How Did Ww1 Affect America

When World War I was over the world had several devastating effects on Europe. The Great War affected all areas of life in America, and continued to experience its effect for many years to perform. As a result of the USA joining the war in 1916, industrial production in America flourished. Producers had to keep production up to the tempo needed to support the war. In order to produce more material in a small amount of time, new technologies was developed to help manufacturers take on the needs of the government and the great unwashed, and employment became readily available for women and African Americans. Young men saw the war not in terms of slaughter, but inward opportunity. This was a big adventure that would cease college students in Germany literally left their classrooms together and went to the army recruiting station and volunteered. The college students that volunteered probably help the war a great deal
The economic shock of the war was very disproportionate. At one end there were those who profited from the war and at the other end were those who stood under the effects of rising prices. At this time money in war manufacture were plentiful opportunities. War profiteers were a public outrage. Governments tended to prefer big, consolidated industries over ones that were smaller. The war was a motivation towards combinations of companies into larger ones. When resources became scarce, nonessential firms, which inclined to be diminutive, were simply closed down. One of the greatest single economic factors was inflation, the war moves raised astronomical numbers and large demands forcing shortages of a lot of goods that were needed at this critical time. For the most part all the people that was able to be employed to keep up with the demand. The French prices almost doubled during the time of the war and continued to grow into the