The US Homefront During World War II World War II was the biggest war in history, with millions of soldiers dying. What about the people that didn’t directly fight? What about the regular people living in the US? The citizens in America had a big impact on World War II because of their feelings towards the war, changes that they made to daily life, and sadly, how they treated Japanese Americans. The feelings towards the war in America were mainly fear and patriotism. When the war ended, people almost felt relief, but not quite. The people were scared. If the Japanese could bomb Hawaii, then what would stop them from attacking the coast? They didn’t know, and not knowing can sometimes be worse than knowing. The people were also very patriotic because they obviously wanted America to win the war and to remain positive and strong. They were so patriotic in fact, they attempted to take out everything Germany. This included removing books written by German authors, renaming German foods, and not letting any people of enemy heritage into America. The reason the people felt relief was because when the atomic bombs dropped on Japan and they surrendered, no more American …show more content…
These changes included rationing supplies like clothes, food, and gas, women helping with jobs while all the men were away, and the president deciding against closing down baseball. Beyond rationing resources, they also helped make them. Whenever the Americans won a battle, the citizens would build a victory garden to help give the soldiers and other citizens food. There were also scrap metal drives to help make artillery and other weapons. The commissioner of baseball asked the president if he should close down the season because of war. The president said no because the Americans needed to stay positive, and baseball would keep them happy. Though most of these changes were positive, there was still one that