what are some of the hardship ordinary ameriacns faced during world war 2?

Question

mostl descride the hardships that's all.

Answer 1

Many thing were rationed, not just food and gas.

Metal, cloth, [silk in particular], rubber, paper, etc. anything that was needed for the war effort.

Men served under the draft, and women for the first time worked in factories and joined the armed services. This meant that a lot of kids lost their parents both in the US and abroad.

Coastal cities were subject to blackouts due to invasion fears.

Do a search using the words home front ww2 and you will find detailed information regarding hardships during the war.

Answer 2

The rationing is, of course, the first thing that comes to mind.

People were limited to one pair of new shoes per year, and there were even guidelines as to how much material could be used to make clothing. Consumer goods, such as cars, were not manufactured during the war years--in fact, consumer goods of most kinds were scarce. People who were working (and contrary to what one of the answerers claimed, jobs were not hard to find) just saved their money, buying war bonds and leaving it in the bank, because there really wasn't much to spend it on.

Funny thing is, no one seemed to mind all this very much. Evidently the average person felt it was a sacrifice he or she was willing to make.

My guess would be that the emotional stress was much worse--wives separated from their husbands for years at a time, children who knew their fathers only from photographs, everyone dreading the arrival of a telegram announcing the death, injury, or capture of a loved one--and this is by no means an exhaustive list.

But we survived that, and I think we could do it again if we had to.

Answer 3

Many families were separated for long periods because fathers and sons were sent overseas for the duration. Women worked in large numbers to replace workers who were in the army and to provide the extra production needed. Their were shortages of not only goods needed for the war effort but for any thing that required transport. Almost no new cars, washing machines, refrigerators, were manufactured and almost no houses were built. Meat, sugar, gas, tires etc were rationed, so you needed stamps as well a money to buy them if you could find them for sale. Other thing were impossible to buy, such as anything made of rubber or silk because they had to be shipped across the pacific, so substitutes were used. Nylon replaced silk for most uses and still does today.

Answer 4

For one , allot of men went to fight leaving families to fend by themselves , and work was very difficult to find , women were hired in war factories , building from airplanes to bullets ,. and people were asked to donate any pots , cans, whatever metallic object they had to be used in the proses of building armaments , and of course the rationing of food and ration cards , fuel was at a premium , basically it was a difficult time for the American people .

Answer 5

There was no form of government rascality than to issue ration cards for gas. Americans could put up alot of other rationing with food, etc., but their love of cars knew no bounds.... Funny, we're still that way today.

Answer 6

japenese americans were forced to give up their jobs and homes and to go live in internment camps.