I know it solidified America's position as a super power, but what else? Was the world truly made a safer democracy?How did World War I change America?There are some good answers here, but no one realy addressed the second part of your question about the world being made safe for democracy. The Versailles treaty, ironically, made the world much less safe. By condemning Germany to perpetual poverty under the massive war reparations it imposed, the German people were desperate enough to look for radical government experiments, and it thus paved the way for Hitler's rise. Similar conditions prevailed in Italy and Russia, both of which fell to totalitarian regimes in the 1920s. Spain went fascist as well, and WWI drew enough attention away from Asia that Japan was encouraged to go empire-building. As well, the casualties that America DID suffer caused the US to be afraid of foreign ideas, leading government actions against anyone suspected of having anarchist or communist sentiments. So America became less democratic as well.How did World War I change America?in world war I, the use of the assembly line to mass produce weapons (especially the machine gun).
but as far as military power, that lied more with the European countries, each one of those empires was a military power.
the most important fact to remember about both world wars, was that America did not suffer RELATIVE civilian casualties, nor RELATIVELY destroyed infrastructure, since America fought the wars primarily outside of the U.S.
don't forget how that contributed to their power today. after world war 2, Hitler destroyed all of Europe into rubble, and the U.K. and France were to a breaking point.
..which is why the Soviets and Americans were able to emerge as bipolar superpowers.How did World War I change America?It was basically the end of the nobility in europe.How did World War I change America?As a result of the Great War, the federal government grew like never before, as spending increased tenfold and the bureaucracy doubled in size. New governmental agencies were created. Business grew and prospered as a result of war production and was able to make the change to peacetime economy. The jobs open to women increased, as well as the right to vote. The US became wary of fringe elements in society, like the IWW, and communist groups. While not joining the League of Nations, WW I forced the US to become a major player on the world stage, even though we went through a period of %26quot;isolationism%26quot; from Europe. It became impossible for the US to ignore the rest of the world.How did World War I change America?world war 1 did a lot to change the world... of course it showed us as one of the world superpowers... but also showed that in a world of rising technology we couldn't just be concerned with at home problems we had to be part of the international politics... many advancements in weapons including the introduction of tanks and the first machine guns... and strong international trade between Europe and America... this was also the time for rising on the home front with the creation of the affordable car and the highway system... but there are a lot more ways that it did change the worldHow did World War I change America?By the war's end, over 50,000 American soldiers lay dead on Flanders' Fields, with even more felled by disease. World War I marked the end of the old order in Europe. For the United States, it marked the beginning of the American Century.
From ShmoopHow did World War I change America?Yes, it led us to WWII. We might not have found it by ourselves. It gave Americans something to Roar about for a short while in the 20's. That must have given everyone a headache because they all had prohibition (different from armature habition) that later caused us to fall into a depression from the stock market collapse. That was a great depression. It took Roosevelt twelve years and the whole alphabet to fill it in. While Germany was practicing piece in Europe. Hitler wanted a piece of every country for his art collection (which most say was the Wehrmacht, a German word for bad). Japan not wanting to wait for an oil change sent a sneaky attack on the Day of Infamy. That was WWII.
