A brief background on US historical events
What the US witnessed of events since the entry of the Europeans explorers into its territory …show more content…
But the effects of WW1 on America were wide-ranging covering the political, economic and social impact the Great War had on the United States. Unlike the countries of Europe, the factories and home of the US had not been destroyed. Manufacturing, production and efficiency had increased through necessity during the Great War. America had emerged as a world industrial leader and the US economy was booming, profits were increasing which led to the period in American history called the Roaring Twenties with a massive rise in consumerism for the wealthy. But on other side, it was a time of enormous changes in American society life, social and economic problems such as poverty, alcohol abuse, racism, crime and violence, and moral decline when soldiers started to return home, the industry production began to slow, and there was less need for workers in