World Ww1 Influence
World War I’s Influence on the World
World War I was one of the most influential events that mankind has ever seen. World War I was one of the first examples of a wartime economy that affected the way countries went through everyday life. As we see today, much of the overseas war has little to no effect on how America functions as a country, whereas in 1914-1918, America was forced into becoming a full-blown war machine. World War I affected more than just the counties the war was being fought in. The war changed how homeland America functioned medically, economically, and politically.
World War I was a war that America was originally not planned on being apart of. Woodrow Wilson (the president at the time) held a foreign policy that aligned very strongly with isolationism. America was a strong country that stayed mostly to itself until later towards the middle of the 1900’s (Macmillan). When Wilson asked for a declaration of war he noted that the United States was not entering the war as an “ally” but an “associate” (Macmillan). He was …show more content…
America industry and factories were transformed to a full-blown war machine. Consumer America went on pause for nearly 5 years because every factory was converted to a war factory for tanks, planes, arms, ammunition, and many other war accessories. Tanks were actually a innovation because of World War I. Trench warfare was used vastly in WWI which led to a stalemate type of battles. It was very difficult to advance and gain land because crossing “no-man’s land” was nearly impossible without some sort of protection. This protection was provided by early versions of the tank (Yergin). This is one example of the many different types of innovations that were created as a direct result of World War I. This “Great War” affected more than just the medical and economical world, it affected the world politically as
World War I was one of the most influential events that mankind has ever seen. World War I was one of the first examples of a wartime economy that affected the way countries went through everyday life. As we see today, much of the overseas war has little to no effect on how America functions as a country, whereas in 1914-1918, America was forced into becoming a full-blown war machine. World War I affected more than just the counties the war was being fought in. The war changed how homeland America functioned medically, economically, and politically.
World War I was a war that America was originally not planned on being apart of. Woodrow Wilson (the president at the time) held a foreign policy that aligned very strongly with isolationism. America was a strong country that stayed mostly to itself until later towards the middle of the 1900’s (Macmillan). When Wilson asked for a declaration of war he noted that the United States was not entering the war as an “ally” but an “associate” (Macmillan). He was …show more content…
America industry and factories were transformed to a full-blown war machine. Consumer America went on pause for nearly 5 years because every factory was converted to a war factory for tanks, planes, arms, ammunition, and many other war accessories. Tanks were actually a innovation because of World War I. Trench warfare was used vastly in WWI which led to a stalemate type of battles. It was very difficult to advance and gain land because crossing “no-man’s land” was nearly impossible without some sort of protection. This protection was provided by early versions of the tank (Yergin). This is one example of the many different types of innovations that were created as a direct result of World War I. This “Great War” affected more than just the medical and economical world, it affected the world politically as