Essay On The Effects Of World War 1

The overarching topic of this reading is the Effects of World War I. There are 4 readings; The United States in World War I, The Global Effect of World War I, 100 Years after WWI: The Lasting Impacts of the Great War, and World War I and The Great Migration. The first reading starts from the United States remaining neutral, when they get involved in the war, and rising of women’s opportunities in the country to the Congress rejection of the Treaty. At first, the U.S did not want to involved in any affairs with other countries. However, in the middle of the war, German makes it so hard for them to remain neutral and also their trading system was having difficulty because of British command. According to the textbook, “The United States, wishing to trade with all the warring nations,... British
imposed a naval blockade on the Central Powers to cut off vital supplies of food and military equipment.” One of the U.S major economic systems was trading and when British block the sea trading with Central Powers side, the United States was struggling with what they are going to do. The two main reasons for them to enter the war were German sinking the Lusitania-- killed 128 Americans-- and the Zimmerman telegram that they sent to Mexico to help them to fight the American if they were to enter the war. These two reasons make the U.S to enter the war. Meanwhile, back in the country --America-- without men, women have to take care of work areas and got jobs in many factories stead for men. The second reading talked about today’s society-- 21st century-- and the world wide effected by the World War I directly and indirectly.
According to the second reading, “Just about everything that happened in the remainder of the century was in one way or another a result of World War I, including the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, World War II, the Holocaust, and the development of the atomic bomb. The Great Depression, the Cold War, and the collapse of European colonialism can also be traced, at least indirectly, to the First World War.” This shows how the World War I become a big part on the world with both direct and indirect effects. The world successes and problems can be traced back to World War I. The third reading is based on a discussion about how and what successes and problems in United States and around the world can be traced back to the war. As for America in reading 4, the country had The Great Migration such as Congress passed laws on how African Americans men should be able to participate in army and government system, women right to votes, and African Americans rapidly migration to north. Ultimately, World War I had changed many lives with good and
bad.