Blog #5

Q:How did World War II transform American industry (make sure to utilize factual information from the clip)? Also, who was “Rosie the Riveter”?

A: Before World War II, America was already a factory nation. Once World War II occurred, it was still a factory nation, but the supplies that they made changed. During World War II, the U.S. needed all the war supplies they could get, consequently, they ordered all the factories to make war materials. This led to towns, such as Mobile, Alabama to become WarTowns, places where they produced these war materials. Factories also boomed. In 1940 a shipbuilding company had 240 employees, but by 1943, it had 11,600 employees. One thing that people did not realize however, was that most of the workers were women. That was made in part largely to Rosie the Riveter, who could be found on propaganda posters telling women that they too could help with the war.