World War II's Impact On My Life

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World War 2 had a giant impact on my life. My family has been working hard for years, but nothing ever happened. We learned at school then came home and did our chores. We did our best, but our best was not enough. However now that the war is over, my life took a turn for the better. The war had lots of negatives. However, I like to focus on the positives of World War 1. There were a lot of bad things that happened all around the world, and in the US but the impact the War had on my life was amazing .My mother somehow managed to get a job after years of fighting for women’s rights, I have seen less and less people who were previously unemployed, and technology is improving! The US is set for a great future that lies ahead of them! The War has helped women, including my mom get jobs all around the US. During the War, the men were away fighting so someone had to fill those jobs. So the women knew that this was their …show more content…
This is an amazingingly brilliant plan. That is of course if they could pull it of. And that’s a big if. They are going to have to stay out of all the turmoil with other countries . but they aldo have allies and I think it's inevitable that they’re alloys won’t get into any fights, then the US will want to help them so it is inevitable that they won’t get into any wars. The war was a very good thing. However, in some ways, it was bad. The US lost a lot of people who fought in the war and they needed money to pay for the war. Therefore, inflation, in the US currency was inevitable. This was one of the things that is a result of almost all the bears, so our family was expecting it. This were was a very bad thing, however, every bad thing comes with a good. Things were horrible with my family going to the war but in the end it all payed off and proved that no matter where you come from, you can succeed. After all, that’s what happened to our

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