HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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World War I generated jobs at home in England and in the military.
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Many new jobs were available in Britain’s African colonies.
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Assembly-line production of consumer goods required more workers.
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The British were buying huge amounts of war materials from the United States.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overall, there were important adverse effects of World War I on British income levels in the 1920s, working through higher unemployment, lower trade, and a vastly increased public debt to GDP ratio.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Middle East was directly involved in World War I, and so it was affected by the war in all aspects of life. The most immediate impact was on young men: Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Arabs and others fought as part of the Ottoman army.
Detailed explanation-3: -Four imperial dynasties-the Habsburgs of Austria-Hungary, the Hohenzollerns of Germany, the sultanate of the Ottoman Empire, and the Romanovs of Russia-collapsed as a direct result of the war, and the map of Europe was changed forever.