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Social effects |
the U.S. created the Selective Services - first military draft ever. It still exist today.
More causalities than in any previous war influenza epidemic |
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Economical effects |
WWI costs more than any other previous war in history.
WWI severely disrupted the European economies US to become the world's leading creditor and industrial power. |
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political effects |
WWI Involved more countries than any other war, 28.
Resulted in the downfall of four monarchies in Russia in 1917, in Austria-Hungary, in Germany in 1918, in Turkey in 1922. Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war- required them to pay 33 BILLION DOLLARS in reparations. Formation of the League of Nations-an organization founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the WWI. It was the first international organization whose purpose was to maintain World peace. |
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Technological effects |
It was the first war to use airplanes, tanks, long range artillery, submarines, and poison gas. New battle strategies and tactics were developed.
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