1. America
America's desire to establish an economic empire determined most of its foreign policy between the Civil War and the end of World War II, and fueled the U.S. into three wars: the Spanish-American War, WWI, and WWII. ... Then, during World War I, Wilson resolved to stay neutral, yet the thought of economic gains and pressure from the business sector induced his changing of policy. ... (Zinn, 362) During the beginning of WWI, America stayed neutral, and foreign markets truly affected the direction of the U.S. economy. "By 1915, war orders for the Allies (mostly England) had stimulated th...
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