Pre-War to Post-War Experience on the Home-Front (Essay Sample)

Pre-war to Post-war Experience on the Home-front
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Pre-war to Post-war Experience on the Home-front.
On the evening of 28 April 1942, I sat with my radio tuned to listen to president Frankiln D. Roosevelt making a crucial announcement about the war that was awaiting America. He urged all of us citizens to stay focused on the war and remain in action throughout the war period. Five months before we had learnt of the attack on Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This came as a major blow to the nation as it had undergone a financial and economic crisis already weak. Finances and resources had to be gathered in order for the nation to prepare for the war. Japanese attack on the Hawaii naval base prompted the United States Congress to declare war on Japan, and later extended to Germany, Italy and the other axis powers that were fighting the British. Franklin Roosevelt announced to the nation that more money had been spent in the American history to prepare for the war. We were worried about the government’s expenditures in a country that had experienced economic difficulties and struggling with the high rates of unemployment. However the expenditure turned out to be beneficial to us Americans and also becoming a major step stone to the revival off the American economy (Roark et. al 2013).
The industries such as the ammunition plants, airfields and ship building industries had to work extra hard to meet the standards of productions in preparation for the war. There was a sudden demand for increased employees in these industries. All over a suddenly people were required in high number to work in these industries to provide the required labor input for the production of the war equipment. The military too had insufficient number of soldiers, they too embarked on recruiting young people all over America and for the first time women too were recruited. Several people were recruited who had been excluded from high paying jobs and skilled labor positions. The adoption of Roosevelt’s Executive Order 8802, which banned the discrimination of the African Americans in the defense forces, opened an opportunity for the blacks to join the military. Women too were employed and their numbers in the job market increased. Most of the African Americans who were isolated to the south and their mobility was limited were able to move around the country to the North and West to seek for jobs in the industrial areas. It lead to African Americans in high positions of power in organizations management (Johnson, 2012).
Despite the economic advancement during the war period still there were several social problems that remained unsolved. The increase in gender and racial discrimination was at its highest. The women who were in the work places still could not secure the well-paying jobs even after the Second World War. The racial discrimination arose as the whites could not trust the nonwhites. This lead to the displacement of Japanese Americans who were seen as cooperating with the enemies during the ...