Paragraph 1- Write about the experiences of Women on the home front and abroad during WWII.
Women in the United States played a crucial role during WWII. Without the help of women the United States would not have been able to succeed as they did. Due to a large number of men leaving the workforce to fight, a large number of new workers were needed and “more than 6 million of these new workers were women”(Mobilizing for Defense 4). These 6 million women served an important role on the home front and without them the United States would have struggled to produce any type of product just due to the lack of labor. While these women played a huge role on the homefront, they were not the only women to have a large role in WWII. The “formation of …show more content…
While these women only served in non combat roles, they were very important to the United States and served in positions that needed filled desperately. This information proves that Women played an important role in WWII both on the homefront and abroad.
Paragraph 2- Write about the experiences of Japanese Americans on the homefront and abroad during WWII.
Life for Japanese Americans on the homefront during WWII was not pleasant. After Pearl Harbor occurred and the United States declared war on Japan, Japanese Americans were put in a bad situation. Many Americans thought it likely that Japanese Americans may be spying for Japan which led to discrimination against the Japanese Americans, and eventually their internment in prison camps. The internment camps did not always have great conditions and …show more content…
Why or why not?
I agree with the use of the atomic bomb against Japan at the time. The United States warned Japan that it faced “prompt and utter destruction” if it did not surrender and Japan still refused (The War In The Pacific 5). The United States did attempt to try and end the war peacefully and Japan would not. It is undeniable that if the United States had tried to defeat Japan without the atomic bomb that many more American lives would have been lost and the United States had to prioritize American lives over Japanese lives. Many critics say that a demonstration of the atomic bomb to Japanese leaders would have caused them to surrender, but even after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima “Japan’s leaders hesitated to surrender” (The War In The Pacific 5). If the actual dropping of the bomb and the destruction of Hiroshima did not cause the Japanese to surrender, is it really fair to think that a demonstration would have. At the time the dropping of the bomb was fair and the United States was right to do so, but right now things would probably be better if they never had dropped the bomb. If they had kept the bomb a secret then it is possible that countries around the world would not have nukes today and the world would be safer. Unfortunately, at the time the leaders of the United States could not have predicted all of the potential ramifications of the bomb dropping and they had
Women in the United States played a crucial role during WWII. Without the help of women the United States would not have been able to succeed as they did. Due to a large number of men leaving the workforce to fight, a large number of new workers were needed and “more than 6 million of these new workers were women”(Mobilizing for Defense 4). These 6 million women served an important role on the home front and without them the United States would have struggled to produce any type of product just due to the lack of labor. While these women played a huge role on the homefront, they were not the only women to have a large role in WWII. The “formation of …show more content…
While these women only served in non combat roles, they were very important to the United States and served in positions that needed filled desperately. This information proves that Women played an important role in WWII both on the homefront and abroad.
Paragraph 2- Write about the experiences of Japanese Americans on the homefront and abroad during WWII.
Life for Japanese Americans on the homefront during WWII was not pleasant. After Pearl Harbor occurred and the United States declared war on Japan, Japanese Americans were put in a bad situation. Many Americans thought it likely that Japanese Americans may be spying for Japan which led to discrimination against the Japanese Americans, and eventually their internment in prison camps. The internment camps did not always have great conditions and …show more content…
Why or why not?
I agree with the use of the atomic bomb against Japan at the time. The United States warned Japan that it faced “prompt and utter destruction” if it did not surrender and Japan still refused (The War In The Pacific 5). The United States did attempt to try and end the war peacefully and Japan would not. It is undeniable that if the United States had tried to defeat Japan without the atomic bomb that many more American lives would have been lost and the United States had to prioritize American lives over Japanese lives. Many critics say that a demonstration of the atomic bomb to Japanese leaders would have caused them to surrender, but even after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima “Japan’s leaders hesitated to surrender” (The War In The Pacific 5). If the actual dropping of the bomb and the destruction of Hiroshima did not cause the Japanese to surrender, is it really fair to think that a demonstration would have. At the time the dropping of the bomb was fair and the United States was right to do so, but right now things would probably be better if they never had dropped the bomb. If they had kept the bomb a secret then it is possible that countries around the world would not have nukes today and the world would be safer. Unfortunately, at the time the leaders of the United States could not have predicted all of the potential ramifications of the bomb dropping and they had