Essay Question #4:
During the 1930s, after facing both the First World War and the Great Depression, American public opinion was leaning toward isolationism. After the Great War, Americans were disappointed when they realized that they had fought for nothing. The disappointment ultimately motivated Americans to adopt the new policy from isolationist. Isolationism is the foreign policy position that a nation 's interests are best served by keeping the affairs of other countries at a distance. One possible motivation for limiting international involvement is to avoid being drawn into dangerous and otherwise undesirable conflicts. The United States didn’t want to make the same mistake as it did when it decided to join the World War I so it was …show more content…
America also witnessed a massive lift for the economy because of the surplus of money that Americans had saved up during the war and the need to buy new items such as cars and houses after the war ended. At the end of World War II, the United States turned into a hugely wealthy nation and had taken no war damage. Because of that, the United States rose up and became one of the two world’s superpowers besides the Soviet Union. In contrast with their rivals, the Axis Powers were totally defeated. In 1945, Mussolini was assassinated by anti-fascist partisans, Hitler committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head, and Japan surrendered unconditionally after America dropped the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was officially bringing an end to War World II on September 2, …show more content…
World War II was the first war that women in the workforce became widely accepted. While the fascist Axis Powers still had prejudices on women at the workforce, American women were urged to participate in the war industry, especially, the aircraft industry. Women became the cultural iconic “Rosie the Riveter”, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. It was slowly but eventually led to women’s rights movement and legal equality for women. The America was truly united during the war. The Double V Campaign was the evidence to show how united America was. The campaign acted as a call for African-American to fight for both the racism in the United States and fascism in the Europe. The government had finally given the ethnic minorities an equal chance to serve as a member in the U.S. army. Although segregations and racism did exist in the army forces, it was still a big step for African-American on their way to achieve the civil right. During the war, there were sixteen million men and women from various ethnics had served in the army included a million African-Americans, twenty thousand Asian-Americans and more than five-hundred thousand Hispanics. The Native Americans were also recruited to the U.S. army due the lack of manpower. The U.S. military had came up with an idea to use Navajo language as a military code. The military recruited thousand of Navajos who spoke both English
During the 1930s, after facing both the First World War and the Great Depression, American public opinion was leaning toward isolationism. After the Great War, Americans were disappointed when they realized that they had fought for nothing. The disappointment ultimately motivated Americans to adopt the new policy from isolationist. Isolationism is the foreign policy position that a nation 's interests are best served by keeping the affairs of other countries at a distance. One possible motivation for limiting international involvement is to avoid being drawn into dangerous and otherwise undesirable conflicts. The United States didn’t want to make the same mistake as it did when it decided to join the World War I so it was …show more content…
America also witnessed a massive lift for the economy because of the surplus of money that Americans had saved up during the war and the need to buy new items such as cars and houses after the war ended. At the end of World War II, the United States turned into a hugely wealthy nation and had taken no war damage. Because of that, the United States rose up and became one of the two world’s superpowers besides the Soviet Union. In contrast with their rivals, the Axis Powers were totally defeated. In 1945, Mussolini was assassinated by anti-fascist partisans, Hitler committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head, and Japan surrendered unconditionally after America dropped the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was officially bringing an end to War World II on September 2, …show more content…
World War II was the first war that women in the workforce became widely accepted. While the fascist Axis Powers still had prejudices on women at the workforce, American women were urged to participate in the war industry, especially, the aircraft industry. Women became the cultural iconic “Rosie the Riveter”, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. It was slowly but eventually led to women’s rights movement and legal equality for women. The America was truly united during the war. The Double V Campaign was the evidence to show how united America was. The campaign acted as a call for African-American to fight for both the racism in the United States and fascism in the Europe. The government had finally given the ethnic minorities an equal chance to serve as a member in the U.S. army. Although segregations and racism did exist in the army forces, it was still a big step for African-American on their way to achieve the civil right. During the war, there were sixteen million men and women from various ethnics had served in the army included a million African-Americans, twenty thousand Asian-Americans and more than five-hundred thousand Hispanics. The Native Americans were also recruited to the U.S. army due the lack of manpower. The U.S. military had came up with an idea to use Navajo language as a military code. The military recruited thousand of Navajos who spoke both English