HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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large numbers of men entered military service
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high prices created a need for two family incomes
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laws ending child labor created openings for women
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government regulations forced industries to adopt hiring quotas
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Detailed explanation-1: -During WWII women worked in factories producing munitions, building ships, aeroplanes, in the auxiliary services as air-raid wardens, fire officers and evacuation officers, as drivers of fire engines, trains and trams, as conductors and as nurses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women on the home front were critical to the war effort: Between 1940 and 1945, the era of “Rosie the Riveter, ‘’ the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945, nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home.
Detailed explanation-3: -The aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female workers. By 1943, 310, 000 women worked in the aircraft industry, representing 65 percent of the industry’s total workforce.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Which of the following is true of American women during the Second World War? Those who took industrial jobs learned new skills and earned better pay than in jobs previously open to them. Which of the following battles was considered to be a turning point in the Pacific Campaign during World War II?