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Transformative Effects of WWII on American Society: Lessons and Legacies

Explore the profound societal impacts of WWII on American society, focusing on discrimination, societal shifts, and post-war developments. Learn about the struggles and triumphs of minority populations during this tumultuous period, including the Double V Campaign and the Bracero Program.

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Transformative Effects of WWII on American Society: Lessons and Legacies

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  1. Impact on Society The Home Front

  2. Focus Question • Identify an event which had a profound impact on your life. What effects did this event have on you?

  3. Obectives After today’s lesson, you will: • Discuss the impact the Second World War had on American society • Discuss the impact the War had on “minority” populations

  4. Societal Shifts • The War forced changes in society • Mass movement of people throughout the country • Opportunities opened for many. • Populations faced higher scrutiny

  5. “You tell me that Hitler Is a mighty bad man. I guess he took lessons from the Ku Klux Klan” Langston Hughes, “Beaumont to Detroit”, 1943

  6. Fair Employment • Discrimination in wartime industries • African-Americans shut out of skilled jobs • Civilian military jobs segregated • March on Washington 1941 • Organized by A. Philip Randolph • Promoted to end this discrimination • Role of Executive Order 8802

  7. Double V Campaign • Campaign to stamp out twin evils • Fascism aboard • Discrimination at home • Developed through the efforts of African American newspapers • Promoted putting pressure on the Roosevelt Administration

  8. After the War • Increased power of the Black community • Economic: • Black veterans qualified for the G.I. Bill • Political • U.S. government took a more liberal view to Civil Rights • Truman Desegregated the Military • Nurtured the seeds of the Civil Rights Movement

  9. The Bracero Program • Need for farm workers in the Southwest • Arrangement between the U.S. and Mexico • Addressed concern by Mexico over discrimination • Faced opposition in the U.S. and Mexico • Provisions were not honored

  10. Bracero Program (II) • Continued after the war • Discrimination mounted • Protests arose • United Farm Workers • La Raza

  11. Summary • Describe two things learned in class today

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