They hoped to get their destroyed land paid and fixed by Germany because of trench warfare during WW1 and to reduce Germany military power <span />
What major characteristic of American companies in the 1920s was that they were wildly unregulated by the federal government, which was one of the things that led to the Great Crash of 1929.
<span>Increased as a way to improve one's own economic and social opportunities.</span>
Rivalry
Colonial and imperialistic ambitions was a major contributor of rivalry and hostility that beheld western Europe in the decades before ww1. Each of the nations was seeking to out do each in strategic colonies such as Egypt, east africa,India and some provinces in Europe such as Alasce and Lorraine.