World War II changed many things in the United States. America was just coming out of the worst depression ever to hit the country. Things were still not normal in for the United States, going into World War I the United States had one of the best economies in the world, and all of that came to a halt after the stock market crash in 1929. Things for many years made life for everyone very difficult, farmers lost their farms and the dust bowl made it nearly impossible to even grow crops for those who still had ownership of their farm. City people did not have it any easier, as many people were being cut from their jobs and factories were going bankrupt forcing them to shut down.
The United States did not get up and running again until after …show more content…
For the government came down with a sense of fear after the bombing from the Japanese. They decided to design makeshift camps and put some Japanese-Americans contained in them. The government 's reasoning behind putting their own citizens in camps was due to the fear that some came over to be secret spies for the Japanese military. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the executive order to put them in camps, though some think that these internment camps may have been as bad as the conditions in the concentration camps that Hitler placed the Jewish people in. But in all reality these camps did have bad conditions but they were no where near the terrible conditions that Hitler placed on the Jewish and others such as the gypsies and homosexuals. These camps were mainly established on the West Coast of the United States and were usually packed very tightly with many …show more content…
Items were saved and shipped over to the soldiers across seas that were on the other side of the world. Many Americans wanted to come together and help the war effort. Women really pushed through and started the work in factories that would make war materials. Minority groups also became a major part of the war front which helped America as a whole to overcome the recent decades of racism in the country and to help move forward. There were also times when americans came together and rationed items to help the soldiers that were ours and our allies. The American homefront was definitely improved over this period of war and were brought together throughout the whole process and even the
The United States did not get up and running again until after …show more content…
For the government came down with a sense of fear after the bombing from the Japanese. They decided to design makeshift camps and put some Japanese-Americans contained in them. The government 's reasoning behind putting their own citizens in camps was due to the fear that some came over to be secret spies for the Japanese military. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the executive order to put them in camps, though some think that these internment camps may have been as bad as the conditions in the concentration camps that Hitler placed the Jewish people in. But in all reality these camps did have bad conditions but they were no where near the terrible conditions that Hitler placed on the Jewish and others such as the gypsies and homosexuals. These camps were mainly established on the West Coast of the United States and were usually packed very tightly with many …show more content…
Items were saved and shipped over to the soldiers across seas that were on the other side of the world. Many Americans wanted to come together and help the war effort. Women really pushed through and started the work in factories that would make war materials. Minority groups also became a major part of the war front which helped America as a whole to overcome the recent decades of racism in the country and to help move forward. There were also times when americans came together and rationed items to help the soldiers that were ours and our allies. The American homefront was definitely improved over this period of war and were brought together throughout the whole process and even the