World War II Part 2 - The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36

In which John Green teaches you about World War 2, as it was lived on the home front. You'll learn about how the war changed the country as a whole, and changed how Americans thought about their country. John talks about the government's control of war production, and how the war probably helped to end the Great Depression. Broader implementation of the income tax, the growth of large corporations, and the development of the West Coast as a manufacturing center were also results of the war. The war positively changed the roles of women and African Americans, but it was pretty terrible for the Japanese Americans who were interred in camps. In short, World War II changed America's role in the world, changed American life at home, and eventually spawned the History Channel.

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Learn more about WWII in these other Crash Course videos:
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Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
Changes in Government Function During WWII 0:34
WWII Economic Impact 1:56
Industrialization in WWII 3:06
Women at Work 3:51
Mystery Document 4:36
FDR's Four Freedoms 5:40
The GI Bill of Rights 6:36
Free Enterprise 6:58
American Attitudes About Race During WWII 7:37
Japanese-American Internment Camps 8:54
African-Americans in WWII 9:45
Post-WWII Developments 11:21
Credits 13:48

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[OWorthyFool]

I love how guessing the quote has turned into John trying to psychoanalyze Stan...

[pollux]

If your teacher wants you to write 15 facts, here you go :)

1. WWII strengthened the federal government of the U.S.

2. Unemployment dropped from 14% in 1940 to 2% in 1943.

3. By 1944 American factories were producing an airplane every 5 minutes and a ship every day.

4. U.S. GNP went from 91 billion to 214 billion during WWII

5. Government expenditures in WWII were twice the amount the had been in the previous 150 years combined.

6. After WWII 40 million Americans played income taxes.

7. Union membership went from 9 million in 1940 to almost 15 million in 1945.

8. By 1944 women made up 1/3 of the civilian labor force and 350, 000 were serving in the military.

9. Married women out numbered single women in the workforce.

10. By 1946 more than 1 million former soldiers were enrolled in college and almost 4 million got assistance with mortgages.

11. About 500, 000 Mexican men and women served in the armed forces during the war.

12. Executive order 9066 in February 1942 expelled all persons of Japanese descent from the west coast.

13. 70% of Japanese Americans lived in California and as a result, over 200, 000 people were sent to internment camps.

14. Executive order 8802 banned discrimination and defense hiring and created the fair employment practices coming.

15. By 1944 more than 1 million black people were working In and 300, 000 of them were women.

[auyabbaby]

I learned more in this one video than I did in 12 years of public school.

[maxhoffmann]

I'm a german exchange student at an american Highschool and they have no idea of what is going on in the world or what happend in the past, I think your videos are awesome and more people should watch them

[utube]

I just wanted to take some time to say how much I appreciate these videos. People like you, Hank, and Sal Khan are making this world a better place one video at a time.

[jonathanhomsky]

John Green be dripping with the Ralph Lauren Polo 🔥🔥🔥

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In which John Green  teaches you about World War II, as it was lived on the home front. You'll learn about how the war changed the country as a whole, and changed how Americans thought about their country. John talks about the government control of war production, and how the war probably helped to end the Great Depression. 

World War II Part 2 - The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36

[davidcliff]

I would like to go back in time and have teenager John Green be my waiter at steak and shake.

[kasswuit]

For those studying for the AP exam, congrats, you reached the end of what you need to know for this year! Unless you wanna watch more to possibly get contextualization, in which case good luck!

[WonderNurseSarah]

If I pass my IB history exam I owe a lot of it to these videos. So thanks, John Green! :)

[lilianakinsley]

Every time I come back to this video, I'm reminded of how inspiring the ending is. It remains one of my favorite ways of talking about the US. "Ideals pulling policy"

[faithcouse]

I could literally watch the crash course videos and probably learn more than I did in high school

[tiniful]

I am teacher, and I love Crash Course because it's awesome! However, I teach theatre and very little of Crash Course content has anything to do with theatre or creative arts. Have you all ever thought about creating a Crash Course series for theatre or art history? They would be super helpful for arts teachers.

[bobbobson]

The day of reckoning has arrived, my fellow APUSH students. Good luck on the exam.

[sjbrooksy]

Amazing how things that happen so long ago have such a large impact on how things are today.

[TheRebecca]

John Green, I just wanted to say the part 2 brought WWII in better perspective for me from the US standpoint.Your lessons have really helped me to understand and build upon what my us civ book teaches. Thank you!

[Nikko_Suave]

We need to clone +John Green and use him to replace all high school football coach history teachers. Then, we need to pay the clones (and all other teachers) 100 percent higher wages for the extremely important work they do.

[danielaconrad]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I am currently crash course studying for my 2nd final exam in History and this is so helpful! I am doing a presentation on:"The treatment of Japanese Americans during WWII" and I obviously need to be prepared for general questions regarding the 2nd WWII, so thank you! 

[playgroundprotagonis]

i just realized this, but one of the things i love most about crash course is the perfect set up and length of the intro.

[littlemisscool]

I think finding these videos has actually saved my life... I have an exam on some of this stuff in 2 days and knew literally none of it! Now I can take notes from this and relax :)