5. Identify and describe ONE consequence of U.S. involvement in World War I. One consequence of the involvement in World War 1 was the casualties rate. Between the casualty’s rate between America and France both country suffered major losses with deaths reaching over 100,000 on both sides no one country really won the war. But the main consequence in World War 1 was not the casualties that was suffered after the war, but what was going on at home. One of the biggest consequence of World War 1 was the way the Ku Klux Klan gain strength. By gaining strength they were able to expand their organization, through fear and intimidation. This was one of the biggest consequences of World War 1, because with a racial group such as the Ku Klux Klan which was expanding their influence over all of America people started getting scared.
6.Describe and analyze ONE reason why the Cold War started. One way that the Cold War started was the conflict between the ideas of Capitalism and Communism. The Cold War started, after the end of World War 2. The conflict of ideology between Russia and America was at an all-time high. Russia ideology was to spread Communism, whereas America ideology was to spread Capitalism. With Communism, everybody would be …show more content…
More importantly McCarthyism was to prevent the spread of Communism. Because the fear of Communism, a lot of people in congress were violated. As people were picked out one at a time if they were suspected of being a communist, a lot of the first amendment right was violated along with the rights of a fair trial. This was a bad time to be in congress, because you could have been accused of being a communist and would not be able to have the trial that you would need to prove yourself innocent. Besides targeting congress other industries, such as your work place would not be able to keep you safe if they have reason to suspect that you were involved with