What did the US accomplish / achieve / gain / realize by becoming involved in World War I?
2006-11-22 03:55:09 · 7 answers · asked by A B 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
G'day A B,
Thank you for your question.
The end of World War I saw the US recognised as a major power for the first time. It became the world's greatest creditor unlike today. It had relatively few casualties with 53,402 battle deaths and 63,114 other deaths in service.
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2006-11-22 04:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We came in late in WWI and in all honesty it was as much for show as anything else.. the US wasn't considered a superpower then.. a world power yes, but not a superpower and in all honesty the War would have most likely ended the same weather we were involved or not.. i don't know if i could call it a failure or not.. something I'll have to think on longer... now, the rapid democratization that happened after WWI is a large part of what brought about WWII... so the Policy set in place after WWI was definitely a failure.
2006-11-22 12:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The involvement of the US in WW I of course was a turning point in that war, which led to the victory of the allied forces. In the peace treaty of Versailles a few points were clearly influenced by the US, like the right of peoples to have their own state. It was the beginning of the USA as a political and economical world power and a (temporary) end to american isolationism. After the war the financial heart of the world shifted from London to New York.
2006-11-22 12:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every war the Us has been involved in or started has been a policy failure. Unfortunately, citizens other than Americans have had to pay the price.
2006-11-22 11:59:40 · answer #4 · answered by Know-it-all 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a failure by the entire world, not just the US. It was the war to end all wars. Accomplished a lot didn't it.
Of course there are those who will say today if we'd have stayed out of it we wouldn't have had WWII.
2006-11-22 12:06:20 · answer #5 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It showed the Germans they could kill our people and not have us join in and kick their butts.
2006-11-22 12:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by netnazivictim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We won that was what we accomplished.
2006-11-22 12:00:11 · answer #7 · answered by George K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