Article Response for Monday March 3
You have read the three articles about the Home Front, Role of Women, and Japanese Internment camps. I would like you to write an response to the following question(s)...choose one of the three options. What ever option that you choose, you will need to back it up with at least three examples from the readings.
- How did the role of women change after World War II? Has this change been a good change for society?
- The Japanese Internment was a blight on the rights of Japanese Americans. Was the United States justified in putting these people in camps, or was this just a big mistake?
- How did life change for the American public? Do you feel that this change unified Americans, or only made the division between male, female, and Japanese Americans much more divided?
Number 1
ReplyDeleteThey got kicked out of their jobs when the men returned. The women that worked in the military had trouble trying to get in veteran programs. It didn't help at all. It would still be a while for women to get equal rights as men even though they worked hard in the war effort.
2. This was a big mistake on the Americans part because all of this was a combination of fear from the recent attack and the anti- japanese immigrant feelings that have been longstanding before the attacks. In the words of Fred Korematsu this was a violation of their constitutional rights. The Japanese Americans were only allowed to take certain things and the rest of what they owned had to be sold. So in all this was a big mistake.
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During WW2 the women had to take the jobs of the men that went to war. It said in the article that the country needed the women to step up during war and take the jobs. After the war the majority of women said they wanted to keep their jobs but they were given back to the men once they returned from the war. After the war the women tried to take advantage of some government programs but since they were women they were not socially equally to men and were denied.
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DeleteAfter the War many of the women were more independent, and knew how to do more of the "men's" work. They knew how to fix cars, go to work in factories, and even fix planes. This led to the women starting to want equal rights. I feel like this has been a good change because now women are looked as more responsible and they can do more jobs too.
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Number 1
ReplyDeleteThey got kicked out of their jobs when the men returned. The women that worked in the military had trouble trying to get in veteran programs. It didn't help at all. It would still be a while for women to get equal rights as men even though they worked hard in the war effort.
-Andrew Frazier
Women played a big role in helping America during the war. They became more then just housewives. Women had to help the war effort and continue doing household jobs. Some women also served in the military. President Eisenhower pushed for the help of women while Hitler thought they should be wives and make babies for the Third Reich. It was not perfect for women yet, most lost their jobs when the men came back and they didn’t get the veteran benefits that men did. World War II helped give women equality because they contributed so much and did what men could do.
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3. All of America was mobilized for a total war. Everyone was encouraged to contribute to the war effort. People car pooled and rationed goods to help on the home front. American industry boomed. Companies that used to make civilian goods now made war materials, ships, guns and airplanes. Past rivalries were set aside for a common goal, win the war. With the help of propaganda this brought the american people as a whole, together in a mind set of we can win the war.
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Women became proficient cooks, and housekeepers, manages the finances, and learned to fix the car. Nearly 350,000 American women served in uniform, both at home and abroad. Women took office and clerical jobs in the armed forces to free the men to fight. They drove trucks, repaired planes, rigged parachutes, served as radio operators, and some served near the front line.
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The role for woman changed after WWII. Because women had to now work mens jobs. But also take care of the house and the kids. After women started working mens jobs people realized that women could work just as effectively as men and this caused a revolution for women. The change of woman working has been good for society because its more workers and more taxes being payed. And also its helps to get equal rights for everyone when women are doing the same jobs as men.
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3. I feel that the life of the American Republic was changed significantly by the Japanese being separated from the americans. Even though the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor the ones who had nothing to deal with the empire of japan should have been punished. In the article is says life was "unbearable" and they just wanted as "normal" as a life as possible. They planted gardens and made baseball teams and things that normal americans do. I feel as if it definitely changed the relationship between Japanese Americans and Americans.
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I think that how the Government put every Japanese-American in internment camps makes us no different then the people we were fighting. Something could have been done about the search for spies, but this completely the wrong way to do it. It doesn't really seem like a free country when the government can just take thousands of peoples rights away without any say from the common citizen. In the end the Government tried to compensate for their mistake by giving each internee $20,000, but that still doesn't make up for how they were stripped of all there rights because of their race.
ReplyDeleteAlex Kaminski
1. Women during the war were given jobs that men would normally take. They were also forced to learn how to do things like changing oil and repairing things around the house. The role of women changed after the war because they now saw that women should be held equal. The laws didn't change right away but it was a huge step towards change. This has been very good for society because now days women are held equal to men.
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The United States completely disregarded what the constitution stands for by putting Japanese Americans in these war camps. We are supposed to be a nation built around the idea of "innocent until proven guilty"; however, in this situation, it appears to be the exact opposite. One of the most staggering statistics that I read in the article says that two-thirds of the Japanese Americans that were forced to go to these camps were first generation Americans. Meaning they were born in the United States! Of the other one-third, most of them were living in America many years prior to the war, so any idea that these people had involvement is ridiculous! The imprisonment the Japanese Americans were forced into was defined by its surrounding barbed wire and military police, sharing of small rooms without plumbing or heating, and the necessity of coping with the physical and mental stresses of being confined against their will. Even Justice Murphy, a member of the government that supported these work camps, admitted that the exclusion of these people was a racist act. How can we let such primitive thinking cloud our judgement in a time when we should be more apt to stick together?
ReplyDeleteOn another note: The order to exclude the Japanese was called "Executive Order 9,066. In Star Wars, the order for clone troopers to ruthlessly murder innocent Jedi was known by the name of "Order 66". Coincidence??
Malachi
Because of WWII, women began to work in areas which were designated for men. The fashion also changed, to save on fabric and material women's skirts got tighter and shorter. These changes were a good change in society. Not only did it open up equality rights but also changed how our country operates. During the war women in uniform took office and clerical jobs in order to free the men to fight. Even General Eisenhower felt that he could not win the war without the aid of the women in uniform.
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1. The role of women changed after World War II because when the men and boys came back from war the women got fired so the men could have their jobs back. Also some women got fired from their jobs because there wasn't a demand for war materials. On top of the jobs they had, they still had to take care of the house and kids and they weren't used to doing that. This change has been good for society because there are more jobs and a lot more things are getting done. It is also a good thing because women are getting equal rights as men when they work with the men and can do the same things as them.
ReplyDelete-Tyler McCartney
1) During the war, women made significant progress on the homefront; essentially running the country will the men were overseas. They took over necessary jobs and nearly 350,000 women served in the newly formed women's military & navy corps. But when the war ended and men returned home, most women were forced out of their jobs. Those who had fought in the war were often denied their veteran's benefits, while they were given freely to the men who had fought just the same. As is often the case, citizens who were of use to the general public were treated with respect until they were no longer needed. But the changes brought on during WWII did much for beginning the movement of women's rights in the following decades. Women found that they could do everything a man can do & began to see the need for change on an even larger scale.
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