Results of World War I

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Results of World War I
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Political

• U.S. emerged as a leading world power
• Dethroned 3 major European dynasties
• Hehenzollerns in Germany
• Hapsburgs in Austro-Hungary
• Romanous in Russia
• New nation states in central Europe
• Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria,
  Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland

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Political

• League of Nations- settle disputes/keep peace
• Rise of fascist dictatorships in Germany and
  Italy
• Russian Revolution and rise of Communism

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Social

• 10 million soldiers killed
• 20 million wounded
• Millions of civilians died
• A whole generation of the male population gone
• France lost 1 of 5 men between the ages of 20-44

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Economic

• Cost of war- 350 billion
• U.S. lent allies 10 billion
• Heavy taxation and lower standard of living in
  Europe to pay for the war
• International trade suffered due to tariffs
• Every major European country was bankrupt
• Belgium/France lay in ruin- cities/farms- most of
  fighting was on Western front

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Economic

• U.S. became the worlds banker
• Before WWI Europe controlled most of the worlds
  power and wealth- War changed that
• U.S. and Japan took over European markets
• British- 40 of her trading ships were destroyed