The Aftermath of World War II

The top three positive effects of World War II on America include that: 1) the war secured America’s position as a major global supplier of branded and consumer goods; 2) it smoothed out prior...

There are tremendous similarities between WWI and WWII, and there is no doubt that war was good for the economy in both cases. Prior to America's direct military involvement in both wars, Wilson...

Culture became much more dependent on mass media after World War II. The television programs were much more powerful than radio. There was also a large impact from movies and music. The war was...

One long term effect of World War II was to reconfigure the world order. The core of the new world order was reconfigured around NATO in the west and the Soviet-led Warsaw pact countries in Eastern...

Long an industrial power, after World War II, the US became hyper-industrialized, the world leader in manufacturing for what would be a very long time. Our population became permanently more...

World War II jumpstarted our economy. The government was buying just about everything and all people had a job. The wprkforce doubled, because women went to work, and many were employed directly...

After World War II, America went from bust to boom. We went from a depression to a thriving economy. There was also a large number of new technologies to improve the way of life of the now larger...

There is no question that U.S. citizens were greatly affected by World War II. Women became more assertive after having worked in the factories, realizing that they could leave the home and be...

World War II had profound short- and long-term impacts upon the opportunities available to African Americans both during and after the war due to conditions at home and in the military. So many men...

World War II was an incredibly significant event in human history due to the sheer size and scope of its destruction across Europe, the millions upon millions of people who died from actively...

After the war, not all women were ready to leave the workforce and go back to being housewives. It was about more than just the money. It was the independence and self-determination that working...

The Allies decided to divide Germany into four zones of occupation for two main reasons. The first reason was the determination on the part of France and Russia, especially the latter, to prevent...

Two factors which predate World War II by several years but are related to the war and have a bearing on this question are, first, the gold-medal winning performance of Jesse Owens in the 1936...

Since the end of the nineteenth century, it had been clear that the resource-rich and rapidly industrializing United States was the world's rising superpower, but the US was reluctant to adopt this...

During the Great Depression, African Americans were often not eligible for government work programs, and the Depression hit them hard. However, once defence plants started gearing up for wartime...

Mobilization for World War II affected American society in profound ways. Ironically, participation in the biggest war in all of human history did more to help American society than to harm it...

One of the long-term effects of World War II, especially in the West, was the general acceptance of a much bigger role for government. The stubbornly high levels of unemployment that had persisted...

World War II affected American politics in complex ways. For one thing, it essentially ended the strong isolationist strain in American politics, relegating it to the fringes of the American...

After World War II, the world was separated into two geopolitical blocks: the Western bloc, which promoted capitalism, and the Eastern bloc, which promoted communism. Thus, the three-world model...

The United States emerged from World War II as an economic powerhouse. While the economies of Europe, Japan, and other countries were in shambles, the United States became an economic and political...

In some respects, the vibrant social activism of the 1950s has been dwarfed by the more well known 1960s developments. In civil rights, however, the landmark Brown v. Board decision of 1954 was one...

World War II changed the United States in many ways. The economy had not yet fully recovered from the Great Depression by 1941. After the United States entered World War II in December of 1941,...

There were many positive changes which took place in the United States after WWII. First, the war itself brought economic prosperity to many regions and essentially ended sharecropping in the...

World War II brought the economy out of the Great Depression. Once the war started, the government began putting people to work in factories and as soldiers. After the war, the Cold War was...

African Americans served in large numbers in the war, but they were relegated to segregated forces, and their lives were largely unchanged after returning to America. The disparity they observed in...

There were a number of reasons the economy grew rapidly after World War II. First, during the war there was full employment: everyone who possibly could earned money working for the war effort. Yet...

The economic boom following World War II was the result of pent-up demand. During the war, most production was directed to the war, weapons and ammunition, uniforms for soldiers, vehicles to move...

The World War II alliance between the United States and Russia was a relationship of mutual interest—but a relationship that was also almost certain to break down once the common enemy was...

From the early 19th century through 1942, contemporary Myanmar, known as Burma, was under British colonial control as part of British India. Buddhism was the religion of the majority. The Rohingya...

In some cases, it was the testimony of the victims themselves that proved the most damning. There were hundreds of witnesses to the crimes of the Holocaust. Soldiers on the Eastern Front also...

There were more opportunities open to women overall in the World War I years. Women were able to work the jobs that the men fighting could not. With so many fighting, and working for the war...

The Soviet Union's primary strategic aim was to prevent an invasion of its vast territories. To that end, it established political and economic control of Eastern Europe, putting in place a series...

The buildup of savings did this because it meant that after the war, people would have lots of money saved up that they could use to buy consumer goods. Once the war ended, the factories would...

Whenever confronted with a multiple choice question, it is good practice to make sure a text or course readings are consulted in finding the right answer. In this particular question, I think that...

First of all, let us note that NATO still exists. Its purpose is less clear since the end of the Cold War, but it still does exist. NATO is and was the acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty...

To suggest that the victorious allied countries from World War II learned lessons from their failures after World War I would be an enormous understatement. Following the armistice that ended the...

The impact of the post-World War II economic boom on suburban development was that it had a great deal to do with causing suburbanization. In the years after World War II, the US economy boomed....

World War II impacted the United States in many ways. First, World War II ended the Great Depression, as people either went to work in munitions factories or joined the armed forces. This is...

Like the United States, Canada experienced a sharp uptick in births in the aftermath of the Great Depression and Second World War. This so-called "baby boom" had a number of causes, but the most...

After World War II ended, there was a significant concern that the economy of the United States would decline. The soldiers were returning home, and the United States didn’t think it would need to...

As the previous educator mentioned, the role of the United States in the Second World War cemented its status, not only as a global leader, but also as a nation responsible for leading democracy...

The Tokyo and Nuremberg trials were based on the notion that there were universal laws and principles which members of all nations were bound to obey. With their decisions, the tribunals helped...

After the failure of the policies of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in the run up to WWII no political figure in the United States wanted to be labeled an appeaser. This led to a vast shift in...

During the War itself, the economy was mobilized to support the war effort. The War Production Board was created to convert industrial production to war production. For that reason, automobiles...

The GI Bill was one of the most important laws in American history. The bill had short term impacts. Mainly, it made it easier for ex-military men to reenter civilian society. This allowed the...

The original question had to be edited. One reason that American culture dominated the Post- World War II world existed in the limited number of options available. With the conclusion of the...

Short-term effects of World War I (1914–1918) included the collapse of four empires, the enormous human and material losses caused by modern warfare, and the rise of non-democratic political...

There are at least three main candidates for this title. Let us look at each. The US became the world’s leading economic power. World War II was great for the US economy. First, it got the...