How Did The US Become A Superpower After WW1? – Part 1

Throughout this question answer, you will learn how did the US become a global superpower after WW1?

So, the story begins in the 20th-century beginning, when the US was a developing nation.

Even though it got independence in 1776, but in the case of economic development, the US was still not doing well like European countries. Such as Great Britain, France, Germany, etc.

But in the 20th century’s beginning years a phenomenon happened in world politics.

The phenomenon came like a curse to the whole world, but for the US, it came like a blessing from god.

Yes, as you can guess, it was World War 1, which was fought between the Axis and Allied power nations.

The war wended for four years, from 1914 to 1918, made the highest destruction in the history of humanity and Europe.

How Did The US Become A Superpower After World War 1? – Part 2

The main leading countries of the European continent like Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia started being bankrupt.

Before WW1, most countries of the world imported goods from these European powers.

Because at that time, Europe was the hub of all production factories.

But the Great War destroyed everything, along with factories and so on export-import completely stopped from Europe too.

The United States Became The Most Powerful Country – Part 3

Though the US participated in WW1; but due to its continental distance, it didn’t harm the country a lot. And this became a big opportunity for them.

The businesses and factories that started being closed in Europe due to the war, are now newly started opening in the United States of America.

USA’s production geared up in huge quantity and they started exporting goods and services to entire Europe and other countries of the world.

Onsight, the USA’s economy spread so fast that it became the most powerful economy in the world in a short period of time.

On the other hand, previous superpowers like Great Britain, Germany, and France became bankrupt, because of which the USA provided heavy loans to them on heavy interest rates.

This also helped the country to make a lot of money after the war.

This sounds a little crazy but do you know what, due to these causes, the USA’s economy continued booming for 44 consecutive months.

Part – 4

Over time, their economic strength became a key factor, which made the US Dollar the international currency (After WW2), the US army the world’s strongest army, and led them to the top position in so many other fields.

I hope, now you understand, how the US became a global superpower after WW1.

If we express it in one sentence, then we can say, this all happened because of a great economic opportunity created by the Great War.