Wednesday, May 6, 2020

The War Of World War I - 2272 Words

World War 2 was a huge turning point in history, that fixed most of the things related to wars that World War 1 was supposed to do but did not. There were many differences between the attitude of the US in World War 1, and their attitude in World War 2, mainly due to what happened in between the wars. Unlike World War 1, the second World War, was not about proving a point in the American’s case, but instead revenge for what had happened in between. In the process, the attitude of the American people towards war changed dramatically from the end of World War 1, to the end of World War 2. When the first World War, then known as the â€Å"Great War† ended, The American people went rampant, saying that the United States was an isolationist†¦show more content†¦The 1920s in America, can be divided into two different parts. The first being the boom itself, and the other being the problems that indirectly lead to the catastrophic 30s. â€Å"The 1920s was a period that saw the deep south being urbanized, thus moving away from ordinary farming, to factories. This also included the great migration, which saw many african american moving the upper north states like New York, creating what was known as the harlem renaissance in Harlem, New York. A lot of the current big money places like LA and Chicago started their boom in the 20s.† While many great things happened in the 1920s many questionable things also happened in the decade. For example, in 1924, â€Å"the evil racists political group from the post civil war era, known as the Ku Klux Klan or the KKK, reorganized as a racist-nativist group who opposed anyone who was not an american born white protestant. They successfully got the government to block immigrants from entering the country, as to lessen the fear of communism spreading.† The Problems associated with the KKK and immigration, indirectly lead to the great depression seen in the 1930s. The backend of the 1920s, saw the US transition from greatest boom to the greatest recession, known as the great depression. The 1920s was all about the credit system. â€Å"This credit system did not have any limits, because at the time, republicans followed

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