Aim: What were some lasting effects
of WW2 on women and the U.S.?
• Do Now: Read the “1943 Guide to Hiring
Women” on your own and answer:
1. Which of these tips is most surprising to you?
Why?
2. What does this show about how women
were thought of and/or treated in 1943?
1945: World War 2 Ends; U.S. becomes
a superpower
• Superpower: an extremely influential and
powerful nation
American soldiers or “GI’s”
• Draft: when men are
randomly selected to
join the army.
• GI Bill of Rights:
(Servicemen’s
Readjustment Act)
provided money for
college, medical, home,
and business loans for
WW2 veterans
African Americans
• Second Great Migration
– African Americans migrated
North after WW2
• President Truman ordered
integration of armed forces
by Executive Order
• WW2 contributions
influenced the Civil Rights
Movement
Women
• Women’s Army Corp. (WAC):
female military unit in WW2
• Rosie the Riveter: slang term
used for women who worked
in wartime factories
– Economic gains ($$$)
United Nations
• International peacekeeping
organization
– Preserve peace, promote
international cooperation, end
hunger and disease, improve
education
• U.S. & Soviet Union, major
world powers joined
What was one result of World War II?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The arms race ended.
The Cold War ended.
Communism was eliminated.
Two superpowers emerged.
In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill
of Rights in order to
1.
2.
3.
4.
provide economic aid to veterans
reduce military expenditures
ban racial segregation in the armed forces
create government jobs for returning soldiers
The experiences of African Americans serving in
the military forces during World War II
influenced their postwar decision to
1. renew support for the principle of separate
but equal
2. join the armed forces in record numbers
3. increase efforts to end racial discrimination
4. move back to the rural south
During World War II, posters of Rosie
the Riveter were used to
1. recruit women into wartime industries
2. encourage women to serve in the armed
forces
3. promote women’s suffrage
4. support higher education for women