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Essay on The Impact of World War One on America

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The Impact of World War One on America The Impact WW1 had on a number of countries was great, but what did it have on America, did they gain anything? Did they lose anything? That I what I will find out by looking at the American economy, the American armed forces and Americas society in general, these three topics will help me to find the answer to my question. After the war, countries looked to America for money and resources, and this led to the economy being bigger than ever, the economic boom. The economic boom involved five main factors, which made America look like the god of the world after the war. The fact that America was …show more content…

This increase in advertising made the need for manufactured goods greater than ever. So, this meant more and more people wanted to buy the new and exciting products, which were being made, but what if they did not have all of the money up front, this is where new methods of finance came in. Suddenly paying on the margin was introduced, this was when somebody wanted to buy a product but didn't have all the money up front, so they paid in instalments, this was a major change for economy, because now people could buy what ever they wanted. But why did America hit a economic boom, maybe its because the way they were affected after WW1, or not as some would debate. After all they only lost 109,000 men, so they still had a strong and young healthy workforce, and their infrastructure was untouched, so they could really carry on as normal after the war. With all that is mentioned above I feel that it is quite clear that WW1 contributed a great deal to the boom in the 1920s. So what impact did WW1 have on the American armed forces, well as mentioned above their was a loss of 109,000 and although this seems a lot, compared to the losses of some European countries it was minimal. Broken down this is how it looks, 48,000 soldiers were killed in action, 59,000 died as a result of disease and nearly 3,000 soldiers went missing during action. As a result many American believed that they

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