Social and Economic Impacts of WW2

Question 1

What policy kept the US out of WW2 until 1941?

Answer 1

Isolationism

Question 2

What did America do when WW2 started?

Answer 2

1. Sold high quality weapons to Britain and France which created valuable production jobs.

Question 3

What event caused the US to enter the war?

Answer 3

1941 attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan

Question 4

What did FDR create once America entered the war?

Answer 4

1942: WPA (War Production Board) - created to convert industries from peacetime work to war work e.e.g car factories snow producing tanks and fighter planes.

Question 5

What was the economic impact of WW2 on employment, industries and farmers?

Answer 5

1. By 1941 4 million had found jobs doing wartime work
2. Farmers prospered through supplying food to the military
3. Traditional industries of coal, iron, steel and oil were all boosted by the demands of war.
4. Lend-lease programme stimulated the economy as jobs were created so more Americans were spending money (cycle of recovery)

Question 6

What were the social impacts of WW2?

Answer 6

1. Af-Ams - praised for success as Tuskegee Airmen and were allowed to integrate with white ppl
2. 5 mil more women entered work during WW2
3. New jobs available to women e.g. secretaries