Changes caused by World War I World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction thanks to grueling trench warfare and the introduction of modern weaponry such as machine guns, tanks, and chemical weapons. The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia where Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death along with his wife by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. On July 28 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers collapsed. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, making it the start of World War I. The U.S later joined and due to the war the industry in the U.S grew, the women’s movement progressed, and the government adopted new diplomatic policies The U.S joined the war in 1916 making the industry boom. Manufacturers had to keep production up to the pace needed to support the war. In order to produce more material in a short amount of time new technologies were developed to help manufacturers meet the needs of the government and people. As the war ended and soldiers started to return home, the industry production began to slow and …show more content…
In the absence of men in American, women became the main population of the factories, and African Americans migrated to the cities to find jobs. Due to the fact that the men were working overseas the women took their role having the necessity to provide for their family. Because so many women had shown that their strength and independence was equal to men, and they had helped the war cause in so many ways President Wilson urged the congress to give women the same rights as men because they deserved it. This independence of working women carried over into the after effects of the World War