America After WWll Danielle King

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Name: ____________________________________ HIS-144: America after World War II Directions: Using resources from the Topic 5 Readings, including your textbook, materials provided by your instructor through class discussion, and materials from the GCU Library Guide for HIS-144 US History Themes, respond to the prompts below. Each answer to the questions should be 100-200 words While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. Proof of research is needed for each answer. Wikipedia, Ask.com, ehow.com and other online information sites, encyclopedias, or dictionaries are not considered university academic sources and are NOT TO BE USED . 1. Explain the G.I. Bill. In what ways does it change America? The GI Bill is a bill that gives serviceman extra benefits, such as unemployment benefits, education opportunities, low interest loans for housing, and meical care. This bill was meant to ease the soldiers reentry into civilian likfe after WWII. The most significant of this was providing them financial aid for schooling. Going to college had preiously been more of an upper class privilege and this gave the common man better opportunities for their futures. “More than 2 million ex-serviceman enrolled in colleges in the decade following the war” (Schultz, 2018). This bill also showed ways America could change society. It ultimately paved the way for further advancements in welfare-state legislation. 2. Why is the automobile so important to post war America? Automobiles were important to post war America beause they began the explosion of the average man. The sales of them exploded in the 1950’s (PBS, n.d.). Soldiers coming back from the war had started going to colleges or vocational schools and that started up new services for the people in towns. This led to an economic boom. Men in the war and women in war industry plants led to little savings being able to purchase cars. Them living in the suburbs, having one or two cars started to become the norm so men could travel to their jobs and women could have a car for 1
errands or taking kids back and forth to school. Cars also helped the average man because they were more affordable than previous transportation methods had been. Before Ford had developed the assembly line to make cars more affordable, things like railroads or steam boats were the primary form of transportation and was mainly reserved for upper class as they were the only ones who could afford it. With average men being able to get back and forth, they didn’t have to worry about missing work for transportation issues (Jones, 2003). 3. Describe gendered spheres in American society during WWII and how they changed after the war. How did women’s roles change? During the war, women went into different jobs that the men in the service used to have. They were able to work in places they hadn’t before, like industrial jobs, shipyard, aircraft plants, and factories. With the servicemen leaving, there was an increase to over 50 percent of women working outside the home (Schultz, 2018). After the War, not only were the men back at their jobs and most women fired, they were actually encouraged to be home makers and care takers. This is also when they had the baby boom. They wanted to start families and the average amount of children in the house went from 2.1 to 3.5. The few women who did choose to keep working outside the home were given jobs such as being a teacher or a waitress. 4. What was the role of religion in post-World War II American society? After the War, the baby boom, and the move to suburbs, fears had come up that ended up waking a religious revivial. We were no longer in the days where just Protestantism was the main or only correct religion. Catholics and Jews took advantage and went into mainstream America. The consumerism was a big help in this. We now had added “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegience and “In God We Trust” was added to our money. Catholics and Jews were starting to earn allowances for being able to publicly display and share their religion. American religious life was now more than just being Protestant. It even led to the Catholics seeking funds from the 2
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