Good_for_American_Business




 * Thesis-** The U.S had economic struggles that they wanted to fix. Investments and loans were made to get interest in return. The U.S also recently went through a depression and wanted to stimulate the economy. Finally with men at war, more women and minorities had jobs. Because of this the unemployment rate went down. The war would bounce back the U.S economy if everything went as planned.

The pre-World War I period saw political reform, volatile economic reform and a volatile economic climate that heralded a new era to USA. During this period, immigration was major force, with nearly 9 million immigrants entering the USA between 1900 and 1910. Later, the country became embroiled in the Great War, which required the Federal government for the first time to attempt to place significant controls over ended in 1929 and when the country entered in the Great Depression. The depth of the Depression would ultimately provide the catalyst for a change in how workers viewed self-sufficiency that would, in turn, give ways to change how american workers were paid.

The U.S had economic struggles before the war. With France and Britian in war, The U.S wanted to help their friends in battle. They supplied weaponry which was payed by credit. With this in mind, The U.S could not afford to have their friends loose the war. If the allies lost, this would mean an economic crash in the U.S. Nearly 2 billion dollars was invested thus far in the war and if the allies lost they would not gain a cent back. This was before the great depression but after a smaller depression.

During the war the Europeans would barrow things from the United states. The United States liked this because they would owe the U.S money and on top of that they owed us interest. When the United states saw that the Allies were loosing the war the U.S had enter. We feared we would have lost billions of dollars from the Germans because if they were to win, Germany would take over Europe. They would not have to pay us back because they were not the one whose borrowed the money.

The annual earnings for a full-time manufacturing employee went up 23%. With the rise in money being earned, Americans were spending more and more money. When money is spent, its better for the economy. Also with the men at war, more jobs were available. It caused many of the unemployed to have their money become worthless in the United States. There was also the fact that women were having the availability to work in the factories along with minorities media type="youtube" key="TC1y2gWCwaw" height="385" width="480"

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