Being a woman or an african american in the years of 1941-1945 was a harsh thing. Imagine being a woman and going to work, and you want to go home and rest but you can’t because you have to clean the house and take care of your family. Or being an African American and being segregated when they are working.But also being a Latino and getting benefits from the G.I Bill.An event that led up to the entrance and involvement of the United States in World War II was the Great Depression. The great Depression was a long period of time where the economy income went down. The time that this happened was in the 1940s. Meaning that the unemployment rate rose up to 25%.World War II was impactful for the United States because it would mean that not everybody …show more content…
According to Document G,unknown author, which was a secondary source, it states that,¨Unlike men, women suffered from the ¨double shift¨ of work and caring for the family and home.” This impact is negative because it is showing how woman had a harder life.They had to work and once they got home, they had to work again in taking care of the house and family. So woman never had a chance to rest because they were always so busy and were always having to work.In Document I, by Myron A. Marty, Daily life in the United States,1960-1990, being a primary source, there is a quote that says,”After the war women were expected to step aside for returning veterans.” This impact was negative because it’s proving thats once war ended, they let women workers go. Which meant that later on, woman could not get a job.And that is unfair if they just served in the army. According to the World War II impact slides, it was talking about how woman often faced sexual harassment on the jobs and how they were paid way less than men. For example, men would get paid $22 a day and women would just get paid $7 a day, and that was a big difference even if they did the same job.This topic can relate to the African Americans because they also faced discrimination and segregation. That was something both Woman and African Americans had in …show more content…
In Document H which was a primary source and an image, it shows how people, which were mostly african americans were dying there. It said,”300 die in bay arms ship blast.” This impact is negative because it proves how they were put the hardest position and they even ended dead at most times.Also, in Document K, a primary source as well,by an unknown author, it talks about how they were segregates. It said,”Though they were not allowed to fly actual bombers.”This impact is negative because they were being segregated. They couldn’t fly alone which that would put them down because it was showing to them, that they were not trusted.According to World War II slides, it states that African Americans served in segregated units led by white officers. What this means that whites were always on african americans. That they would always boss them around and make them do whatever they
Do you ever wonder how many peoples actions and attributions have been overlooked, ignored, or taken credit for in the past? Well Double Victory by Cheryl Mullenbach gives the public a deep and detailed look into many African- American women’s lives in the past, and how their attempts to help win World War II were far overlooked and ignored. This was based strictly on the fact that they were African American Women. This book shows the barriers; both racial and gender, that these strong black women needed to break to receive full credit and respect for what they have accomplished. The overall theme and or purpose of this book was to expose the racial and sexual discrimination African American women experienced just to do their work, and shows
United States effects on WW1 World War I, had such a great impact on the United States. In 1917 was the day United States enter the War and the day that all Americans came as one. Men fought side by side becoming brothers while the women back at home, grew their independents knowing they could do what men do such as: Work in fields and Factories. Not only did the women change, but also there were economic change that had to be maintaining a war footing. Also white male’s change their opinions about African American during the World War I. World War I had such an impact on: Women, economic change, and African Americans change the United States for the better.
“Although African Americans have been the victims of racial oppression throughout the history of the United States, they have always supported the nation, especially during wartime” (“Taylor, Clarence”). December 17 1941 brought new opportunities for African Americans that would help their ongoing move up in society. This date marked the declaration of the war against the Axis powers. “For many African Americans, the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Blacks joined the military in large numbers, escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest.
This desire was met with road blocks and opposition so that whites could continue to feel superior. In an attempt to give truth to the claims that blacks were ignorant and incapable of handling advanced aircrafts, the Airmen were given inferior equipment and facilities. Despite these blatant displays of inequality and attempts to make them fail, they were determined to succeed and help the country win the war. The Airmen were still treated unfairly after the war was over despite the many accomplishments that they achieved in the war.
In addition, “Even so, they faced physical and verbal abuse from their white peers (source B).” This shows that the great influence of racial segregation could
Conflicts during the 1930s through the 1970s were great, the mainstream idea would be due to World War II but what was significantly missed is the struggle that was at home. Different groups of individuals had to fight for their homes and jobs due to the unwillingness of equality of the white man. The values during this time were missing due to the ideas of a man who was out at war. Many different movements began and were impacted during this time women, African Americans, and Natives were all tremendous impacts on the war. Yet it seemed to take second place to the white man in history, even in areas that they significantly impacted on the war.
