history of the Movement was not an easy one, and early on it was met by social hostility, government indifference, generalized violence, and in the best case scenarios, ambivalence and disdain. This didn’t stop civic leaders or the population in their aims to gain social recognition or fight for better laws and rights. Many of these efforts led to earlier victories, like anti lynching laws, and to the desegregation of education in the postwar years. These were steps forward in the integration of the black population in American society (Linton,
The military organized women in specialized units, with their own officers, uniforms, and with a pay which was equal to the one received by their male counterparts. But the major faced by society was the image of the American woman on the home front. For the first time in American history, the number of married working women outnumbered single working women. The war provided a place for women in the labor force, and this, along with labor laws, gave women new opportunities to grow socially and professionally (Handler, 1979). Even if the wartime opened new opportunities for women in the workforce, it also created much social tension in the American family. The separation of the family nucleus had a devastating effect in society, and many youngsters felt the war had robbed them of their childhood and parental attention. As women took roles traditionally held by men, confusion, shock, and conflict inundated the American home. The war brought confusion to all social institutions, and this confusion would be crucial in changing American politics and American society, for once and for …show more content…
The Civil Rights Movement was, along with the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation, a turning point in America’s history. The enforcement of constitutional rights was a success in combating housing and labor discrimination. School integration was vital in providing educational opportunities for all, and gave society a clean slate to move forward from eras of hate and bigotry (Friedman, 2005). But the history of the Movement was not an easy one, and early on it was met by social hostility, government indifference, generalized violence, and in the best case scenarios, ambivalence and disdain. This didn’t stop civic leaders or the population in their aims to gain social recognition or fight for better laws and rights. Many of these efforts led to earlier victories, like anti lynching laws, and to the desegregation of education in the postwar years. These were steps forward in the integration of the black population in American society (Linton,