HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: American Gi Forum, Irving Berlin, Marx Brothers
8 Jun 2016
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Depression ended abruptly after us went to war in 1941. Huge government deficits for war spending spurred economy. Strict rationing of goods meant that personal savings piled up. Division an distrust (arm waving, ethnic divisions) of the 1930s became muted in an all-out effort to put together and win the war. Propaganda stressed unity and fighting for the american way . Big propaganda effort to get support for the war. Doing the enemies work if against government and allies and catholics. Message: we are all together in this fight and the people want equality. Inclusion; difference vs. accommodation of some groups of americans during the era before and during wwii. New immigrants moved toward being constructed as white and. Filipinos, mexican americans, japanese americans, chinese american, and african americans had a different experience. Racism and discrimination hardened in depression of 1930s. Many were catholic or jewish and discrimination against non-
