The Effects of World War I on the USA.

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Erica Qiao

Period 1

IBHA11

01/24/12

EAGA World War I ICE

  1. Analyze the short-term effects on the economic and social (or political) developments of The United States.

The Great War lasted four years, from 1914 to 1918. It was the most destructive War that had ever happened in History. The United States entered the war during 1917. It killed about 13 million people and wounded 20 million more, it destroyed empires and economies and changed the whole Europe. There are many reasons that contributed to the outbreak of war. There were long and short term causes, these included political and economic problems.

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Before the United States has entered the Great War under President Woodrow Wilson, Germany disrupted the American trade with other countries, an example was the sinking of the Lusitania. The Lusitania was a passenger ship but since Germany did not want America to have any trade with Europe, Great Britain and France, America could not stop the business interest, so the United States used a passenger ship to ship war materials and food supplies. But during May 1915, the Germany U-boats found out and sunk the Lusitania, 1300 people were killed and 128 of then were American. The sinking of ...

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