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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 were African Americans treated in the 1940's?
During World War 2 prejudice against African-American was very high.Training and opportunities were unavailable. Army was strictly segregated and generally assigned black soldiers to noncombatant roles. Navy blacks were cooks and servants. In the beginning air corps or marines would not take them at all. American Red Cross keep black and white plasma separated. African-Americans has low paying jobs like janitorial positions.But were doors were open to more skilled jobs and higher paid. By 1944 African Americans accounted for almost 10 percent of the population, held 8 percent of the jobs.
Little changed during the course of the war to elevate black people's social status. Although there are some celebrated units of black soldiers, such as the Tuskegee Airmen, they played only a small part in the war. After the war, they faced the same prejudice they had prior to the war. Essentially nothing changed until the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s-1960s.
How is weathering affecting the Statue of Liberty?
Weathering has affected the Statue of Liberty because the statue was once a coper color. Acid rain soon caused it to become a green color. Wind, water, snow, and the sun (forms of weathering) also caused the statue's natural color to wash away.
What laws were in effect in the 1940's?
Executive Order 9066 required all Americans of Japanese descent to be put into specified areas determined by authorized military leaders. Signed by FDR
Who are the Filipino heroes during spanish time?
General MacArthur is the most notable. My father was pretty well loved by the Philippino scouts as well as many female villagers, who called him affectionately "The Great American Liberator" and Blue eyes, respectively.
What was a sport played during the 1940's?
In order of popularity:
Baseball
Football
Soccer
Cricket
Horse Racing
Track and Field
During World War II, baseball was popularized. Many American's participated in watching baseball games on their brand new television sets or their radios.
However, baseball during World War II was not only men because many of the men went off to war. Women actually took over in the major leagues for a while and were forced to play in skirts. This is well shown in the movie A League of Their Own.
Richard Nixon did what in to finance his campaign in the 1940's?
Initially he financed his campaign with his poker winnings that he had saved from the Navy. Later, as the polls showed him closing the gap with opponent Jerry Voorhees he started receiving contributions from supporters. Finally when it appeared the he had a chance of winning Nixon received some limited financial support from the Republican party.
How did American foreign policy change between 1920 and 1940?
In 1918, World War I ended and in 1941, World War II began. In between the time was the Roaring 20s era (a time of economic boom) and the Great Depression (quite the opposite). During this time, the US looked inward to focus economic growth (during the 20s) and smooth out the depression with the New Deal (in the 30s). The US adopted an "isolationist" policy in which they pretty much ignored (for the most part) foreign affairs. They didn't not want to nor did they need to get involved in world politics and warfare until 1941. You know what happened afterward.
there was no economic boom at all. when the war ended unemployment jumped to over 11%. farming dropped off because there was no more foreign demand for American agriculture. America always had said that they wouldn't get into foreign affairs but as history shows they always have.
Where was first television program in 1940?
The Queen's Messenger aired in Sept. 11, 1928. The 40-minute long program was the first drama to ever be broadcast on television.
What is the Pope's cathedral church called?
The pope does not live in a 'palace.' He normally lives in the Papal Apartments on St. Peter's Square and they are fairly simple in their furnishings. The apartments are in the Apostolic Palace. However, Pope Francis has chosen to stay in a simple apartment in the Casa Santa Marta, a hospice in the Vatican meant to house cardinals during a conclave or for the use of dignitaries visiting on official business.
Why did Raoul Wallenberg save the Jews?
Raoul Wallenburg saved many Jewish people firstly because he was a very kind and caring person. Secondly was because he did not believe in what the Germans led by Adolf Hitler were doing to the Jewish people, but as I said before Raoul was extremely kind and caring and he was also a pacifist which meant he did not believe in fighting, killing or violence so by saving tens of thousands of Jewish peoples lives, it was his own way of showing resistance towards Hitler and is army.
Who was in the British Royal Family in the 1940's?
In the 1940's george the 2nd was king his daughter (now queen) elisabeth the 2nd also in late 1940s she married prince Phillip. Georges wife who died recently (I'm not sure of her name) "the queen mother" I think prince Charles was born a bit later maybe 1950's umm that's all I know but there may be more This answer needs improving. The Queen's late father was George VI, not "the 2nd" who died in 1760 . The Queen Mother's name was Elizabeth. Prince Charlles was born in 1948 . If one does not know about a subject, one might avoid trying to answer questions on that subject.
What jobs did women have in 1948's-1970's?
It was a frustrating time . They had good wartime jobs In factories as welders machinists , business operating etc. earning good salaries & independence . And now were told they had to give It all up , go back into the home raise families play stupid & lose their independence. And become subserviant to men .
Of course there are pros & cons to this .
If you look at today's married life It's adisaster .
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Which Royal family member died in 1942?
Prince George, Duke of Kent.
He was killed in an air crash, on his way to inspect an RAF station. So it was officially classified as a patriotic death on wartime duty.
But there are some very persistent rumours that he was drunk, and had demanded to take over the controls, because his honorary rank was senior to the pilot's actual rank.
Supposedly a radio operator on the ground overheard parts of the argument, but was sworn to silence, under the laws of wartime censorship.
Why did big bands of the 1940's die out?
There were a number of factors.
