HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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The economy suffered greatly because of high competition with other countries
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World Trade increased as the U.S. helped allied countries
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Production boosted the economy, which helped lift the U.S. out of the Great Depression
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The economy declined because the U.S. did not have access to enough materials
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mobilizing the economy for world war finally cured the depression. Millions of men and women joined the armed forces, and even larger numbers went to work in well-paying defense jobs. World War Two affected the world and the United States profoundly; it continues to influence us even today.
Detailed explanation-2: -The economy thrived after World War II in large part because America made it easier for people who had been previously shut out of economic opportunity-women, minority groups, immigrants-to enter the work force and climb the economic ladder, to make better use of their talents and potential.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Depression was a contributing factor to dire economic conditions in Weimar Germany which led in part to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Within the United States, the repercussions of the crash reinforced and even strengthened the existing restrictive American immigration policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did World War II end the Depression? The US government’s reaction to its entry into WWII was to institute massive deficit spending, and the conscription of all able bodied young men for the war effort, thus creating a full-employment economy which was the immediate end to the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the United States, where the Depression was generally worst, industrial production between 1929 and 1933 fell by nearly 47 percent, gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 30 percent, and unemployment reached more than 20 percent.