Ethan Lupo
American History Honors
Mr. Hughes
United States and the Difference in Their Trade Relations
America between the Civil War up to right after World War I was able to help both Britain and France in the trade industry in ways that varied greatly due to the different economic standpoints of both countries, the differences in dealings in both wartime periods, and the advancements in technology as time moved forward. For France and Britain, there were similarities in trade relations since Europe was very intertwined with the United States and some of their resources like cotton were heavily dependent on trade with the South. This necessity during the Civil War is still noticeable throughout the first World War as well, but with different resources being more dominant such as manpower since instead of needing cotton, France and Britain both needed soldiers since they were fighting in a …show more content…
In 1912, American inventor Isaac Lewis had offered to give the U.S. Army his air-cooled machine gun design (Longback, David, March 31st, 2017). When he was rejected, Lewis sold the design to Britain, where it was mass-produced throughout World War I (Longback, David, March 31st, 2017). This lack of mass production for America hurt them when sending over their men. With more soldiers than supplies of modern machine guns, the U.S. Army had to use several foreign concepts of fighting. One of these was the French Chauchat, which jammed in combat with the weapons and was less than optimal to use when fighting in areas like trenches (Longback, David, March 31st, 2017). This huge growth that the United States experienced was due to the Allies need for the United States and their resources just like in the Civil War, however, the sides are flipped with America being the one giving the resources to the countries in war and in the beginning, trying to stay
American History Honors
Mr. Hughes
United States and the Difference in Their Trade Relations
America between the Civil War up to right after World War I was able to help both Britain and France in the trade industry in ways that varied greatly due to the different economic standpoints of both countries, the differences in dealings in both wartime periods, and the advancements in technology as time moved forward. For France and Britain, there were similarities in trade relations since Europe was very intertwined with the United States and some of their resources like cotton were heavily dependent on trade with the South. This necessity during the Civil War is still noticeable throughout the first World War as well, but with different resources being more dominant such as manpower since instead of needing cotton, France and Britain both needed soldiers since they were fighting in a …show more content…
In 1912, American inventor Isaac Lewis had offered to give the U.S. Army his air-cooled machine gun design (Longback, David, March 31st, 2017). When he was rejected, Lewis sold the design to Britain, where it was mass-produced throughout World War I (Longback, David, March 31st, 2017). This lack of mass production for America hurt them when sending over their men. With more soldiers than supplies of modern machine guns, the U.S. Army had to use several foreign concepts of fighting. One of these was the French Chauchat, which jammed in combat with the weapons and was less than optimal to use when fighting in areas like trenches (Longback, David, March 31st, 2017). This huge growth that the United States experienced was due to the Allies need for the United States and their resources just like in the Civil War, however, the sides are flipped with America being the one giving the resources to the countries in war and in the beginning, trying to stay