What were the long-term effects on families after World War 1?

Answer 1

You'd need to look in a few books to get a good answer to this question. Also what would we consider long term? 50-60 years in history is the blink of an eye. Maybe the 'lasting effects' of World War II. One could be the continuing, but so far relatively brief, role of the U.S. as a superpower and global cop. It has been said that WWI was and industrial war. WWII was a continuation of that WWI in that it was a war for resources. Cold war again an extension became a war for markets. Current situation could possibly be for energy? Religion? Income and Resource disparity?

Answer 2

The economic effects of WWII on the west were dramatic. France and Britain, the two greatest colonial imperial powers on earth, were economically devastated by the war. Both nations used up huge amounts of their national wealth fighting the war. Neither was able to effectively regain their power over their colonial possessions after the conflict. Britain quickly gave up on India, their largest holding. France fought unsuccessfully to hold Vietnam and Algeria, loosing both by 1960. Britain did their best to put a happy face on the whole disaster. They held ceremonies with various princes and queens, formally transferring power from London to some third world city, over and over. They tried, mostly without success, to keep these new nations within the 'commonwealth'. But, the sad fact for Britain was that the empire that their ancestors had built up over 500 years, through multiple wars, with great daring and leadership, was squandered due to overextension brought about by WWII. Mention needs to be made of two other colonial powers in Western Europe: Belgium and the Netherlands. The Belgians had pillaged and brutalized the people and land of the Congo river basin for a hundred years (an area of a million square miles). With Belgium wrecked economically by WWII, they were unable to continue dominating this area. The Congo degenerated into rebellion and later, civil war. White colonists and religious persons ran for their lives, many not being successful in that endeavor. The Dutch had ruled their huge Dutch East Indies colony (mainly the island of Java) with less brutality. They too relinquished control of the island nation to the indiginous people. Since they had not pillaged and looted the land so much, this transfer of power was more stable and civil. Indonesia remains a much more stable nation to this day than does Congo. Otherwise, the USA came out of the war economically stronger both literally and relatively. Unlike all the other nations of the globe, the USA entered WWII with vast slack in its economy. There were many unemployed persons and many factories idle. The Roosevelt plan to end the depression was a disgraceful failure, despite the best of intentions. War spending (using borrowed money) stimulated hiring and industrial output. Thus the USA economy actually expanded and grew during the war. This contrasted with the collapsed economies of Germany, Italy, Britain and Japan, left the USA as the dominant economic force on the planet by war's end, with nearly half the world's economic output. Gradually after the war, the other nations of the world recovered and the USA's relative strength declined. Due to ignorant economic decisions by the American Congress and President in the 1960s and 1970s, the USA suffered serious economic problems. The leadership of Reagan in the 1980's turned the situation around and the US economy has grown relative to the rest of the world again to nearly be as dominant as it was in the 1950's. At present the USA represents about one third of the entire world's economic output. The socialist policies that took hold in Europe and Russia following WWII have crippled those nations and growth has stagnated.

