The United States acquired<span> Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories in the Spanish-American war. </span>Technically, Cuba gained its independence, but USA soldiers stayed in the country for a long time.
Well because of the great depression many factories were just lying around not producing anything but when the us as attacked by japan almost immediately those factories were up and running to make war supplies and they needed workers so almost no unemployment in the us and everyone was making money.
The three nations that made up the Triple Alliance were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. These nations stood against the three nations of the Triple Entente - France, Russia, and Great Britain.
It was formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I. All the members pledged mutual support in the event of an attack by any other great power.
The alliances are the main reason behind World War 1 because they turned what was meant to be a brief war between accuser and accused into a world war.
