Assignment 3: “World War II through the 1970s” Write a five to six (5-6) page paper on the period from World War II through the 1970s.Your paper should cover the following: Identify at least (2) two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. Analyze the impact of the two (2) or more major historical turning points selected on America’s current society‚ economy‚ politics‚ and culture. Give at least two (2) reasons that Americans in the late 1930s wanted to stay out of
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totalitarian power over the whole world set in motion conquests that led to the Second World War‚ the effects of which are present to this day. Using the insult of Treaty of Versailles on Germany‚ the chaotic political system in Germany and the economic depression as a stepping stone‚ Hitler became the ultimate dictator of Germany. His greed for world domination also caused his defeat‚ forcing him to kill himself before the brink of defeat in the Second World War. Hitler‚ the ruthless dictator of
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2 years after WW II started‚ the government made the work force open to women to help contribute to the war from home. The women mainly served clerical jobs such as farmers‚ canteen servers‚ Red Cross nurses‚ and in the war industries. A few years after‚ the National Defense Headquarters began allowing women to work in uniform such as the air force‚ army corps‚ and naval services. Since the women took on such a strong role during the war as workers‚ and in uniform‚ it impacted women then‚ and now
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Jewish Children’s Struggle Although life was bad for Jewish adults during WWII‚ it was harder for children to survive. They were forced into hard labor‚ put into hiding‚ and were the victims of of horrendous experiments. The Germans killed almost 1.5 million children in total‚ including a million Jews‚ thousands of Romani kids‚ and mentally and physically disabled children. Children were killed when arriving in camps‚ killed immediatly after birth‚ were hidden in camps‚ put to work in hard labor
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Women during World War II Abstract During World War II there were many job opportunities for women. The war opened new doors during a time of depression. As husbands‚ fathers‚ sons‚ and brothers went to fight in the war the women went to work at factories‚ offices‚ and even on military bases. These women went to work in paying jobs that were usually for men. Many women became journalists‚ photographers and broadcasters. They were covering the biggest story ever‚ the men that were at war and the
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After the end of World War II‚ gender issues became one of the most serious changes in human history. Before World War II ended‚ male was always the superior species and women were inferior‚ seen as a housewife and mother and that’s all. When men were off at war‚ the women had to work and fulfill the men’s job as well as being a mother and completing the house work‚ but as soon as the men returned from war‚ the women were sent back to the houses to do the housework and nothing more. Gender inequalities
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World War II is considered one of the greatest tragedies of all time with over 50 million casualties (White). It’s wrong to say that it was only the Nazis and their treatment of the Jewish people. There was mistreatment of minorities on both sides. For example the Zoot Suit Riots‚ in which Anglo-American servicemen attacked Latino-Americans under the belief that they were not American. But during the war‚ Latino-Americans sought to prove the opposite. Through their contributions‚ despite their struggles
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World War 2 is considered to be the deadliest war in history. It involved over 30 countries‚ but 6 countries mainly contributed. The Axis powers consisted of Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan. Led by the fascist leaders of Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ and Hideki Tojo. The Allied powers were made up by Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union‚ and the United States. Ran by Winston Churchill‚ Joseph Stalin‚ and Franklin Roosevelt. On September 1st‚ 1939 Hitler and his Nazis troops invaded Poland which kickstarted
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was arguably one of the most influential people in America during World War II. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor over two years after the war started‚ Roosevelt had a difficult and important decision to make. Fears and anxieties broke out among the U.S. people that the Japanese living in the United States would sabotage America and turn against them in the war. A couple of months after the U.S. started fighting in the war‚ Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which required all people of
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European countries since the end of the World War? How does it fit within the ideas of Hayek and Keynes? Use the stagflation of the 70s as an example. The post–World War II the postwar economic boom‚ also known as economic expansion‚ the long boom‚ and the Golden Age of Capitalism‚ and the Age of Keynes in western countries after the end of World War II in 1945. It was a high worldwide economic growth in Western European that had been devastated by the war such as unusually high and sustained
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