After World War II ended, many Americans were eager to have children because they were confident that the future held nothing but peace and prosperity. ... Middle-class people had more money to spend than ever and, because the variety and availability of consumer goods expanded along with the economy, they also had more things to buy. ... Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt (whose "Levittown's" in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania would become the most famous symbols of suburban life in the 1950s) began to buy land on the outskirts of cit...

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Russian allies France and Britain declared war on Germany and World War I began. ... World War I resulted in about 120,000 American deaths and wounded more than 200,000 soldiers. ... This changed the global flow of gold during the 1920s and allowed the American economy to roar while other places like England were hindered by recession. World War I also ensured the United States would be viewed as a power on the global stage....

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Nineteen forty-five set the end of World War II. Hitler had been defeated indefinitely. Nonetheless, the war had left its mark on numerous countries, especially the USA. However, not all of the changes were bad, some were good, but they were changes that affected America in terms of social, economic...

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At the beginning of the decade the United States had become a world economic power. With the good effects the war left on the economy the United States was able to cross over from a debtor nation to a creditor nation. ... With many young American men going off to World War I, the younger generation begin to look at life as something to live to its fullest for you never know when it will end. ... While America and the younger generation were obsessed with peace and nationalism, the economy was fluctuating at a deadly rate. The fun times would only last until the end of the decade when ...

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This was a significant part of British history because although the anti-German feeling passed over at the end of the war it was brought on again by the start of World War Two. Before World War One, there was not a coalition government in power. ... World War One provided women with the opportunities to contribute in the economy. ... This was part of a trend in British economy which continued both during and after World War Two. ... This is because whilst there was both change and continuity, more change occurred in society, politics and the economy....

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This caused a much poorer Europe and solitary countries because they preferred to take over their own economy instead of helping. ... The German government needed to gain money to pay the allies so they raised taxes, but this took to a depressed economy. ... This was therefore a missed opportunity to rebuild Europe after World War 1 and create economic stability. ... This meant that the U.S borrowed other countries money for them to buy weapons and food from them, in result the U.S economy was boosted. ... Therefore the Treaties caused political instability in Europe after World War 1 especial...

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The United States, at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th, began to emerge on the world stage as a full-fledged nation. ... The world saw his big stick, his great white fleet and his artful maneuvering of the Russo-Japanese treatise. Later, Woodrow Wilson was charged with continuing America's influence on a moral basis, as well as tying America into the First World War in Europe. ... If the outcome of the war shifted in a less than satisfactory wind, the United States economy, with its brokers, merchants, bankers and investors, would be hard put to find stronger, more co...

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Manfred Von Richtoffen (Red Barren) was the best pilot in World War 1. ... Their Reich mark (their money currency) was worth almost nothing and their economy was doing horrible. ... They were starving because their currency was worth almost nothing now, their economy was doing horrible and they didn't have any way of defending themselves (their army was very small). ...

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One can say it all began with World War I, but even pre-1914 cyclical economic conditions set the world stage for a slight depression in 1920-21. ... World War I itself was not actually responsible for declines in economic productivity. ... This established the United States as the prime creditor in the world. ... The weakness of the agriculture industry, a basis for the economies of most of the world, was another major source of instability. ... When added to the reliance of Europe on loans from the United States for rebuilding its economy, it can be seen that nearly the entire world hin...

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Starting of World War I in 1914 under Wilson's presidency even deepened the economy of American society, so as unemployment became an issue for the society, the nativism began to rise, and Congress started to restrict enormous amount of immigrants with the establishment of new laws. ... First part of early 20-century was very chaotic since the World War I began. Before the Great War, during Roosevelt's presidency, though, American economy was not able to achieve the progressivism despite his efforts to reform the national government. As the war began, America was slowly going into...

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During the 1920s most sectors of the American economy grew. ... Due to this Germany's economy suffered from having to pay reparations, relying on loans from America to do so. Therefore because of this dependency the world economy was extensively intertwined with America's economy. ... International economy was greatly affected by the lack of trade. ... This had a devastating affect on the farmers and the economy. ...

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Causes of ww2 The Second World War was caused by much anger and resentment between countries after the first war. ... The document placed the blame of World War I on Germany. ... Isolationism was the United States' policy after World War I, as they didn't want any risk of tangled alliances, the cause of the First World War, to harm their national sovereignty. Another such cause of World War II was the fact that United States lent money to Britain and France, because the U.S. felt bad for Europe after World War I. ... The military force and economy of Germany was being rebuilt durin...

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The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the great depression because of the decline in international commerce and stock markets around the world, the rise of Hitler, and Franklin D. ... When the Twenties rolled around, Americans found themselves engulfed in bolstering economy. ... The Stock Market became a very important aspect of the economy in the 1920's. ... This feeling of revenge felt by Germany, in addition with the social atmosphere of Europe, led to a second World War in the September of 1939, just 11 years after the First World War. ... The stock mark...

