Effect Of World War II: The Changing American Market

The war might be over, but the US isn’t even close to being finished with “fixing” the world. Due to the events of World War II lasting from 1939 to 1945 many things in the US changed. There needed to be more jobs, more soldiers, and more powerful weapons. War time made things more desperate to provide for themselves and their family. Also during the time of the war, the US was just getting out of the Great Depression where most families were struggling with no jobs and no food to feed their family. This led to conformity being a major belief as everyone wanted to be protected and secure in their own bubble. They believed that everyone having the same house meant that no one could take it away from them again. But as time went on, these beliefs

The end of the Great Depression was solved by the start of World War II. Before, during the Depression there were no job opportunities which is what kept America in the Depression and stopped it from getting out. World War II solved this because the war opened up many jobs for people to work in factories and to make weapons. The effect of this can be seen in Document C “The Changing American Market” which states how the war allowed for more people to be economically stable in the means of the middle class. Beforehand there was only a low class and a high class but the war made it so people could have enough money to buy things but not be rich. The second effect of this also in Document C shares what people did with their new money which is buy the same thing as everyone else. People could now buy on credit which granted them the power basically to buy whatever they wanted. Americans took inspiration from the people around them so when their neighbor bought something they would buy the exact same thing. An example of this is people buying cars, vacuums, and coolers. Many of these were new inventions at the time which also influenced people to

If you were black you still faced prejudice, and if you were attracted to someone not the opposite sex you faced prejudice. All of the discrimination built up during the 50s until it boiled over in the 60s where they did not want to take it anymore. This led to many protests coming from these certain groups. One group was led by Malcom X, a human rights activist. During the time there were a couple of leaders that would lead the movements in their own way. The main leaders were Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X. They had the same overall plan to overcome this discrimination but their plan of action differs greatly. You could relate the two of them to W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T Washington. Both were fighting for more rights but their plans were different. Booker T Washington relates to MLK in the way that they were calm about everything and wanted to basically be nice in order to get more rights. On the other hand, DuBois and Malcom X were ready to fight and no matter what they would get their rights. Document G explains how DuBois thought the blacks should be fighting back. He believes that they should be fighting and protesting but not befriending the people who have wronged them. This group was led by Malcom X. Another group of people that were dissatisfied with how they were being treated were women. During the time of the war, women were able to prove themselves and their work ethic by working