AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Corporations saw a decrease in profits.
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Women received equal pay for equal work.
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Hourly wages for blue-collar workers rose.
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African Americans received equal pay for equal work.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the height of the war, women comprised 4 percent of skilled workers. In 1944, skilled female workers made an average weekly wage of $31.21 while skilled male workers earned $54.65 weekly.
Detailed explanation-2: -Despite efforts of the National War Labor Board, the shortage of labor during World War II caused sharp increases in wages. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers in manufacturing more than doubled between 1940 and 1949, with the largest increases during the war years, 1940-44.
Detailed explanation-3: -The war brought full employment and a fairer distribution of income. Blacks and women entered the workforce for the first time. Wages increased; so did savings. The war brought the consolidation of union strength and far-reaching changes in agricultural life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of these was a result of America’s participation in World War II? Both women and African-Americans won new job opportunities after the war.