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BY HEI MAN KWOK 11N03S 25TH DEC 2012 HEY ITS XMAS DAY!
Wartime Production
Stalin proposed a toast: To American production, without which this war would have been lost Amazingly quickly shifted from peacetime to wartime production 1944 USA producing 1/2 of the weapons made in the world x2 of Germany and Japan combined USA also provided food, clothing, vehicles and countless other items not only for US troops but the Allies too
Woman at Work
Before war, already 12 million working woman During the war: 300,000 women joined the armed forces 7 million joined the workforce 1/3 aircraft workers were women 1/2 in the munitions and electronic industries were woman
Japanese Americans
USA had a large Japanese immigrant population particularly on the Pacific Coast The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on the 7th DEC 1914 created a wave of anti-Japanese feeling in much of USA However on the West Coast, however, most residents were sympathetic to the JapaneseAmericans to begin with they didnt blame them for Japanese agression
US Economy
Emerged from WW2 as a strong economy, and continued to stay strong the nations wealth grew each year Richest country in the world from 1945 1980 Congress vs President had bold promises but often the Congress wouldnt let him do as he wishes