<span>America was the one to provide much of the food for the Western European Countries. World War 1 REALLY didn't contribute to the American Great Depression. That had more to do with the Stock market crashing and poor economic decisions made by the United States Federal Government. However WWI did effect American Farmers who were used to producing food for the war effort. We also felt </span>a strong need for isolationism, due to the fact so many lifes were lost. (U.S. deaths totaled 116,516)
The Fifteenth Amendment had a significant loophole: it did not grant suffrage to all men, but only prohibited discrimination on the basis of race and former slave status. States could require voters to pass literacy tests or pay poll taxes - difficult tasks for the formerly enslaved, who had little education or money.
