The war had major political, economic, and emotional costs. Economical costs of the war were that farms were destroyed and factories were destroyed. Millions of soldiers died and civilians suffered. There was a political change in the loss of land and a shift in rulers. There were billions of dollars in damage. Art and literature reflected hopelessness and depression.
An economic cost of the first world war was the toll on the economy, the U.S. had used most of there materials on the war effort leading medals to be a luxury. A political cost was the $27 billion dollars the U.S. spent on the war, this put the U.S. in bigger debt. An emotional cost of WW1 was the effect in the U.S. citizens who lost family members or husbands/wifes, it took an even greater burden on the American soldiers injured in battle, trauma and depression was great among the soldiers.
No taxation without representation" is a political slogan originating during the 1700s that summarized one of 27 colonial grievances of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.
