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How Did Ww2 Affect America

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War, by its very nature has always been a catalyst for change. World war two, being no exception, is perhaps the most drastic example of how war can affect an entire nation. Specifically in regards to politics and government, World war two affected America in an extremely profound way. The war triggered a plethora of different changes within the United State’s government, including: Causing a permanent demographic change from groups who had been previously discriminated against, promoting growth of big business, shifting the power dynamics in the United States Government as well as on the international level, and by shifting the United States approach to foreign policy from isolationism to interventionism.

The first major change that World War 2 caused was permanently changing voting demographics within the United States and giving more political power to groups who had been discriminated against in the past.
During world war two, woman were given many opportunities that they hadn’t had before. While most men were overseas fighting in the war, Women were encouraged to take up jobs that had been vacated by men. This was an unprecedented era which saw more women enter the workforce than any other time in history. Their role during the …show more content…

In order to survive during wartime in an efficient manner the federal government was forced to take control of the United States in drastic ways. A few examples how they exercised this control would be the use of japanese internment camps; the office of censorship restricting the content of radio, newspaper, and mail; the fixing of prices; increased federal regulation; and the forced conscription of millions of Americans.(Higgs) While most of these practices ended with the war, some powers remained. Furthermore, the positive public view of the World war 2 offered unprecedented ideological support for a large federal

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