WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the death of 22 million people
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women winning the right to vote
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the creation of new nations in Europe
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the strengthening of the German economy
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Detailed explanation-1: -A: It changed the world. It led to the Russian Revolution, the collapse of the German Empire and the collapse of the Hapsburg Monarchy, and it led to the restructuring of the political order in Europe and in other parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First World War destroyed empires, created numerous new nation-states, encouraged independence movements in Europe’s colonies, forced the United States to become a world power and led directly to Soviet communism and the rise of Hitler.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the years following World War I, there was spiraling hyperinflation of the German currency (Reichsmark) by 1923. The causes included the burdensome reparations imposed after World War I, coupled with a general inflationary period in Europe in the 1920s (another direct result of a materially catastrophic war).
Detailed explanation-4: -Real aggregate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 9.5 percent over the period 1914 to 1920, while the mobilization of personnel resulted in a 6 percent decline in civilian employment. Meanwhile, although population growth continued during the war years, it was only half that of the prewar rate.