World War 2

Americans learned some very important lessons in World War 2. Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. It killed and wounded a lot of people. Women got hired in factories, nurses and other jobs, too. African-Americans got hired but the wages were less than other people. America came out with power, because our cities were still intact. Those are the major results the Americans had for participating in WW 2.

Pearl Harbor got attacked by Japan on December 7,1941. They killed 2,345 people and wounded 1,282 because all the military ships were in one place at the same time. The Americans shouldn't put their ships in the same spots, because 21 ships in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii sunk that day. Now all their ships are in different locations. December 7 will always be remembered by everyone who knows about it.

Women and African-Americans are good workers because they are quick learners for the job. Four hundred thousand African-Americans left their farms to work in factories during WW 2. It was a big change too because they never worked in factories and women never worked except around the house. The people produced 25 times more products than before the war. Many women and African-Americans stayed to work after the war was over.

The U.S. came out stronger than ever after the war. Many people now had jobs because of the war. If people were poor, they could get jobs and earn money. Many women stayed to work, so there was a larger workforce, which resulted in more products being produced. After the war, America's cities were still intact, while many in Europe were not. That's how America got stronger after World War 2 was finally over.

Those are very important lessons Americans learned, back then. They let women and African-Americans work when the war was ongoing. Now women and African-Americans can still work today. After Pearl Harbor America never put all their ships in one place again. The World War 2 changed America's history forever.