America in the Great War

Abstract

The First World War triggered vital transitions in the Society of America. It had hard impacts on families of an immigrant. Also, US immigration was halted. This resulted to immigrants in the nation to encounter terrible job and social discrimination in anti-foreign environment struck by war. More civil leaders of African American supported WW1 while others were servants. Black Soldiers worked as their laborers while minority and women workers lost their jobs due to replacement from men. This study focused on economic impacts of war; changes experienced due to movement from isolationism to expansions, comparisons and contrast of pre-war and post-war experiences and lessons of lower classes, women, and African Americans.

Introduction

After the civil war, immigration of Africa Americans was accelerated to the northern cities. In the year 1910-1940, over two million citizens of African American moved out of the south. Despite improving their economic state, they faced segregation, discrimination and race riots. Disillusions Americans yearned to go back to the isolationism that was the policy of traditional foreign. The war led to the development of economic problems and political troubles in America.

In 1920, American Society transformation of automobile industries in charge of Henry Ford led to massive production and shifting assembly line led to the manufacture of uniform products sold at a low price (Mrozek, 2010). It enabled the economy of consumer-oriented where more products were availed to Americans. The products were sold via installment buying.

The Society of America faced struggle due to social change in conflict, increased tension, morals, values and lifestyles as it was transformed to urban, industrial state (Schaffer, 1991). Women number in the workforce increased after World War 1 in the 1920s. This was contrary to Americans believed that women who are married had to remain at home (Weiss, 2008). Whereby about 90% of them were found, women who are working when they get married had an option of only be either fired or quit from their work. In 1920, during national election women voted for their first time. This led to a formation of National American Women to facilitate women involvements in politics. The war also resulted in restrictions on immigrants (Schaffer, 1991). They were perceived to pose a threat to America's social values. The nativist situation resulted in the act of Immigration of 1924 that created a system of national quotas in which the figure of immigrants from every country was limited (Weiss, 2008). The quotas only maintained low totals for southern and eastern Europe and barred all immigrants from Asian countries. 

The key domestic figure during World War 1 comprises of Winston Churchill and General John Pershing. Winston was considered as instrumental in maintaining fleet safety and unfolded several acts of events (Schaffer, 1991). He was able to experience a perfect movement of BEF even though his appointments, interventions, and actions established him adversaries and destabilized his earlier reputations for thriving dynamism. General John was appointed by President Wilson of US to command of American Expeditionary Force of 1917 (Mrozek, 2010). He led AEF in successful operations during late 1918 and was able to survive war reputation. The key international figure of the war includes Prime Minister Herbert Asquith of Britain and Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg of German. Herbert led British into world war one by underestimating scale for July crisis and based on colleagues judgment. Hollweg attempted and priced formation of a triple alliance with France, Britain, and Russia.

Conclusion

At the end of First World War, US were set in a position to become a superpower nation. Some aspects contributed to this; they include American taking over from Europe as a nerve center of the Earth because of an idea to create a system of permanent peace through establishing community power as a common goal of war through US President Wilson. Wilson also strived for hearts and minds for his Americans people. They spearheaded to champion for Americanism gospel to every corner of the world.

References

Mrozek, D. J. (2010). The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations in World War I - By Nancy Gentile Ford. Historian , 72 (2), 429-430. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2010.00267_19.x

Schaffer, R. (1991). America in the Great War: The Rise of the war welfare state . New York: Oxford University Press. 

Weiss, E. F. (2008). Fruits of Victory: The Woman's Land Army of America in the Great War . Washington, DC: Potomac Books.