How Did Ww2 Affect Minorities

The effect on the US homefront from World War II was not felt until 1942, 3 years after the darkest period in the history of earth began, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor due to the supplies America was selling the allied powers. The attack on Pearl Harbor did not serve to dishearten America, but rather motivated it to the join the war. Soon all of America’s resources would be devoted to the war effort in a strategy known as total war. All of America’s able bodied men were drafted into the military leaving a massive hole in the workforce which needed to be, and eventually would be, filled. The people filling the jobs could be anyone ranging from elderly white males, to adult black females. The need for workers and wanting to help the war effort

Many men were drafted into the military in order support the war, leaving their families behind to take on the jobs that had to be filled in order to satisfy total war. Women and Minorities took up the jobs drafted men once held in order to support themselves and their families. Rosie the Riveter and Wendy the Welder became symbols for woman in the workplace. Along with slogans like “We can Do It!” these ideas would lead to a change in gender roles permanently, with woman no longer just taking care of the domestic challenges, but were now working in factories and other industry. The major event that altered minorities roles in the workplace was an executive order stopping discrimination in hiring and pay. This allowed minorities to be on the same economic footing as caucasians. Minorities also served roles in the military, in segregated units usually doing supportive roles. A prolific example of a segregated combat unit was the Tuskegee airmen, who received many honors after the war for their excellence in combat. Despite the positives, there were negatives, the prime example being the internment of Japanese Americans. A large majority of Japanese Americans were imprisoned or interned in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The cause of the mass internment of Japanese Americans was the suspicion that the bombing of Pearl Harbor created. It was speculated by many that

economy was massive. The Great Depression ended with World War 2, and because no fighting took place on the American homefront the US. could only stand to profit from the war. The US. was selling wartime supplies to the Allied powers before the US. even joined the war, which may have pulled them into it, but also lead to even more economic growth. The economic level of the individual also improved, with almost everyone having two sources of income from the war and from the jobs they worked on the homefront, this lead to a complete end of The Great Depression and along with there being no consumer products, the start of Americans saving money. By the end of the war the US. economy would be among the best, making the US. on par with the Soviet Union. The US. had experienced so much economic growth that by the end of the it would be known as one of the two global superpowers. Overall the US. economy improved greatly, on an individual level and a national level. With the money the US. had gained came power, eventually the US. to become one of the two global superpowers.
In conclusion, World War 2 had a massive impact on the US. homefront ranging from a shift in gender roles, with women no longer being locked only to domestic challenges, to a change in America's overall level of power, with it becoming one of the two global