Role of women during WWII-
Did not fight in the war, served only as nurses to help the injured, took the jobs the men had before the war when they went off to fight in Europe and the Pacific
Cause and Effect of use of the Atomic Bomb-
250,000 said to have been killed however more were actually killed. Millions were effected by this Atomic bomb as well as the destruction of two major Japanese city's Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ended the war in the Pacific theater.
US. Foreign policy Before, During, and After the war-
Before they traded some weapons and battleships, during they remained sort of an isolationist, meaning not wanting to get involved in things in Europe, and after they were sort of out to kill Communism, seeing it scary and a threat, began to convince other countries to become a democracy instead of becoming Communistic.
Effects of war on Europe-
Drastic decrease of the Jewish population, many cities destroyed by war, and many people throughout Europe in general died.
Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack-
Causes America to enter WWII. Pacific fleet hit loose battleships and killing around 2000 people.
Japanese Internment-
Japanese originated citizens were sent to live in camps by the US government because of the threat of "spies". Supreme court case U.S. Gov Vs Kormazu, wanted to sue for the violations of the right of the people sent to the internment camps, court found in favor of the US government.
Neutrality Acts-
Acts to help prevent U.S. to stay out of the war. Caused us to not have armed battleships and Americans were not allowed to travel on ships in the Atlantic Ocean because of the German U-Boat attacks.
Purpose of Propaganda-
To get the US to fight in the war.
Rationing-
Food shortage during the war. Russia caused a lot of countries to starve and continue to take from them, example being the Ukraine Famine. Russia wanted to destroy these people mentally and physically.
Results of WWII-
Many killed, took the us out of the great depression, which caused better living throughout the US, NATO was reformed because of the red scare.
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