The Positive Consequences Of World War II

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World War II was based on the idealistic view of Americans, especially concerning the people’s perspectives on how America was being perceived, and how they wanted to be seen. The American public, witnessing foreign tragedy worked to push against suppression in order to rise in equality. Coming out of the Great Depression America was extremely cautious about intervention in foreign affairs spurring an isolationist view. When determining their entrance into World War II America thought about the immense amount of casualties brought from World War I and the lack of positive consequences. Much of the changes enveloping society were a continuation of the new deal policies.
Primarily, World War II strengthened the role of the Federal Government in the states. In particular, federal agencies along with the war production board took control of stabilizing the economy by rationing food and supplies, and fixing wages, prices, and developing production quotas. Many of these war imposed changes served to secure the economy, thus providing society with the relief of employment previously …show more content…

The harsh treatment by Nazis especially woke Americans to the realization to focus on equality improvement. FDR in his speech focused on four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. A fifth freedom, the freedom of enterprise, is argued to be present due to the power of big businesses. The speech prompted Americans to embody diversity. The idea of acceptance was spread by writing published on the absurdity of racism. Although America was set in becoming an accepting nation the idea was haltered by the lack of trust in minorities. Race riots were a large contribution to the increase of fear. In addition, executive order 9066 affecting Asian American drove japanese into internment

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