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Usa during the world war ii
During World War 2, the US mobilized its entire economy and workforce for the war effort. Unemployment fell to just 1.2% by 1944 as industries converted from making consumer goods to weapons and war supplies. Women and teenagers entered the workforce in large numbers to replace men serving in the military. Over 6 million women worked in war-related jobs. In August 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, prompting Japan to surrender and end the war.
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- 1. USA During WarWorld II • Accomplished by: Students gr. 1LM2 Daniela Budcenco Luminița Oțel • Checked: Irina Pomazanovschi
- 5. President Franklin Roosevelt Signsthe US Declaration of War
- 6. December 8, 1941US Declared War on Japan
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- 10. Economic gains •Unemployment fellto only 1.2% by 1944 and wages rose 35% •Farmers benefited as production doubled and their income tripled
- 11. Industry • Americans convertedtheir auto industry into a war industry • The nation’s automobile plants began to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars • Many other industries also converted to war-related supplies
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- 14. • Women joinedthe workforce. Before the war, only about 3 million worked in the U.S. • Most were housewives and raised families. • Desperate for workers to produce weapons, women replaced the men that went to war. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Before After Women
- 15. Rosie the Riveter •1940-1945 - the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased 27%-37% • 1942 - Congress instituted the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, later upgraded to the Women's Army Corps (WACs) which had full military status. • By 1945 - nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home.
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- 19. U.S. DROPS TWO ATOMICBOMBS ON JAPAN • Truman warned Japan in late July 1945 that without a immediate Japanese surrender, it faced “prompt and utter destruction” • On August 6 (Hiroshima) and August 9 (Nagasaki) a B-29 bomber dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan The plane and crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
- 20. JAPAN SURRENDERS At theWhite House, President Harry Truman announces the Japanese surrender, August 14, 1945 • Japan surrendered days after the second atomic bomb was dropped • General MacArthur said, “Today the guns are silent. The skies no longer rain death . . .the entire world is quietly at peace.”