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=WORLD WAR II = Antonio Arroyo Jeff & PG College Bound 902 June 4, 2013 The economy during World War II Do you know how the economy was like during World War II? To answer your question World War II had such a big impact on our economy in good ways and bad ways. It left many people unemployed and in poverty, it gave women the chance to help the United States, and how war bonds helped our country win the war.   One negative way was that it left many people unemployed. In “Economy in WWII” ( [|__http://www.shmoop.com/wwii-home-front/economy.html__] )  the author stated that World War II left at least 17% of people in the workforce unemployed and 30% still lived in poverty. The needy and least organized citizens,  such as farmers and new immigrants, benefited from a few of the New Deal benefits.  Another example would be that in “The hope that flows in history” ( [|__http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/business/economy/from-world-war-ii-economic-lessons-for-today.html?_r=0__] ) Christina D. Romer states that Starting in the mid-1930, Hitler’s aggression caused capital flight to Europe. People wanted to go somewhere safer-particularly in the United States. Under the gold standard of that time, the flight to safety caused large gold flows to America.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">World War II gave women the chance to help the United States rather than being at home all day. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, as WASPs. The government wanted to encourage women to help by starting the Rosie the Riveter propaganda campaign. The campaign’s most famous propaganda was Rosie with the caption “We can do it”. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Women in WWII” ( [|__http://www.history.com/topics/american-women-in-world-war-ii__] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> WWII had a huge impact on people's lives. It left many people in poverty,gave over 350,000 women the chance to fight for our country and created the idea of war bonds, which aided the war alot.