Paper Topic:

World War I

RUNNING HEAD : Effects of World War I

World War I : Political , Economic , and Psychological Effects

Abstract

As the First World War devastated the world , naturally , diverse ideas proliferated . Another war would not be acceptable . The autocratic system ended and the people had a more nationalistic sentiment . Communism and socialism for the first time had large following . Empires collapsed , and nations leaned to a more liberal form of government . However , the costs of war damaged European economies only that of United States benefited from the war . Generally , from seeing the atrocities of

the war , people suffered from social trauma . There was a growing distrust of the government and a cynical view of the future

World War I : Political , Economic , and Psychological Effects

Although the Treaty in Versailles signed in 1919 was supposed to end World War I , the aftereffects lasted way beyond . Obliging Germany to pay for the reparations of damage caused by the war even led to the start of World War II . Aside from the apparent consequences caused by the two opposing forces , the Allied Powers and Central Powers , the war affected politics , economics , and view of the world in a variety of ways

The assassination of HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand " \o "Archduke Franz Ferdinand " Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne , and his wife , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Sophie_Chotek " \o "Sophie Chotek " Sophie Chotek , in HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Sarajevo " \o "Sarajevo " Sarajevo by a Bosnian Serb student triggered the start of the war when Serbia did not respond to the demands of Austria-Hungary to punish those responsible for the assassination . These two crucial deaths led to more than nine million dead and more than twenty million wounded (Evans , 2004

Some postulated that the political rivalries between countries particularly that of Austria-Hungary and Serbia , initiated the war . Some believed that the war was caused by the opposing ideas of militarism and autocracy , that those in military power craved for more and detested democracy . Still , others argued that economic imperialism led capitalist and imperialist powers to war (Koch ,1984 . As there were many reasons behind the war , the aftereffects it had on people , government , and society were as diverse (Joll , 1992

The end of the war saw the collapse of four powerful empires HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /German_Empire " \o "German Empire " German , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Austria-Hungary " \o "Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian , HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Ottoman_Empire " \o "Ottoman Empire Ottoman , and the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Imperial_Russia " \o "Imperial Russia Russian . Accordingly , nationalistic ideas proliferated during this time , spreading from the German and the Austrian empire to Britain and France . But the most popular type of government type was the republic the number of republics significantly increased (Stevenson , 2005 People learned to demand for their right to a better life

One of the positive outcomes of the war , the demand of women , even before the war , for the right to vote was finally...

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