Impact of World War I on the American home front

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

8 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/05/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction.
Thesis statement.
Politics.
1. The Progressive Era marked from 1895 to WWI.
2. The precipice of war.
3. Wilson's decision to participate in the War and Kennedy.
4. Wilson's decision: Not born out of national interest.
Economic.
1. A great opportunity to develop factories for mass production.
2. The Roaring Twenties as the result of the war economic strategy by the Wilson administration.
3. AFL as a historic and key organization for changing the labor movement.
Social.
1. The labor movement.
2. President Wilson's support of the women suffrage movement.
3. Cathers point of view.
Conclusion.
References.

Abstract

The First world war (WWI), the Great war that ended all wars initiated by the Allied and Associated Powers based on the opposition to the Central Powers of Austria-Hungry, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire was the most destructive and by the most costly to the nations involved. What is more, the underlying causes that led to the event had no significance when the war was over. The war started in 1914 and ended in 1918. The period of four years had wrecked havoc in the lives of those participated in combat as well as those at home, leaving history scarred for generations to come? For many nations, WWI proved to be an event that changed personalities, lifestyles, societies, cultures as well as economic and politics. Though America's participation had been late yet its people faced similar fates as those of Britain, France, Germany and Canada etc. (Bourne 1997). For many historians America's participation had been motivated by the Progressive Era rather than sentiments for nationalism.