It <span>gave government direct control of a business.</span>
It was designed to hurt Great Britain.
Literally search it up on google
"The following month, Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships. ... On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. Get a firsthand look at how a new breed of weapons like WMDs, submarines, armored tanks and air attacks changed modern warfare forever in WWI: The First Modern War"