WORLD WAR 1 ERA AMERICAN WOMEN August 15, 1917 Women take over men 's jobs By: Alexander Rodriguez Before entering the war women were only housewives but it all changed when the United States joined the war. American women started replacing men 's jobs as the men left their jobs to go serve for the United States in the war. The number of employed women raised by a lot in many industries. “There has been a sudden influx of women into such unusual occupations as bank clerks, ticket sellers, elevator operator, chauffeur, street car conductor, railroad trackwalker, section hand, locomotive wiper and oiler, locomotive dispatcher, block operator, drawbridge attendant, and employment in machine shops, steel mills, powder and ammunition
America seems to be well-known as being the land of the free. People who are enter or born in the land of the free are promised with civil rights and liberty. However, women are not treated the same and only considered as second class citizens. Meanwhile, African Americans are not even considered as citizens or even as humans. Human rights have always been controversial and it will always have its flaws.
Hitler was the main aggressor during 1939 who everyone appeased to, who is infamously known for his rise to power, his persecution of Jews, and his attacks on the world to dominate, that killed so many. Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, believed in the policy of appeasement and appeased Hitler at the Munich Conference which eventually lead to the start of World War II. The Western Powers responded to aggression with appeasement, and in 1939 the world was plunged into World War II, proving to the world that collective security is a better response to aggression. Hitler’s aggression was the main reason why Allied powers felt the need to appease. In 1930, after the Reichstag fire, Adolf Hitler rose to power because he was appointed
The whites would call out African Americans by saying racist things and not accept them more than slaves. Also, they were beaten by the British soldiers. Along with that, the British soldiers “burned and looted, and pulled down the houses of free blacks who underbid their labor in the area.” (Nash
There were a number of Inequalities that were faced through the 1930’s-60’s. These inequalities can come in many forms, the three main types inequalities that were, and are still faced today are; Racial Inequalities, Gender Inequalities, and Class Inequalities. Through the 1930’s-60’s it was shown that just because you were woman you couldn 't do things that men did; like go to work, or play sports. Having a different last name was also a problem, that just because you had a specific last name you would either be questionably wealthy, poor, or just barely making it. One of the biggest problems in the 1930’s was racial Inequalities, just because you were african american you would be treated lower than whites, whites would be favored by the judes when in trial, african americans would have to stand in different lines than whites, and they would just all around be treated lower than other people just because of the color of their skin.
The statement that “the Home Front during World War II provided many social groups in American society an opportunity for advancement that they would not have otherwise had” is somewhat valid since not all social groups received such opportunities. Women are a specific example of a group that benefitted economically and socially from the war. Advertisements and propaganda encouraged women who had never entered the workforce before to “find their war job” (Doc. 2). New jobs had opened
Dating back to World War II the United States was immensely preoccupied with the war front. Their continuous worry about having enough ammunition put many people to work. Around the 1940s, many individuals were asked to work jobs they usually would not have been offered. There was a simple phase of false hope for the struggling families. Readers have had a chance to see the reality behind the era of World War II through the documents left behind in Chapter 13: Gender, Race, and Sexuality During World War II of Sharon Block’s book Major Problems in American History Volume II: Since 1865 and also Chapter 8: Origins of the Civil Rights Movement of Thomas Holt’s book Major Problems in African American History.
During this period of time African Americans were being treated without equality, since they were seen as a minority in the United States for their skin color. This led to have segregated public places all around America, because white people were seen as the dominant race, and could never imagen themselves cohabiting with other races, not even in their dreams. This type of problem was more likely to be visible in the south of the United States such as Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South and North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and as well as Texas. However, segregation did not stop the white people for making the African American people be more aware of the procedures that they need to learn and live day by day, any African American who cross a boundary of the segregation signs would be punish by death. This procedure was very outrages for the fact that Black people were being lynched, for only making eye contact with a
Democracy and freedom: the two things the founding fathers used as the basis of the United States. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for everyone, right? Wrong. Well at least for a majority of the history of the US. After years of fighting two of the earliest wars of America’s history is about freedom, the ancestors finally eradicated official ball-and-chain slavery from our cities upon the hills.