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Decade - 1940s

This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1940s.

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How did Rosie the Riveter reflect changing roles for women in the 1940?

Rosie the Riveter was very important because she helped women in WW2 have more hope in become successful, job wise. She was a woman who was made up but her role in WW2 was that she made airplanes.

What was the relationship between the blacks and the whites in America since the 1940s to the present?

Technically their wasnt any segregation in this part of the country BUT in general whites tended to hate blacks and tried at best to keep to their own neighboorhoods away from blacks but you did have your mix relationships though looked down upon it did happen

May 8 1945 is important because?

This is the most important day in the WW2!! This day the war ended.

The New Deal was put into effect in which year?

The New Deal was first put in to effect in 1933. The New Deal started many programs in the states to help them recover from the Great Depression.

How did Communists infiltrate your government in the 1930's and 1940's?

There was little if any, factual basis to stories about infiltration; a publicity seeking, somewhat paranoid, heavily drinking Senator, named Joe McCarthy set himself up as a "commie detector". He held long, baseless hearings in Congress, accused many, many people of being communists, with only the word of others paid to "speak out", or in some cases, on no more basis than that a relative of the accused, originally came from the USSR. Some of his accusations were made on the basis of no evidence at all.

After ruining many lives, McCarthy was finally disgraced after bizarre allegations against US Army personnel. One of his cadre, Roy Cohn, was particularly brutal, sometimes blackmailing the innocent into sex acts to avoid exposure. Some choose suicide over the disgrace the powerful McCarthy arbitrarily meted out*.

At the end, one brave US Army attorney, Joseph N. Welch, had the courage to stand up for America and denounce the crew of liars. Eisenhower also began to move toward an end to the McCarthy witch hunt.

McCarthy died, drunk, and stripped of power, after losing his iron fist, and one of the darkest periods in 20th century US history came to an end.

*One US soldier, after his parents had been "revealed" by the McCarthyites as having read a Russian language newspaper, took his own life. Several books and movies have been released, detailing the horrors of the McCarthy years.

How much did migrant workers in the 1930's get paid?

* The lived under very poor living conditions. Most got paid 15-25 cents an hour which is only $5 a day! *

What are some advancements in science that happened during the 1940's?

One advancement in science that happened during the 1940's was the first use of penicillin. Another was the first synthesis of plutonium by a team led by Glenn T. Seaborg and Edwin McMillan at the University of California.

Was life hard in the 1940's?

It depends where you're talking about. In America, things were okay on the mainland.

What was the Cost of a car in the 1940's?

A 1940 Chevrolet sold for $700 to $900 dollars depending on the model and accessories.

What did 1940s men wear?

Mostly some kind of uniform. If in 'civvies' pants were wide and turned up an inch at bottom, jackets had short wide lapels. Shoes were sturdy.

What happened on May 16 1949?

I CAME INTO THIS WORLD

I came into this world

What does post 1940 mean?

POST, in this case, refers to "something that occurs immediately AFTER something happens--such as post war--and remains such unless it occurs again.

ANTE means "before"--such as antebellum, referred to the era before the Civil War; anteroom--a room at the front of a house that leads to other rooms, or a waiting room (like in a clinic or hospital).PRE also means before, such as the "preface" of a book means the pages that come before chapter 1.

Who was on Hitler's side in World War 2?

Well, there was of course the Nazis (Germans), there was also Italy, Japan and various other countries in eastern Europe.
The Italians - although there was a little opposition to the alignment at times. Also, the Japanese. Hitler had a non-aggresion pact with Russia at the beginning of the war that he later reneged on.

Did black people like white people in the 1940's?

i am black and i was no way near the 40's or thought of. i was born in 1995,but i am sure black people were more respectful and nicer back in those days. they weren't having 10 or 9 kids,sleeping with 10 baby mamas,laying on their butt watching football or thuggin and hustlin'. black people were really charming but i guess years and years have changed. white people actually,not ALL,or MAJORITY but some and alot in different states were really stuck and surrounded by negativity and racism and it has been going on for 400 years. still hasn't stopped. its still being taught and to say all white people are not the same and are not fully full filled racist,ignorrance is talking to them not their mouths. white people have asians,latinas,Koreans and Mexicans on their side so it must be really bad now u,but i don't know what the Mexican's problem is.....i love them and all i live next door to a Mexican family so i can't afford to be racist like that. never had,never imaged myself next to one and never will.

What were the living conditions like in the 1940's?

living condiations were like how peolpe could not live without their homes cause they have lost it by the ww2 and it was haertbroken to people to see their homes being trashed just all by the war and they didnt know what to do.

What historical events happened in the 1940's?

WWII. Hitler commits suicide. Pearl Harbor. D-Day. V-E Day. V-J Day. Baby Boom. FDR dies. Truman becomes President. A-bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Israel becomes country. U.N formed.