Usa
Economic boom after war
Threats were put on US
1900-1920 farm prosperity
Depression shattered agricultures
Restriction of foreign immigration reduced foreign policy
France
Suffered the most human materical losses
Multi Party system
Was not affected by the Great Depression until 1932
Built a wall to prevent attacks against Germany
Took responsibility for reconstruction
New alliances
Hard time paying reparations due to Foreign bankloans
Great Britain
The Irish
Lost War commerce
Political Change
Agriculture
Unemployment after Great Depression
In debt after the war
Depression
Strikes
Trade declined
Compare Usa, France, Great Britain
A postwar recession and depression in caused widespread unemployment.
The Irish problem was probably Britain's closest and most complex imperial problem of the 20th century, having its roots in religious and ethnic differences going back centuries.
During the war, normal trade had been disrupted; and England and France found it difficult to again trade manufactured goods to pre-war customers.
Both the British and French governments and economies were deeply in debt at the end of the war.
Strikes and labor disturbances were frequent in the 1920's, the most significant being the Great Coal Strike of 1926, that led to a general strike in the same year.
During the war, the British business lost much of their commerce in Europe, China, India, and Latin America to the American and Japanese businesses.
The most important political change was the decline of the Liberal Party and the rise of the Labor Party as the major opponent to the Conservative party in British Politics.
