WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Immigration increased greatly.
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The government curbed civil liberties
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People had to conserve food and energy.
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Women gained greater job opportunities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The outbreak of World War I greatly reduced immigration from Europe but also imposed new duties on the Immigration Service. Internment of enemy noncitizens (primarily seamen who worked on captured enemy ships) became a Service responsibility.
Detailed explanation-3: -The five consequences of World War I is that it brought ruin and destruction to Europe, European economies collapsed, Europe lost almost an entire generation of young men, nationalism surged in the colonial empires, and conflicts from the Treaty of Versailles were unresolved.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, there were also negative effects of the war. The war left US society in a hyper-vigilant mode, which led to outbreaks of violence against people who were viewed as disloyal to the United States. The people who suffered the most were German-Americans. Socialists and immigrants were also threatened and harassed.