Summarize the Impact of American Participation in World War I

question 44

Essay

Summarize the impact of American participation in World War I on the national economy, civil liberties, and public attitudes about race relations and the evolving roles of women in American society. Which wartime impacts on the national economy, civil liberties and pubic attitudes on race relations, and the evolving roles of women in American society were likely to be sustained in postwar America? Which impacts were likely to recede to the status quo ante? Support your answers with specific wartime examples in these political, economic, and cultural areas.

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