What was the Impact of World War 1

on the United States?

What did the United ● Wanted Democracy to stay safe
● Deployed more than 4 million
States do during Americans to the war
World War 1? ● Sided with Britain, France, and
Russia
● “For the first time in history, the
United States joined a coalition
to fight a war not on its own soil
or of its own making, setting a
precedent that would be
invoked over the next century”
(Hindley).
How were the ● Growth of federal power
people of the United ● Civil Rights Movements
● Equal Rights for all races
States impacted by ● Women’s Votes
World War 1? ● Industrialization during the
war
● Increased urbanization
● Economic and military power
● Depression after the war
Did the United ● Brought ideas and inventions
States play an to war
● Humanitarian efforts
important role in ● Worked in the trenches and in
World War 1? the air
● Helped win the war
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