AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
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What impact did WWII have on the Great Depression?
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It ended the depression by creating jobs and demand for products
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It lengthened the depression by causing high military spending
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It had no effect on the depression because it did not impact the economy
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It temporarily improved the depression for a few years
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mobilizing the economy for world war finally cured the depression. Millions of men and women joined the armed forces, and even larger numbers went to work in well-paying defense jobs.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the war, more than 12 million Americans were sent into the military, and a similar number toiled in defense-related jobs. Those war jobs seemingly took care of the 17 million unemployed in 1939. Most historians have therefore cited the massive spending during wartime as the event that ended the Great Depression.
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