The Great War to the Roaring Twenties
Read this text about the period from wartime into the age of prosperity and decadence that followed in the 1920s. It also covers some different takes on social attitudes of the time. Feel free to read selectively for those.
Americans and the Great War, 1914–1919
Introduction
On the eve
of World War I, the U.S. government under President Woodrow Wilson
opposed any entanglement in international military conflicts. But as the
war engulfed Europe and the belligerents' total war strategies targeted
commerce and travel across the Atlantic, it became clear that the
United States would not be able to maintain its position of neutrality.
Still, the American public was of mixed opinion; many resisted the idea
of American intervention and American lives lost, no matter how bad the
circumstances.
Source: OpenStax College, https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-fscj-ushistory2/chapter/the-great-war-to-the-roaring-twenties/
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