In both World War I and World War II, Americans on the homefront had to make sacrifices for their boys overseas. The cost of war is great-which led to economic problems such as inflation. All Americans were encouraged to do their part in winning the war-which could be anything from building airplanes, working at a steel mill, growing a "victory garden", or actually going over to Europe and fighting. Homefront economic conditions during World War …showed first 75 words of 857 total…

…showed last 75 words of 857 total…on the outcome of the war. Homefront economic conditions during World War I and World War II were very similar to each other because during both wars the government raised taxes, organized scientists to be a part of the war effort, and created organizations to help the country's economy. The American government encourage sacrifice and selfishness, because they realized that fighting a war is a group effort-it takes the whole country to win a war.