World War 1 Impact On American History

There are two events that have made a significant impact in American history -The Great Depression and World War 1.The Great Depression began in 1929 and ended in 1939. The Great Depression had a major impact on the United States economy due to banks defaulting and a decrease in american jobs .The second major event in American history, World War 1, began in 1914 and ended in 1918. One of the positive impacts of World War 1 , was the women to work movement. After WW1, more women gained full-time employment in Great Britain. World War 1 was fought between Great Britain and Germany.The war was fought in eastern and western Europe.The war started July 28,1914 and ended November 11,1918.Great Britain and Germany fought because Germany wanted to gain power over Great Britain's land.Germany wanted their land to farm and make produce to trade with other countries.The war was four years,three months and two weeks.On November 11,1918 Germany surrendered to Great Britain and ended the war. June 28,1919 Germany and Great Britain allies (France,Russia and Italy)came to an agreement to sign the Treaty of Versailles which officially ended World War 1. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that stopped the war. …show more content…
That ended the banking panics.Works Progress Administration(WPA) was started to help find Americans jobs,from 1935 to 1943.This work program helped employed 8.5 million