How The United States Changed After Ww2

World War II saw the engagement and a large swath of destruction in Europe. It also involved battles half way around the world in the Pacific. So why did it affect the United States? What could a nation on the other side of large areas of ocean do to affect these conflicts?

American was greatly affected by WWII, specifically socially, economically, and politically. In the United States discrimination was increased between different races, different genders, and immigrants. The United States has since recovered from the obstacles that World War II had brought amongst the economic, political and social systems throughout the country.

World War 2 has been one of the greatest wars in history. It affected many people besides the Jewish community. This war changed America in so many ways including culturally, socially, and technologically. During this war the United States acquired some allies and also enemies. In my opinion a “good war” would be a war that causes change, whether it is economically and so on.

World War Two brought about extreme changes to the United States. In many ways it changed how Americans acted and thought about themselves, thus making a statement to rest of the world. Moreover, World War Two strengthened the United States, and Federal Government. The Government took control of entire industries, According to Bernstein, “military leaders acted from a mixture of motives and attitudes—a desire to control the economy to guarantee military-supply programs” (Bernstein, 1967). They fixed Americans wages, rent, rationing of food, and other supplies.

America before World War 2 and after World War 1 fell into the great depression due to the stock market crashing. During that great depression, America had fallen to its knees with the fact that there was no economy. People had to get up and get in bread lines or soup lines. Millions of Americans lost their jobs due to the fact that there was no money to be paid to them for working. All that changed on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese opened fire on Pearl Harbor, this led to America joining World War 2.

During the years of 1941 through 1945 the United States fought in World War II in Europe and the Pacific. Although, the United States tried to remain neutral they decided to enter the war because of the surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor by Japan. WWII impacted the United States in many ways. Some of the impacts WWII had on the U.S. home front were women taking on conventional jobs that men would usually have, the U.S. suffering from a limited amount of food and gas, and a shortage of military personnel.

After the end of World War II, the United States went through many changes. Most of the changes were for the better, but some had an adverse effect on certain population centers. Many programs, agencies and policies were created to transform American society and government.

Think about life after World War II. People all over America were changed by the war, but they also started doing new things like protesting, organizing groups, and voting. These actions made a big difference in how society works. After the Second World War, the United States stood at a crossroads of immense change. The war not only reshaped the global order but also catalyzed domestic movements for civil rights, gender equality, and economic justice.

During World War 2, there are many big events that took place and still affects the world today. One main event that really changed America was the draft, where the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This drastically transformed the lives of almost every family in America, and to execute our skit we decided to do it on the draft. The main focus of our skit had to do with how war and the draft modified the emotions of the person be drafted and the families. We achieved this by adding the interviews to show how the person was personally feeling, and yes, we did have an addition of a “joke” interview as me.

World War II was and most likely will be the largest and most great war to ever appear on this earth. Although it brought so much death and destruction with a striking total of over 60 million deaths, it is also the deadliest conflict to ever have happened as well. Out of all the horror that was WWII it did create a lot of advancements like the boost in advancements in technology. As well there were great social changes in the United States. Also there were significant boosts in medical sciences. There were economical advancements in the United States. Finally there were advancements in world peace never seen before. Though war should never be defined as good, World War II created many beneficial advancements for the United States and the world.

World War II brought several changes to the world and specifically America. It not only changed the world map but also set impact on the behaviours. WWII played a major role in building turning points during different periods. Before WWII, African Americans were not offered equal rights in the community. It was considered an impossible thing that African could ever do a white collar or even a blue collar job. However, soon after the WWII, there came a turning point in the lives of African American with the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

World War II was a very important event in American history, but as bad as war is or seems to be there always seems to have better outcomes in the end. By the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and bringing America into the war it opened the eyes of all Americans to the problems not only domestically but internationally and the biggest problem that was discovered after the completion of World War II was the level of social equality around the world. It had been a problem that had plagued the world for many years but the atrocities that brought about by the war coupled with the ever growing eye of the media caused for greater concern in the light of social equality in the world.

Is it possible to know what Americans thought of World War II, if they believed that the war was a just war or whether they did not agree for what the United States was fighting for? The historian Studs Terkel believes he knows this answer and that Americans saw themselves as liberators of an oppressed world fighting for the just war which can be concluded from his famous volume, The Good War. Of course one person’s beliefs should not be believed as easily just by reading a book. A person should base their opinions on something much more analytical than that. In order to decide whether some Americans actually thought that World War II was a just war, a thorough analysis should be done of American life looking at all the facts found. Beginning with American experience before the war then analyzing the experience of the war and the home-front itself and finally ending with the analysis of America after World War II a conclusion can be made regarding the American point of view.

In the article “World War II 's end marked a changing America” many things are discussed on how world war two has impacted united states. It gives many reasons how world war two has impacted citizens. It was the end of fascism and the end of the holocaust. The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan to end the war. Over sixteen million americans served in the war. These citizens affected the civil rights and women working. It also affected where and how people live their lives. The civil rights movement began to play a big role after world war two. First sit-ins began in 1942 to show that blacks deserved better. The world war two sparked many different things after it ended. By 1945 many women joined groups to serve in war. The women came into war because there was a shortage of the amount of men that were fighting. After world war two Eleanor Roosevelt worked hard to make it where women could fight.

World War II had a definite impact on the United States. It changed how people lived and how other people were viewed. Not many people realize the treatment of people from our own country during World War II. Three groups of people that were affected were women, African Americans, and Japanese Americans. The lives of these people were changed drastically, whether by having to work, mistreatment because of skin color, or by being blamed for something that was done by a country they were native to.