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1. smarthistory.org › seeing-america-2 › car-highwaysCars, highways, and isolation in Postwar America - Smarthistory

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   The post-World War II era was a period of economic prosperity and growth in America. The automobile came to be a symbol for postwar wealth, and the dream of the open road was joined with the construction of new interstate highways and evolution of transportation vehicles featuring new technologies like using delivery valves and nozzles to power ...

2. www.usatoday.com › story › news70 years later: How World War II changed America - USA TODAY

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   Jul 18, 2015 · 1:25. Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country. What they didn’t know was just how much or for how long. In that last wartime summer...

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4. www.pdqamerica.com › blog › how-world-war-iiHow World War II affected American transportation | PDQ America

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   May 21, 2019 · From more and more women stepping out of the home and into the workplace due to labor shortages, to a rise in poverty, American families made their own sacrifices during the war. The war also impacted American transportation in numerous ways.

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5. www.jstor.org › stable › 26304207The Industrial Mobilization of World War II: America Goes to War

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   The nearness With the beginning of World War II in Europe in of peril seemed to overshadow Washington, D.C. There September 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt were reports that the coastlines of the United States started the PMP—the result of industrial mobilization.

6. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsWorld War II and the Industrialization of the American South

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   Nov 24, 2017 · This article uses mobilization for WWII to test the big push hypothesis in the context of postwar industrialization in the American South. Specifically, I investigate the role of capital deepening at the county level using newly assembled data on the location and value of wartime investment.

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7. www.nps.gov › subjects › worldwariiMobilizing A Nation For War - World War II (U.S. National ...

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   Mar 20, 2024 · World War II called upon American industry to essentially stop what it had been doing and dedicate everything towards building tanks, planes and armaments for the Allied forces.

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   • Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country. What they didn’t know was just how much or for how long. In that last wartime summer of 1945, the seeds of a new America had been sown.

   70 years later: How World War II changed America - USA TODAY

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   How did America change during WW2?

   • Domestic auto production ceased during the war years, nylon stockings were hard to find, and steel was used for pennies to save precious copper. Everything changed and everyone made sacrifices. America's labor market witnessed tens of millions of workers entering industrial centers from previously service sector or agrarian jobs.

   Mobilizing A Nation For War - World War II (U.S. National Park Service)

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   How did the war affect America?

   • The amateurs, the secretary of Agriculture admitted, “surprised a lot of people.” All the war’s changes, apparent and embryonic, contributed to a rich irony: Although Americans away in the military lived on memories of the land they’d left behind, by war’s end that America was already disappearing.

   70 years later: How World War II changed America - USA TODAY

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   How did transportation shape American identity?

   • This major exhibition examines how transportation—from 1876 to 1999—has shaped our American identity from a mostly rural nation into a major economic power, forged a sense of national unity, delivered consumer abundance, and encouraged a degree of social and economic mobility unlike that of any other nation of the world.

   America on the Move | National Museum of American History

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   What was the impact of mobilization for war?

   • The immediate impact of mobilization for war was a booming economy that provided a job to anyone willing to work and, in many cases, willing to move. Some workers left altogether while others moved within the region to take advantage of higher paying jobs associated with war production in southern cities.

   World War II and the Industrialization of the American South

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   How did manufacturing change after WW2?

   • Within manufacturing, I find some evidence for reallocation of activity across sectors; following the war the number of establishments in chemicals, rubber, stone, metals, machinery, and transportation equipment was higher.

   World War II and the Industrialization of the American South

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9. americanhistory.si.edu › america-on-the-moveAmerica on the Move - National Museum of American History

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   Journey though the history of the United States to learn how transportation changed American lives and landscapes. See behind-the-scenes stories about collecting and preparing objects for the exhibition.