At the first the USA did not take part in the First World War but then in 1917 it
declared war on Germany. The USA sent a great number of soldiers to help the
Allies (Britain, France and Russia), who won in the end.
After the rise of the Nazis in the 1930’s it became
clear that Europe was moving towards another war. Americans wanted to avoid it
at any cost. This feeling was intensified by the Great Depression in the 1930’s. In the years 1933-1937 President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt promoted a set of economic and social policies to get
out of the crisis, which was called the “New
Deal”.
In 1939 the Second
World War broke out in Europe. The
USA remained neutral until 1941, when Japan attacked the American ships at
Pearl Harbor. In 1945 the USA dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. Japan surrendered.
At the end of the Second World War the USA was considered the leading world super power, and
this position was even stronger after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Answer to the questions:
When did USA take part in the First World War?
What did become clear in Europe in 1930’s?
What was the Great
Depression?
Who was Roosevelt and what did he do?
When did USA enter in the Second World War?
Where were two atomic bombs dropped?
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