Argue the ways in which WWII created new employment opportunities for the poor, women, and racial and ethnic minorities in America despite the difficult material circumstances.

The United States entered World War II in 1941 immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The nation mobilized for war as millions of men volunteered for military service and consumer factories converted to produce material. Americans bought bonds, grew Victory Gardens, and lived with rationing of food and consumer goods as well as recycling important items like metals and rubber. Argue the ways in which WWII created new employment opportunities for the poor, women, and racial and ethnic minorities in America despite the difficult material circumstances.

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