Preserving the national security of the United States. Promoting world peace and a secure global environment. Maintaining a balance of power among nations. Working with allies to solve international problems.
Flushed with their success against Germany and Japan in 1945, most Americans initially viewed their place in the postwar world with optimism and confidence. But within two years of the end of the war, new challenges and perceived threats had arisen to erode that confidence.
America's response to World War II was the most extraordinary mobilization of an idle economy in the history of the world. During the war 17 million new civilian jobs were created, industrial productivity increased by 96 percent, and corporate profits after taxes doubled.Dec 19, 2001
Life in the United States began to return to normal. Soldiers began to come home and find peacetime jobs. Industry stopped producing war equipment and began to produce goods that made peacetime life pleasant. The American economy was stronger than ever.Dec 28, 2006
The war provided a place for women in the labor force, and this, along with labor laws, gave women new opportunities to grow socially and professionally (Handler, 1979). Even if the wartime opened new opportunities for women in the workforce, it also created much social tension in the American family.
What were three effects of the end of WWII on American Society ? Many veterans used the GI Bill of Rights to get an education and buy homes. Suburbs grew and families began to move out of the cities. Many Americans bought cars and appliances and homes.Dec 1, 2021
The economy thrived after World War II in large part because America made it easier for people who had been previously shut out of economic opportunity — women, minority groups, immigrants — to enter the work force and climb the economic ladder, to make better use of their talents and potential.Aug 6, 2020
Driven by growing consumer demand, as well as the continuing expansion of the military-industrial complex as the Cold War ramped up, the United States reached new heights of prosperity in the years after World War II.May 14, 2020
The United States benefited the most from WWII as it had a large population, technological prowess, and the capital necessary to change WWII machinations into business and industry that benefited the civilian. Europe saw great growth post-WWII; it just happened slower than it did in the United States and Japan.
World War II also marked the beginning of trends that took decades to fully develop, including technological disruption, global economic integration and digital communication. More broadly, the wartime home front put a premium on something that's even more crucial today: innovation.Jul 18, 2015
Race and class dynamics began to shift; the longer distance between home and work generated a highway and housing construction boom; and older community institutions began to disappear as the family turned inward.
The war brought vast changes: While there was an increase in marriages, job opportunities, and patriotism there was also a definite decline in morale among some Americans. Despite the increase in rising wages, poverty increased and some families were forced to move in search of work.