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AP U.S. History Exam 1.40. During WWII, women experienced...what?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
- 00:03
And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Axis powers,
- 00:07
a calculus teacher's secret weapon.
- 00:10
All right, based on the image,
- 00:11
during World War II, women experienced... what?
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- 00:15
And here are your potential answers.
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[ dog barks ]
- 00:17
[ mumbles ]
- 00:22
Well, World War II was a big moment for our country.
- 00:25
For a few years, it seemed like everyone put aside their differences
- 00:28
and focused on one thing.
- 00:30
And no, it wasn't the movie Casablanca.
- 00:32
It was fighting the Axis powers.
- 00:35
So let's see how this global conflict
- 00:37
engendered change for the female half of the population.
- 00:41
Based on the image, did women during World War II experience A -
- 00:44
resistance from husbands who did not want them
- 00:47
to work outside the home?
- 00:49
Well, actually, most husbands were overseas fighting in the war,
- 00:52
so it was more likely that women encountered resistance from
- 00:55
kids not wanting to eat their vegetables. So it's not A.
- 00:59
Did World War II lead to B - increased
- 01:02
demand for electricity due to the common use of radio?
- 01:06
Huh. Well, while demand for electricity may have increased
- 01:09
during this period, the woman in the image is welding,
- 01:13
not using a radio,
- 01:15
since women were focused more on the war effort
- 01:17
than on home appliances.
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So that shorts out B and D.
- 01:21
Which means that during World War II, women experienced
- 01:24
C - increased participation
- 01:26
in the economy as part of the labor force. Duh.
- 01:29
When all the young men, who until then had served as
- 01:32
the country's primary labor force,
- 01:34
were drafted into the military,
- 01:36
well, female workers were hired to produce everything the soldiers needed.
- 01:40
So C is the right answer.
- 01:41
With women assembling machinery and welding planes for battle,
- 01:45
they suddenly encountered a whole new range of
- 01:47
female empowerment tools.
- 01:49
[ man in film ] Women scare me. At least,
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they do in a factory.
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[ clattering ]
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