Question

1. What are THREE VERY SPECIFIC changes or developments in either baseball or society that took place during WW2?

2. With EACH of those three (from question one), how was the change or development in baseball connected to the change or development in society (or the change or development in society connected to the change or development in baseball)?

I need help expanding this more:
1940-1950
This decade was dominated by the Second World War and its aftermath. obviously, the war solved the problems of the Great Depression as during its course, 16 million Americans were in uniform. So many men were in the Armed Forces that women took many jobs that were previously performed by men. This was particularly true in the Defense industries, giving rise to the iconic Rosie the Riveter. The war created the mobile nature of American life as people who had never left their home counties went all over the country and the world. The end of the war brought a buying spree, huge growth in both the housing market and former GI's who went to college under the GI Bill. In addition, it brought the Cold War into being as suspicion and hostility between the US and The USSR became the dominant feature of internation affairs.

Answer 1

Baseball players signed up to fight just like everybody else. Lots of great players had careers interrupted. So teams used less athletic players. "The Pete Gray Story" was made for TV, but you might be able to find it on YouTube.

Ever see "A League of Their Own"? It's probably on Netflix or MLB.TV every once it awhile. Anyway, women't professional baseball drew a lot of interest because the minor leagues dried up as talent went to the Majors. Well, as much talent as was available.

President Roosevelt issued the Green Light letter at the beginning of the war. He told organized baseball to keep playing. His reasons were to keep a bit of normalcy and to give the people some diversionary interests.

Not directly in baseball, but Jackie Robinson, the great UCLA running back, went into the Army as an officer. Among other things, he got into it with an Army bus driver who tried to make him sit in the back of a bus instead of with the other officers. It didn't come out pretty. But Jackie was quickly out of the Army and not available to die before the rest of his story. Watch "42". Great movie.

I hope this gets you started. Let me know if you need any more help.

Answer 2

Thank you! That helped a little. I need to write a 3 page paper on the connections between the game and society. I have to connect the game with the society of the period under consideration, not the current day.I was told to come up with 3 specific things and them expand them more.

Answer 3

This was a start 1940-1950
This decade was dominated by the Second World War and its aftermath. obviously, the war solved the problems of the Great Depression as during its course, 16 million Americans were in uniform. So many men were in the Armed Forces that women took many jobs that were previously performed by men. This was particularly true in the Defense industries, giving rise to the iconic Rosie the Riveter. The war created the mobile nature of American life as people who had never left their home counties went all over the country and the world. The end of the war brought a buying spree, huge growth in both the housing market and former GI's who went to college under the GI Bill. In addition, it brought the Cold War into being as suspicion and hostility between the US and The USSR became the dominant feature of internation affairs.

Answer 4

Ugh. computer problems. You have some good ideas. Rosie the Riveter and women's baseball are parallel. Here's an interesting essay on that.

Jackie Robinson is a 40s story. His role in the civil rights movement is often overlooked.
You should be able to develop a couple of page on each of those. Be glad to help more, but I gotta go again.