A brief 10-12 page summary how sports was influenced by the World War II. Since this is a very wide topic, you can narrow the topic to influence during World War II. Some influence can be included effects toward culture, gender roles, racial influence, popularity interest, and the patriotism it brought in the olympics and other sports like football and baseball. I attached an outline that could be helpful with some sources. It can be up to you to use it or scrap it and start new. The conclusion of the paper can include post effects of these influences.
World War II Influence on Sports
Intro
Topic sentence: After World War II, the United States culture towards sports changed.
Thesis: During and post World War II, American sports culture was changed. World War II helped influence gender roles, , brought more money to sport, and lastly helped bring more patriotism into sports.
Body 1
Topic sentence: The influence of World War II on gender, greatly impacted sports.
Source 1: “The Second World War changed the United States for women, and women in turn transformed their nation. Over three hundred fifty thousand women volunteered for military service, while twenty times as many stepped into civilian jobs, including positions previously closed to them.”(McEuen 7).
Source 2: “Also, female athletes are beginning to establish themselves in the sports world. With the change in gender roles in our society, many female athletes have started to view themselves in a different manner. Even though women athletes have become more prominent in society, many wonder how these women feel about the evolution of gender roles, and how they have affected the perceptions of women athletes” (O’Neill 1).
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Body 2
Topic sentence: World War II helped the U.S economy explode, influencing the flow of more money into new markets like sports.
Source 1: “This all-american vision of sports would also be solely tested in the years immediately after World War II, especially by gambling and cheating scandals in college sports. Nethertheless, the rhetoric of sports as a great melting pot of American Values”(Jay 12).
Source 2: “sports-a booming entertainment industry and sports as the maker of men and an example of all that was best in American”(Jay 25)
Body 3
Topic sentence: World War II helped bring more patrism into sports.
Source 1: “Because so many NFL players enlisted and served their country, many rosters were severely depleted, which led several teams to come up with creative ways to keep playing. In 1943, only seven players were available to play for the NFL’s Brooklyn Dodgers, so several retired players, including three future Hall of Famers, signed back up to play.” (Ertman 4)
Source 2: “2.2 million vets went to college on the GI Bill, and thousands with football experience went to colleges with teams, making up 50 percent of collegiate players.” (Oriard 116).
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Conclusion
Topic sentence: World War II has been a cornerstone of the new generation of sports. Society and American culture has evolved around sports making it an essential part of American entertainment.
Thesis: During and post World War II, American sports culture was changed. World War II helped influence gender roles, , brought more money to sport, and lastly helped bring more patriotism into sports.
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Sources
Ch?nurum, Joy.N, et al. “Gender and Sports in Contemporary Society.” Journal of Educational and Social Research,
https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/jesr/article/view/5293.
Ertman, Thalia. “Football and the NFL during World War II.” Friends of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.,
https://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/football-and-the-nfl-during-world-war-ii.
Jay, Kathryn. “More than Just a Game.” Google Books, Google,
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=F1mVyG…
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McEuen, Melissa A. “Women, Gender, and World War II.” Oxford Research Encyclopedias, 9 June 2016,
https://oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199…
9175-e-55.
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Oriard, Michael. King Football: Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly & The Daily Press. The University of North Carolina Press, 2005.