Only the United States and Japan came out of the war in better financial shape than before. Uneven distribution of wealth, overproduction by business and agriculture, and the fact that many Americans were buying less.
Only the United States and Japan came out of the war in better financial shape than before. The Great War left every major European country nearly bankrupt. Europe's domination in world affairs declined after the war.
In the nineteenth century, imperial powers such as France wanted to increase the number of colonies they controlled. They wanted to gain better and cheaper access to natural tesources as well as labor.
