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The Effects of the Great War on Europe and the World |
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The United States joined the Great War on April 6th, 1917, provoked by the death of American civilians aboard the Lusitania and the rumours of German alliances with Mexico. The entrance of the Americans turned a stalemate battlefront into an Allied victory. The German army felt that their only option, aside from drowning in the eternal stream of American troops, was an armistice. By the conclusion of the war, the victorious countries owed an approximate total of $10 billion to the United States. Since the States had joined the war late, she had suffered less casualties and invested less resources into the war than the European countries had. The war taking place far from home, the States did not have any infrastructure damage to repair. For these reasons, the United States had a considerate amount of money to lend to her fellow victors. The years following World War I, the 1920s, were named the Roaring Twenties after the economic success in America. Industry flourished, as did mass production of goods, morale was high, and employment opportunities were plentiful. American was set to buy success. |
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