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Inequality In America During World War II

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America was put into a desperate position to allow all of America to contribute to a total war effort. America’s hand was forced to allow women and African Americans to support America domestically and later on in military and overseas. Women and African Americans stepped outside of their stereotypes, discombobulating the world, and they set into movement activism for equality, in their era and in the future. Not only was society altered, but so was the declining economy. Our withering economy inverse into a powerhouse economy due to the total war effort, broad-base labor force, allies, anticipation of another Great Depression, etc. Everything was not roses and daisies in America. World War II put our economy in need to put ceilings on wages,
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