The Homefront
A DBQ essay typed by;
Jobany Abasto
During the late 1910’s the greatest war fought at the time was underway. While many men were left it the trenches of the European continent many other people were in there place. And business had to accommodate for the war effort. Amongst other things the entirety of the social order had to change for this massive planet wide conflict. Which are quite abundant in number and greatly spoken about when the subject of social changes is brought about.
As the men of the country were shipped off to Europe to fight in the conflict their duty as money earners for their families had to be taken over. Mainly by their wives and or sisters even for the next two when America joined the fray. Woman in past generations were mainly caretakers for the home, buying food with the money earned by the man of the household, nurturing the children, cooking and etc. But for the first time in America’s history where women were encouraged to not be caretakers but be the money earners. They were now making bullets, cartridges, primers, shells, helmets, preparing MRE’s, and many “unladylike” things. Other than just manufacturing they also became welders, salesmen, mechanics, machinists; women were becoming independent and had pride grow in them. But it was not only women who had to take up the mantle in…show more content… In search of a better existence working in the steel mills of Pittsburgh as well as the automotive foundries of New York and Detroit. This massive movement of former black sharecroppers and serfs of the south to the north was called the Great Migration. With a massive output of whitemen in the Great War there were many openings for jobs in the factories and other outlets of industry. The chance of opportunity and equal treatment enticed hundreds of thousands of African Americans to the industry powerhouse of the north. The effects of which are still felt
