how did ww2 affect life on the home front?

Answer 1

In many ways. In the U.S., which was hardly effected compared to any country in Europe, It sent women to work in factories, halted lives in some instances, created shortages in the U.S. in of goods, to name a few effects.

THe post-war factor was even greater. It had huge effects, which we still feel today through the baby boomer generation. It created suburbia and families feeling the need to have "goods" that were luxuries. I also caused a mini-revival in religious life. Many families were driven to churches. Again, that is a few of the larger ideals.

Answer 2

It gave the world as a whole a terrible feeling. Technology advanced to produce mass destruction bombs. That made everyone feel uneasy about what the governments and technology could accomplish.
Women left the home to work while the men were fighting the war.
Overall there was a descent in the humanity of the world. People looked at everyone differently--always afraid of what the other was doing.

Answer 3

First and foremost was rationing. Gasoline was rationed (3 gallons a week for most drivers) not to save fuel but to save tires--rubber plantations were in the hands of the Japanese. People also had to have coupons to buy clothing and food. Women were encouraged to go to work to free up men to go to the front; little people, whose employment before the War was mainly in sideshows, also found a niche--they worked in defense plants riviting in tight places where larger people couldn't fit.

Whole towns were encouraged to have scrap drives (scrap metal) and to save grease. There were bond drives and rosters showing the names of men in the military; the family would put a blue star in the window so that everyone knew they had a family member serving. When a soldier died, it was changed to a gold star; widows and other grieving family members were given places of honor in parades and dedications.

One thing the war did was to finally get the US out of the Depression. There was full employment, and more spending money than ever before. Books, movies, and radio shows all had patriotic themes--in the front of paperback books it would say that thinner paper was being used to help with the war effort.

There were draft boards in each county, and it was local men who decided who was fit enough to go into service. There was usually a physician on the board, and they received a certificate of thanks signed by the President (family member was on the Draft Board and I've seen the certificate).

One thing about life on the home front--everyone felt that they were in the same boat. Didn't matter if you were rich or poor--you got ration cards for the same amount of things, like one pair of shoes a year. Of course there was trading--my great-grandmother gave my mother her coupons so my older brother, who was a growing toddler at the time, could always wear shoes!

There was home defense, especially on the coasts, and blackouts there, too. In the heartland, they actually set up POW camps for Nazi soldiers, who worked on harvesting the corn. There was one by Flatville, IL--a good choice, because the folks there came from German stock, and many could still speak the language.

Answer 4

It effected life in America by jobs being avilable for women and other minorities, nuclear bombs being invented, and also just how people lived their day to day like, what they wore, and ate. Prices went up and material to make clothing were limeted because of the need for uniforms! I think I kinda started you off!

Answer 5

it made women join the work force which was a new thing for a majority of them