PLEASE HELP!
2007-03-18 16:32:11 · 8 answers · asked by iqbalkhanayesha 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Perhaps the minorities in the US saw the war as a way to improve their standing at home, by proving that they were deserving of the rights that they supposedly were endowed with by the Bill of Rights. Hopeful that someday, some generation might actually be allowed to enjoy the freedoms they had been promised. There were brave asian Americans fighting in the European theater, American Indian code talkers doing invaluable work in the Pacific theater and the Tuskogee Airmen, an all African American fighter squadron was one of the best in Europe. It was a step up from the jobs in the service they had been allowed up to that time.
2007-03-18 17:16:58 · answer #1 · answered by lwjksu89 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Machine politics of the day promoted the idea that the underclass ethnic groups needed to prove themselves and then they would get a grand piece of the American Pie. Also most country boys had never been more than 20 or so miles away from home so when the propaganda insisted the war would be over soon most looked upon it as a grand adventure and a test of their manhood. Generation after generation has fallen for the same lie!
2007-03-19 00:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by namazanyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they saw fascism as the greater threat and they also believed in the idea of liberty and democracy and despite being denied some of those rights they chose to defend the ideals espoused by our Constitution.
2007-03-18 23:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by notaxpert 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The interment of Japanese Americans comes to mind. They were denied all rights and packed up and put in concentration camps. Many, but certainly not all, enlisted into the army to prove their loyalty to the United States.
2007-03-19 03:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always wondered that myself and a few years ago asked the question of some black veterans and found to a man there answers were all alike...'they were Americans, it was their duty and it was the right thing to do.' That amazed me and still does.
You will free another country or people but your not free yourself....what great inner strength they must of had!
Hope this helps.
2007-03-19 00:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by Steve S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know this is not a very sophisticated answer and it probably expresses a lot of my opinion about American politics, but: The Americans (that is, the politicians) have always liked to go abroad instead of solving their own problems. Plus they like to regard themselves as the political saviour of the world.
2007-03-18 23:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by Solveig 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Poverty and ignorance
2007-03-19 01:52:19 · answer #7 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Five letters one word .......MONEY
2007-03-19 00:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by angel c 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