United States home front during World War II

First Lady of the United States and wife of former president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered as one of the most active First Ladies in addition to the longest serving one, presiding during the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt was a renowned social and political activist, philanthropist, journalist, educator, and diplomat. Throughout her tenure as First Lady, and in the decades to follow Roosevelt helped found the Freedom House and the United Nations…

In world war II, latin Americans had fought in the war. Between 250,000 and 500,000 hispanic Americans served in the United States armed forces during world war ll. They fought and engaged in every major American battle in the war. Hispanics served as active combatants in the European and Pacific parts of the war. They also served on the home front as civilians. Hundreds to thousands of hispanic women joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), serving as nurses. The WAACPs were the first…

ads from the 1940s and 1950s show the different styles of sports jackets that were popular. These primary sources were essential in dating the sports jacket. In one ad, LW Foster sportswear shows a male wearing a two-toned tweed sports jacket. The front torso portion of the jacket is brown and sleeves are grey. One difference between the research garment is the pocket flap, but both sports coats are similar in style (Fig. 9). The jackets also have narrow-peaking lapels. Although this ad was…

importance of this land. To gain this land, he required the cession of it to Germany, otherwise, he may start a war. He successfully persuaded Britain and French not to defend Czechoslovakia, which allowed Germany to occupy the Sudetenland. It should be studied today because this land consists a large number of German speakers so that Hitler wanted to occupy it. The Munich Agreement was signed during this process, in which the Sudentenland was ceded to the Germany. Blitzkrieg…

During World War II, every nation used propaganda posters to encourage support and participation by its citizens. The Allies created many types of propaganda to encourage citizens to purchase war bonds, to join in the conservation efforts, and for women to fill the critical jobs on the home-front while the men were serving on the front lines. Allied propaganda also served the purpose of boosting public morale when it looked like the Axis might win the war. The most infamous propaganda of the…

The United States had a surplus of foreign concerns during key moments of the Civil Rights Movement. After World War II, people were trying to return to their former lives, however other issues prohibited that from ever happening. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the whole country feared for their lives since potential attacking forces were only ninety miles away. While the Crisis had almost everyone in a panic, sit-ins were happening across the country to protest segregation. Not only were…

overcome.” Along the US history, people wanted to change the racial bias and they tried to do something to deal with this problem. We can see it from the Civil Rights movement, world war 2, reconstruction and Jim Crow. The past historical events in the U.S. helped improved race relations. Jim Crow law was a turning point during the long era about US racial bias history. However, There were also something else happen before Jim Crow, but the impact they brought is much more less than Jim…

1) America became involved in the second World War because they lent supplies to enemies of the Axis through the Lend Lease Act, and because of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. From 1939 through 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed Congress to pass the Lend Lease act. This act allowed Americans to send supplies to countries fighting the Axis. Roosevelt hoped that the Lend Lease act would help Britain and France to fight the Nazis, who had conquered Western Europe at an alarming rate.…

McNamara, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk were all trying to convince Congress and the American public that the North Vietnamese attacks were unprovoked…” The Gulf of Tonkin started to become something of a mess because of the fact that Humphrey talked about the war plans. American officials who knew of the actual events of those two nights…

take a role in making materials for World War 1, to women being the stay at home nurturing…