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Sadia Mahmood

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05/31/2020

Jonathan Davis

America After WWII

World War II was a turning point for most of the world and so was the case with United

States as well. It changed the future of America forever, not only politically but, also

economically and socially as well. Most of the countries were stuck in poverty and depression

and this war helped ended it globally. After the war ended every solider came back to their home

to help develop their own life. The industries that were busy in producing war equipment were

not back to normal routine and were manufacturing consumer items for daily use. People were

happy as the economy was flourishing and some of them had gathered enough wealth to upgrade

their lifestyle and move on to a better place for living. Small business was flourishing and people

were getting better chances of earning bread for their family. Politically there were many steps

that were taken to help those who were directly affected with war. Government created

initiatives for war veterans so that they could be a normal part of our society as they were before

the war. They passed the bills to help pave the way for civil societies to take place in our society

that could help those in need.

Government introduced a bill that was one of the important bill meant to provide help for

war veterans as called “GI Bill”. GI Bill was supposed to provide some extra care and helping

hand to war veterans so that they could feel compensated for their sacrifice. This bill guaranteed

them a feasible Job after the war, health insurance, free of cost medical care and education.

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Many health care institutes were created under the same initiative to support veterans. “Those

out of the military took advantage of this Bill and went to college to get better jobs” (Hedden,

2014). This bill provided them enough resources to start a small venture or buy their own home

so that they can spend the rest of their life with ease and earn an honest living after the war.

“This not only helped veterans but also served as an economic booster. Also, this Bill was

successful in easing the difficult demobilization of millions of veterans” (Schmidt, 2010). Even

after the war and such a great effort to help veterans many of the African American veterans

suffered mentally after facing problems in getting these benefits that were meant for them.

The aftermath of the war created a huge problem for African americans as well as

women. As the war ended white veterans came back to get their jobs and positions that were left

by them during war and taken by African Americans and women. This created a lot of tension

among fellow African Americans as they were left jobless or without any wage while on the

other hand women were sent home to take care of their household chores. “It was socially

unacceptable for married woman to work outside the house” (Hedden, 2014, p.1). Although they

did this for a while, this triggered a movement among these citizens that were not conformed

with their “spheres of life”. These events contributed as stepping stones leading to Women and

Civil Rights movements.

Many other issues were raised that help African Americans to get better rights as they

were given before. Many of these were cases of brutalities committed by government and police

against African American citizens that heated the debate on black lives matter. For instance,

Brown v. Board of Education was a renowned case of African American parents that fought for

their daughter’s right to attend a segregated school in Topeka, Kansas. “Brown claimed that

Topeka's racial segregation violated the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause because the city's

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1 Sadia Mahmood HIS-144 05/31/2020 Jonathan Davis America After WWII World War II was a turning point for most of the world and so was the case with United States as well. It changed the future of America forever, not only politically but, also economically and socially as well. Most of the countries were stuck in poverty and depression and this war helped ended it globally. After the war ended every solider came back to their home to help develop their own life. The industries that were busy in producing war equipment were not back to normal routine and were manufacturing consumer items for daily use. People were happy as the economy was flourishing and some of them had gathered enough wealth to upgrade their lifestyle and move on to a better place for living. Small business was flourishing and people were getting better chances of earning bread for their family. Politically there were many steps that were taken to help those who were directly affected with war. Government created initiatives for war veterans so that they could be a normal part of our society as they were before the war. They passed the bills to help pave the way for civil societies to take place in our society t ...
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