Spain was initially one of the more powerful countries in Europe especially with her acquisition of colonies. However as time passed, Spain's power waned and United States saw this as an opportunity to show her power. Initially, the United States wanted to protect her interests in Cuba, which was a Spanish colony, and this eventually led the United States to declare war against Spain.
Afterwards, the United States captured the Philippines, where the Spanish-American War of 1898 took place. The war only lasted 6 weeks and a treaty between the United States and Spain was signed. In this Treaty of Paris, Spain agreed to free Cuba, and to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States. It was also agreed that the Philippines will be bought by the United States for $20 million. With the acquisition of these colonies, the United States began to rise into power in the international scene.
During World War I, the United States remained neutral until 1917, when she decided to join the war as an ally of the Allied Forces (Triple Entente: United Kingdom, France, and Russia) against the Central Powers (Germany, and Austria-Hungary). By the end of the war, the United States became acknowledged internationally as a superpower too.
<span>German warfare in Europe: In 1941 and 1942, German U-boats, aiming to starve Britain into submission by destroying their seagoing lifeline, sank Allied ships faster than new ones could be built. Hitler's western armies prepared to invade Britain while the rest of his forces concentrated on fighting the Soviets and capturing the Suez Canal. Allied counteroffensive: In 1943, the United States employed newly invented radar detectors and newly produced destroyer escorts for merchant vessels to destroy significant numbers of U-boats in the Atlantic, thereby protecting Britain from isolation and German invasion. Delaying their opening of a second front against the Nazis in Europe, the United States first defeated Germans in North Africa and the Mediterranean and then invaded Italy. 21. How did the war influence American society? Correct Answer: Answer would ideally include: Wartime economy: Roosevelt responded to Axis aggression by mobilizing the United States economy to produce an overwhelming abundance of military supplies. In order to do this, he called on business leaders to manage the nation's production and guide it toward maximum efficiency. He also called on labor to forego strikes. The government pumped enormous sums into the nation's economy and industry by issuing large contracts. The gross national product quadrupled between 1933 and the conclusion of the war, demonstrating the dramatic expansion of the American economy during wartime. The economic effort required to produce war materiel led to labor shortages that brought women into the traditionally male workforce and put more money into the pockets of the American public than ever before. New Deal restraints on agricultural production were lifted and farm output grew 25 percent every year during the war, providing surplus food to be exported to the Allies....</span>
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