Answer 3

The U.S. didn't bounce back as quickly after WW1 as they did in WW2. There were many changes to come, but the poor remained poor and the wealthy got weathier. WW1 was a bloody war with an extremely high U.S./Canadian death toll. Both countries were tired of war and also tired of losing so many loved ones and changes began ..... The years after World War One were an important turning point in the making of the American nation. The country turned away from the problems of Europe. Now it would deal with problems of its own. Woodrow Wilson There was a presidential election in America in nineteen twenty. President Woodrow Wilson was not a candidate. He had suffered a stroke and was too sick. The two major candidates were Democrat James Cox and Republican Warren Harding. Voters had a clear choice between the two candidates. Cox supported the ideas of President Wilson. He believed the United States should take an active part in world affairs. Harding opposed the idea of internationalism. He believed the United States should worry only about events within its own borders. Warren Harding won the election. By their votes, Americans made clear they were tired of sacrificing lives and money to solve other people's problems. They just wanted to live their own lives and make their own country a better place. This was a great change in the nation's thinking. For twenty years, since the beginning of the century, the United States had become more involved in international events. Young Americans had grown up with presidents like Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. Both Wilson and Roosevelt had active foreign policies. Both helped start the nation on the road to becoming a major world power. Then came World War One. It was like a sharp needle that bursts a balloon. The United States and the Allies won the war against Germany and the Central Powers. But thousands of American troops had died in the European conflict. And many months were taken up by the bitter debate over the peace treaty and the League of Nations. Most Americans did not want to hear about Europe and international peace organizations any more. Instead, Americans became more concerned with material things. During World War One, they had lived under many kinds of restrictions. The federal government had controlled railroads, shipping, and industrial production. At the end of the war, these controls were lifted. Industries that had been making war supplies began making products for a peacetime economy. Wages for most workers in the United States were higher than ever at the beginning of the nineteen twenties. Men and women had enough money to enjoy life more than they had in the past. Technology made it possible for millions of people to improve their lives. It also caused great changes in American society. Two of the most important new technologies were automobiles and radio. In the early years of the twentieth century, automobiles were very costly. Each one was built separately by a small team of skilled workers. Most Americans did not have the money to own an automobile. Then Henry Ford decided to make cars everyone could buy. He built them on an assembly line. Cars were put together, or assembled, as they moved slowly through the factory. Each worker did just one thing to the car before it moved on to the next worker. In this way, the Ford Motor Company could build cars more quickly and easily. And it could sell them for much less money. Before long, there were cars everywhere. All these cars created a need for better roads. Outside cities, most roads were made just of dirt. They were chokingly dusty in dry weather and impassably muddy in the rain. They were rough and full of holes. Few bridges connected roads across rivers and streams. America's new drivers demanded that these problems be fixed. So, local and state governments began building and improving roads as they had never done before. As new roads were built, many new businesses opened along them. There were gasoline stations and auto repair shops, of course. But soon there were eating places and hotels where travelers could eat and sleep. In the nineteen-twenties, the United States was becoming a nation of car-lovers. Two men by car and two women seated in back seat of a 1913 Ford Model T Touring automobile. Cars changed more than the way Americans traveled. They changed the way Americans lived. They removed some of the limitations of living conditions. For example, families with cars no longer had to live in noisy, crowded cities. They could live in suburbs -- the wide-open areas outside cities. They could use their car to drive to work in the city. Businesses moved, too. No longer did they have to be close to railroad lines. With new cars and trucks, they could transport their goods where they wanted, when they wanted. They were no longer limited by train times. Cars also made life on farms less lonely. It became much easier for farm families to go to town on business or to visit friends. Cars helped Americans learn more about their nation. In the nineteen twenties, people could drive all across the land for not much money. Places that used to be days apart now seemed suddenly closer. Families that normally stayed home on weekends and holidays began to explore the country. They drove to the seashores and lake shores. To the mountains and forests. To places of historical importance or natural beauty. Not all the changes linked to the car were good, of course. Automobile accidents became more common and deadly. Other forms of transportation, such as railroads, began to suffer from the competition. Some railroads had to close down. Horses and wagons -- once the most common form of transportation -- began to disappear from city streets. There were not enough cars in the nineteen-twenties to cause severe air pollution. But the air was becoming less pure every year. And the roads were becoming more crowded and noisy. While the automobile greatly changed America's transportation, radio greatly changed its communication. The first radio station opened in the state of Pennsylvania in nineteen-twenty. Within ten years, there were hundreds of others. There were more than thirteen-million radio receivers. Most of the radio stations were owned by large broadcasting networks. These networks were able to broadcast the same program to stations all over the country. Most programs were simple and entertaining. There were radio plays, comedy shows, and music programs. But there also were news reports and political events. Millions of people who never read newspapers now heard the news on radio. Citizens everywhere could hear the president's voice. Like the automobile, radio helped bring Americans together. They were able to share many of the same events and experiences. Radio also was a great help to companies. Businesses could buy time on radio programs for advertisements. In these 'ads', they told listeners about their products. They urged them to buy the products: cars. Electric refrigerators. Foods. Medicines. In this way, companies quickly and easily created a nationwide demand for their goods. Automobiles and radios were not the only new technologies to change American life in the days after World War One. Still one more invention would have a great effect on how Americans spent their time and money. That was the motion picture.

Answer 4

• World peace, elimination of the Nazis and the changing of the Japanese culture - the great westernization of the Japanese.
• The Cold War and Nuclear Arms Race
• The Baby Boom
• Colonial nations; some got their independence and others had less controlling power from the Imperialist Nation that owned them.
• Europe was changed for decades to come. There was a Western Europe and an Eastern Bloc governed by the USSR.
• The United Nations Organization was solidified.
• Korea and Vietnam War
• • Women went to work and soon over forty percent of the working population were women in important professions, upper level executive jobs and all the other job positions - including jobs that were once only done by men.
  • The maps of the world changed as the borders of nations and names of countries were re-designated. New globes had to be made.
  • Europe was improved with the new economic foundations and new world trade agreements. Tourism to Europe rose.
  • Children were taught not to ever have another world war and why the 2 wars were started and how to prevent another world war while the Cold War Raged. Children grew to be teens and young adults and revolted over the hypocrisy and wars that should not be fought; namely the Vietnam war.

Answer 5

The answer of this question needs lots of minds with different opinions.

I think the main long term effect is that the world will watch carefully and intervene as much as possible in order to stop any evil mind, like Hitler's, from acquiring power that can threat the whole world.

Answer 6

Start with the estimated total death toll of 54.77 million human lives.

Answer 7

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