American Culture During Wwii The Attack On Pearl Harbor

American Culture During WWII The attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of Americans all over the country. It required many people s way of life to change in order for us to win the war. To help make supplies for war, women had to get jobs as welders and electricians in defense plants. People used their radios to get reports on the fighting overseas(The U.S.). Most Americans first heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor through the radio. A radio station in Pittsburgh provided an eyewitness account. We have witnessed this morning the attack of Pearl Harbor and a severe bombing of Pearl Harbor by army planes, undoubtedly Japanese (Reinhardt). Footage of the Pearl Harbor attack was not released by the government for a full year†¦show more content†¦army had around 1.5 members at the beginning of the war. By the end of the war, there were 12 million members. This means that millions of young men s lives were changed because of this war(The American). World War II changed the lives of Japanese Americans all across the country. The U.S. government believed that anyone with Japanese ancestry was capable of treachery. Over 120,000 Japanese families were relocated to makeshift camps. Even though their family members had been imprisoned, young Japanese men still fought in the U.S. army(The U.S.). The war caused a serious change in economic and social patterns. Industry responded to the military’s needs. The Ford assembly plant in Richmond changed its focus to building Sherman Tanks. The Richmond Shipyards built more ships during the war than any time(Everyday). Economically, the war effectively ended the Great Depression. Military spending gave the U.S. economy the boost it had desperately needed. It effectively ended the Great Depression (Winkler). A large network of wartime agencies was developed to coordinate war production. FDR wasn t for closing agencies or firing people who worked for him, so he created one agency after another, which caused competition. This helped fuel the war effort (Winkler). Citizens bought billions of dollars worth of bonds to help ease the cost of war. They saved supplies, such as rubber and metal, to be rec ycled into military materials(Winkler).