As with any musical style, peoples' tastes changed over time. However, there were a number of factors specific to the big bands that caused their demise as the most popular form of music:
First, the price of attendance at dances and concerts in the 1930s/40s was artificially low. Theaters would feature both a band and a film, with the film in effect subsidizing the band's appearance. Also the recording companies had a lot of power and held down salaries - many musicians were paid straight wages rather than a percentage of a recording's gross or net profit, no matter how many copies were sold. By keeping costs low, it was possible for most venues to feature as many as 15 or 20 musicians at a time. But as the bands gained popularity, many of the musicians started to demand a piece of that success. This resulted in two strikes.
The first strike was in 1941 against ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Artists, and Publishers. Orchestras were allowed to keep performing and recording but only if they didn't feature ASCAP songs. To compensate, arrangers looked for any and every tune they could find that was in the public domain. There were swing versions of melodies by Ravel and Tchaikovskii, even kids' songs such as "Where O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?". Solos had to be written out instead of improvised, just to ensure that a musician didn't accidentally slip in a bar or two from an ASCAP song. While there was still a lot of good music performed, overall quality fell because of those restrictions.
The second strike was much more serious in its length and damage. Despite the first strike musicians were still pretty much under the thumb of the recording companies so in July 1942 the musician's union imposed a ban on all recording. Live performances were still allowed but no records could be made. This couldn't have come at a worse time because most bands were facing wartime travel restrictions and couldn't perform new songs in person in nearly as many places. Recordings would have been an important way of keeping their music before the general public.
The recording companies exploited a loophole in the ban that allowed singers to continue to make records. They put together vocal groups who sang what would have been the instrumental parts of a song a capella, and fronted them with some of the popular singers of the time such as Dick Haymes and Frank Sinatra. It was contrived and not very good, but it had the effect of keeping the singers in the public eye while instrumental musicians were limited to whatever public performances they were able to make. When musicians' union finally negotiated settlements with each record company, they found that their popularity had been eclipsed by the singers.
The strike settlement also brought with it much higher salaries, but doing so priced them out of the market for ballrooms and theaters. Fans weren't willing or able to spend several times what they had before the war to see the same performances.
The war itself also affected the bands in several ways.
A number of the most popular leaders such as Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton, Claude Thornhill, and Glenn Miller had gone into the armed forces so they were no longer leading their bands in public. Among the bands that continued, so many musicians were drafted that some sections would go through a complete rotation of personnel in less than a month. Retirees and high-school band members were being recruited, resulting in lower performance quality in many cases.
Then there was the sheer fact that a huge number of potential fans were "working" for Uncle Sam. While they listened to a lot of recorded music, they were in no position to go to a Saturday dance. After the war ended these potential fans were occupied with recovering as much as four years of their lives that had been put on hold. They had to concentrate more on returning to school, starting a family, and finding a job as opposed to going to dances.
Finally, a number of music critics have contended that had Glenn Miller lived, just the force of his creativity and musical sense might have slowed the bands' decline. It's difficult for us to realize just how large a part of the music scene he was - his popularity by several measures exceeded that of both Elvis Presley and the Beatles, so his loss was not just that of one among many musicians but went to the core of popular jazz. About the only possible analogy would be to imagine the state of rock music had the Beatles been killed in a plane crash in 1966, or had Elvis died in 1954.
AnswerBig bands died out in the 1940s for many reasons. First, band members started to enter into the military services.Which fact relating to early Japan was a result of the other three?
The Japanese created a nature based belief called shinto
Why did Columbus insist on giving everything a Spanish name?
He was Spanish and not Italian. He wrote and spoke in Spanish plus he was working for the Spanish crown.
What would happen if the Japanese first used the bomb against the US World War 2?
I am not sure which bomb you mean, however, if you mean the atomic bomb, then it is at least possible that had Imperial Japan developed the atomic bomb, rather than the US, and had they used the atomic bomb against the US during WW II, then it may be that the US would have surrendered, and that Japan would now rule the world (perhaps also conquering its sort-of ally, the Third Reich). However, such alternate histories are very complicated to figure out. The unfolding of world history is influenced by many different factors.
Additional Thought
If Japan had developed the atomic bomb prior to the US involvement in the war, and then used it in their preemptive strike on the US, then it seems very likely that the Allied Forces would have been annihilated. At that time, the US was trying (perhaps too hard) to stay out of the war, and was not fully geared up to respond even to a conventional strike. If Japan had used such a weapon at that time, there is no reason to believe that they would have stopped at Pearl Harbor. Much of the US and probably much of Europe would have been devastated by multiple bombings.
How is daily life today similar to the 1940s era?
Pretty much the same but we have more lights and stuff and the internet :)
In the 1930s there were about 131,000,000 people living in the United States. In the 1940s this number increased to about 134,000,000.
What is republic day mean for India?
Green bay packer last name urban played in the 1940s?
That was Alex Urban who played offensive and defensive end. He played three seasons for the Packers (1941, 1944, 1945) and had career totals of 4 receptions for 91 yards and 1 TD in 11 games played.
Why did some people call the air raid siren Moaning Minnie?
Because minnie was a girl, who used to squeal like a pid and moan in night
Zoot suits were popular after the Depression, during the 1940s. They were the "hip," or "cool," suits to wear at the time. They had very baggy legs with tight cuffs on the pants and a very long coat or jacket with wide, padded shoulders.
