AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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The Cold War
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The Dust Bowl
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The Great Depression
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The Roaring 20s
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Detailed explanation-1: -World War II had a profound and multifaceted impact on the American economy. Most obviously, it lifted the nation out of the Great Depression of the 1930s. As late as 1940, unemployment stood at 14.6 percent; by 1944 it was down to a remarkable 1.2 percent, and the gross national product (GNP) had more than doubled.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A combination of the New Deal and World War II lifted the U.S. out of the Depression.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was already having a positive effect on some of the worst aspects of The Great Depression, but it was America’s entrance into World War II that made the Depression officially end.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Depression was a worldwide event that started in the United States in 1929 and lasted through 1939. Historians believe that the Great Depression certainly was one of the reasons that caused World War II.