As a result the people, who filled in for the soldiers, were left without jobs. When soldiers returned home they were given their jobs back. These riots were caused mainly by the loss of jobs. Riots only lasted a short period of time but many people died or were seriously injured. But only a short period after the war the American population booms back up from the 1920s to the 1930s. Also population decrease was only a problem for a short time.ĭuring World War I, many lives were lost in the war but even more lives were lost because of the influenza epidemic. This idea of everlasting peace ended when World War II began only twenty years later. ” This meant that peace would last between each country for very long. World War I ended in November 1918 and it was said to be “the war to end all wars. Short-term effects were peace between countries, the decrease of population, and riots. There were both short-term and long-term social effects of World War I.

After World War I, America went under many social changes that sculpted American society today.

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