American+Society+-+1940's

Your task today is to post relevant information what aspects of American society in the 1940's. This includes exploration of **key events, the economy (income, price of goods), government, etc.**

Bell 1: Samantha Strothers Travis Tidball Adam Barnhard Molly Knoll

Economy
 * The average salary was $1299 per year
 * Minimum wage was $.43
 * It was the rebound of the Depression
 * All of the factories were converted into efforts to help the war



Government [|American Society] A political cartoon depicting the problems the United States was still dealing with as it was entering and starting the support WWII.
 * The United States was rising to be a world power
 * The Cold War begins
 * President FDR dies

//Bell 8: Annie Haskins, Jenna Brubaker, Kevin Comerford, Aaron Kong//


 * WWII:**
 * December 7, 1941- Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the U.S. enters the war.
 * June 6, 1944- D-Day invasion of Normandy
 * May 8, 1945- Victory in Europe Day
 * September 3, 1945- Victory in Japan Day
 * Japanese-American citizens sent to internment camps
 * 55% of jobs in America filled by women and African-Americans
 * FDR dies

[|American History] [|Information about the president FDR]


 * Life After the War:**
 * Cold War with Russia begins
 * "Baby Boom" begins when soldiers return home
 * Many people listened to radios for entertainment


 * Innovations & Discoveries:**
 * Tuperware
 * Velcro
 * MIcrowave Oven
 * Slinky
 * Penicillin
 * Atomic Bombs

[|Check Out this Pic of VJ Day] [|Atomic Bomb on Japan]