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WWII Peace brought neither stability nor lasting prosperity to the Western democracies, which paid a heavy price for their victory in World War I. ... The United States emerged from World War I in better shape than its Allies did. ... In addition, unlike the economies of many European countries, the American economy remained strong until 1929. Unlike Europe, the United States had come out of World War I with a dynamic industrial economy. ... World War I had an even more devastating effect on France than on Great Britain. ...

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World War I, also known as The Great War, was from 1914-1918. ... The Americans had been loaning $3billion to Great Britain and France and needed to make sure that the loan would be paid off or else the US economy would suffer immensely. ... During the war, trade increased with European nations and helped the US economy prosper. The supplies and materials made in the US for European nations also helped the economy boom. ... Disputes in WWI were never completely settled and therefore sparked the Second World War. ...

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Through the Selective Service Act and the AEF, the United States was able to create a fighting force large and strong enough to defeat the old world powers of Europe. ... Because of his power and authority over manufacturers, Baruch was sometimes viewed as the dictator of the American economy. ... The world's greatest shipyard was built near Philadelphia. ... Wilson's tactics were quick and effective as proven by the United State's victory in World War One. ...

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One of those butterfly effect scenarios in some ways, starting with, "the shot heard around the world". ... With the help of the United States government, the German economy started to stabilize. ... They could not compete agriculturally, Industrial production output went to 38% of pre World War 1 levels and foreign trade was halted. ... (Bergan, 49) Once again the bad economy takes its toll, even on those in power. ... (Bergan, 50) It didn't take long for Hitler to take over abusing a decree that was influenced by a bad economy. ...

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On the back of the experience gained after world war I, being aware of what went on during that period, European and North American countries formed a common basis of interaction in response to the Soviet threat. ... Besides this, it's important to underline that all NATO countries have liberal economies and share the same democratic values. A state with a liberal economy produces and exports products to the international market, thereby increasing worldwide wealth. ... As a matter of fact, no global conflicts have occurred since the establishment of the Alliance, from which it follows th...

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The world was going through several important changes by the time "If" was written. ... New technologies were sprouting up all over the world that would change the lives of every family in the modern world. ... The economy of England, Kipling's residence when he wrote "If", was changing very rapidly. ... All of these contributed to the changing economy and went hand in hand with the new technologies coming out. Technology changed along with the economy and helped influence daily life. ...

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After World War One the world faced a post war depression. ... Canada's economy in the 1920's is described as a roller coaster ride, starting with post-war depression then rising up with economic recovery. ... America was able to lend money to European countries, because they didn't face any destruction on the home front and they had a strong economy. These loans allowed European countries to purchase Canadian and American produce, this greatly supported Canadian economy. ... Aboriginal people were still discriminated against, even after their support in World War I. ...

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This development was caused by the rapid development of commodity-money economy (exploitation mineral resources: mercury, lead, iron and partly of gold and copper; manufacturing, trade, etc.). ... -In the period after World War II a very strong industrialization and dynamic development tertiary activities have caused very intense urbanization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... With the old to the new neighborhoods locations raise new planning built neighborhood -Urbanization in the modern sense is developing intensively in Bosnia and Herzegovina until after World War II. ... This development was c...

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Nazism, or National Socialism, was born at the end of World War One. ... In the mid 1920s, the economy recovered and inflation fell to single figures. ... They spread propaganda claiming world Jewry wanted to gain power and rule the world. ... The economy slumped as America asked for its loans to be repaid. ... He focused on national unity and destroying internal enemies, and the restoration of the German economy. ...

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The first reason for the eruption of World War I was militarism. ... It was not simply the act of being faithful to one's Empire that caused the war; it was the concepts of security, strength, the prosperity of the economy and power, brought on by imperialism, that corrupted the minds of many. ... Imperialism was the cause of this self-destruction, which is otherwise known as World War I. ... It is clear that the alliance systems played an enormous role in causing the onset of the First World War. In conclusion, World War I, as unnecessary as it was, arose from three deeper factors, oth...

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A decade later, as in the previously mentioned wars, the driving force in World War II was profit. ... (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 the economy, and by April 1917 more than $2 billion worth of goods had been sold to the Allies." ... Secondly, America's economy rested on foreign markets. ... (Zinn, 411) America's main goal was still economic profit and partly world domination. ...

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When war broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the severity it would have taken on the people of the world. ... The shock of World War one had still not left, and entering a new war, they felt, would be foolish. ... Yet another factor that led to this decision of Neutrality by President Roosevelt was the American Economy. The health of the American economy could not be jeopardized, whatever was happening elsewhere. ... America was steadily regaining the prosperity that had slowly been lost during World War 1. ...

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