World war 2 helped Americas economical problems by boosting its productivity immensely factories shifted from producing normal goods to producing goods to help the WW2 needs. It opened the door to a huge amount of jobs to help produce the needs needed for the war faster. The war also helped the society by allowing a huge amount of women to get jobs. This happened because most males were oversees fighting for the war and women had to be substitutes for those positions the men left empty. Thus also affecting unemployment rate dropping it at a fast rate.