What are some topics for a research paper on WWII in America?

Question

The topics have to do with America
The more topics i could get the better;
Thanks

Also, what could i make my thesis

Answer 1

Well, there's rationing.

Japanese internment camps.

Women's fashion.

Segregation in the armed forces

War protesters (yes, they did exist)

How American newspapers treated Japan before the war and after the war.

You can probably analyze old newsreels somewhere online and get some ideas.

Answer 2

All the ones listed are good topics. For something a bit more obscure, you could research the population shifts caused by mass movement of people looking for war work, and how they set the stage for today's population distribution in the US.

Another topic for the years leading up to the war would be the facist movements in America, and then how those people adapted once the war started.

Another would be the vast number of scientific & technical discoveries that were driven by the war. The atom bomb is obvious, but there were many others that affected life after the war.

Answer 3

I just did a paper on this for AP European History, but the topic could work for America as well. I did the effect of codes on the outcome of the war. It is a very interesting topic and you should be able to find enough info. The Allied powers were able to create their own unbreakable code (vs. the Axis power's Enigma code) by using Navajo code talkers. Because Native American languages aren't based on any of the European languages people were familiar with, it was impossible for the Axis to break. You could also incorporate Americans working in Bletchley Park (British codebreaking center) to help break the Enigma. Good luck!

Answer 4

How about American women working in factories during the war? You can explore what, if any, far-reaching effects that may have had on American society.

Also, I think a good topic would be the internment of Japanese-Americans. An underreported fact is that Peruvians of Japanese decent were actually put on ships, sent to Texas and put into internment camps. That had a difficult time as they spoke primarily Spanish.

Another good topic, in my opinion would be how consumption and culture was curtailed during the war. Rationing of food and materials, etc. Even trick-or-treating and Halloween pranks were a no-no as they might disturb weary war workers.

Finally, there is how women with children were forced to adapt to war work without their husbands around to help out. The women needed to find transportation (as gas was rationed), childcare, and make living arrangements. How women adapted to the war would make an interesting topic.

Answer 5

You could do a comparison of what the US government told the people here at home with propoganda and press releases vs. what was actually happening - or how the media was presenting the war to the folks at home as compared to what was really happening over in Europe or the Pacific.

Answer 6

Social changes in America due to the war, specifically dealing with women in the workforce.

Answer 7

How about how the US didn't enter the war until '41 yet managed to get the lion's share of the spoils!

Answer 8

War rationing and the internment camps in California.

Answer 9

An interesting one would be

what and how american companies supported the Nazis

DuPont, Texaco, and W.R. Grace are ones that come to mind quickly

Answer 10

Discrimination/Racism in the military during that time. You can look at such things as all black units, and the Jobs blacks were given, as well as sexism.