World War 1 weakened the great powers of Europe and increased the power of the US.How did U.S' power increase?

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Answer 1

The political influence of the United States had been somewhat limited in Europe pre-WWI because of the our isolationist policies. After Wilson sent U.S. troops into battle in WWI, tensions between the US and other European nations, particularly Britain and France, were greatly eased. This allowed for the formation of the League of Nations, which eventually failed, but led to the United Nations, putting the U.S. at the forefront of international lawmaking and peacekeeping policies. After the Stock Market Crash and the ensuing Great Depression, the U.S. was forced to focus on domestic policy, hence leading to the renewed isolationism that delayed our entry into World War Two. FDR wanted to send American troops far earlier than 1941, but popular opinion was that it was not our war, so why risk American lives?

Answer 2

World War I weakened the great powers of Europe. In short, the Hapsburg (mainly Austria-Hungary), Germany monarchy, and Romanovs of Russia collapsed.

But now to directly move into the question of losses, it is necessary to look at each country and some general facts about the war. First, Europe lost millions of men in World War I, which was fought on its soil. World War I involved no fighting in Americia; we did not lose millions of men. We did not suffer battlefield damage from the war. The bulk of the war was fought in France. Therefore, although France was technically one of the winners, it lost in that its country was so battered, and it lost millions of men. Germany suffered through a blockade, millions of men dying, and having to fight on two fronts, West--France and East--Russia. Russia had a poor military and had unbelievably high losses of troops.

The U.S.'s power increased because of the factors I mentioned at the outset. Also, keep in mind we entered the war in 1917; the bloodbath had been begun in Europe in 1914. A factor many historians bring out today is that modernization and centralization of the American economy really had its start in World War I. A slowdown, of course resulted afterwards, but some precedents were set for more efficient economic policy, which the Great War initiated.

World War I did not hurt Great Britain as badly as Germany, France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and other participants. But the British did suffer huge losses of men and mater`ial in the war. It did weaken Britain some. Also the effect of Europe's loss of power impacted Great Britian negatively.

Although we retreated some from it, the Great War clearly showed America as a leading power in the world, politically, ecomomically, and militarily. While we gained power, many of the Europeans countries mentioned were tremendously weakened from it.

Answer 3

by lending money to the other powers involved and taking advantage of the disruption caused to the main commerical powers (British Empire, France and Germany). Before the war the British Empire was the richest country in the world but it spent so much on the war that america was able to take over. america only entered the war towards the end and so didn't spend as much relative to other nations

Answer 4

In 1914 the US had a miniscule army. The expansion of the military changed the balance of power considerably. But the more important aspects were political and economic. The US got rich selling materiel to the European powers and the entrance into European politics was a major shift from the Monroe Doctrine.

Answer 5

The French army lost 1.4 million soldiers. The English, one million. The USA 150,000. The US entered the war in 1917 to help France/England break a stalemate in trench warfare. America's involvement was that little extra needed to defeat the Germans. After the War, Prez Woodrow Wilson took the world stage by recommendating his 14 Point Program to the European countries. It was America's first involvement in military actions on European soil, and the French/English knew it would be wise to have the USA on their side.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Cause evryone else was weak as hell, plus Germany got totally hammered.

Answer 8

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