For many African Americans‚ the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Black joined the military in large numbers‚ escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest. Yet‚ like the rest of America in the 1940s‚ the armed forces were segregated. The Army accepted black enlistees but created separate black infantry regiments and assigned white commanders to them. Of the more than 2.5 million African Americans who registered for the draft
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There were so many things wrong with Marilyn Monroe’s life but She still managed to accomplish great things.Marilyn Monroe had amazing fashion in her time‚ wich continues to influence people 50 years‚ and even now after her death. Marilyn Monroe had a difficult early life but still learned to adapt to it First of all‚ Marilyn Monroe had “a mentally unstable mother and absent father” This made it harder for her because she had no father like normal families‚ so she didn’t have a father
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Following the Revolutionary War‚ the American colonies were faced with uncertainty in their newfound independence. Now free from British rule‚ the people of colonial America wanted to avoid any form of government for fear that it would revert them back to the past. This left the founding fathers with an extremely difficult task. How do you govern a person who wants to govern themselves? Government is necessary‚ after all‚ for the war had left the colonies in extreme debt‚ requiring taxation that
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World war 2 (WW2) was a worldwide war that lasted 6 years. From September 1st‚ 1949 to september 2nd‚ 1945. Many countries and and people were affected from this war. Millions of soldiers and civilians were dead. The second world war had become the deadliest war in history. The war’s fatality number was around 50 through 85 million according to wikipedia. That’s around 70% of the people involved. Although it is said to have been started in 1939‚ the Pacific had already been at war with China around
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Intelligence in World War II: The Ancestor of Modern SIGINT Signals Intelligence in World War II began as a defunct system that appeared to be doomed and offered little to no valuable intelligence to commanders at all echelons. The United States Army formed the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in 1930 in an effort to consolidate all Army cryptologic functions underneath the Signal Corps. The Army identified the need for the SIS following the dissolution of the War Departments Military Intelligence
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The Industrial Revolution and its Major Effect on the World The Industrial Revolution was a time of dramatic change in which people advanced in many areas by abundantly industrializing. Almost all tasks were previously very labor based and inefficient‚ but became much easier thanks to new technology. It not only helped the globe become more productive‚ but it also allowed people to not have to rely on their own communities’ resources as much as before. Few things from previous periods were kept
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World War II and Propaganda Posters Propaganda during World War II was escalated to perhaps the greatest heights in history. Propaganda is used to manipulate information to influence public opinion‚ rather than merely communicate the facts about something. The American government used propaganda posters to persuade people to conserve material needed by soldiers‚ to discourage gossip about information heard about the war effort‚ and to invest
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Have you ever thought about how you have what you have now? The Era of The Industrial Revolution from 1750 to 1830 had a very big effect on the world because mostly everything we have now was invented somewhere. Many things are being invented still. Modern inventions‚ education‚ and modern buildings were some of many important inventions. There was many other objects and laws that have affected our world now‚ good and bad. Also there was many problems from working condition to working wages‚ and
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I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” —Robert E. Lee. “If we’d had your music‚ sir‚ we’d have whipped you out of your boots.” — A Confederate officer at Appomattox to his Union counterpart”. The outcome of the Civil War was solely based on the North’s access to music. It gave both sides a way to express their views and differences. Music comforted‚ entertained and gave soldiers something to do other than worry about loved ones. At home‚ it distracted families from all the fears
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American wars of the last 150 years have resulted in the most important social and political gains of minorities and women. Evaluate this statement with regard to the experience of minorities and women during World War II. Use evidence from the documents and your knowledge of the period from 1941 to 1945 to compose your answer. Document A Document B Brigadier General B. 0. Davis to General Peterson‚ 9 November 1943 (Brigadier Davis had just completed an inspection of military bases in
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