USA Role in the World

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Basic

Role of USA

Role during WW1

Role between the two ww

Role during ww2

Cold War

9/11 and its effects

Todays military role

Role until ww1

Todays economic role

Todays political role

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Basic information

about the usa

• Capital city: Washington D.C.
• President: Joe Biden
• citizens: 331.449.281 (2020)
• GPD: 20,9 Billionen USD
• oficially founded: 4th July 1776
• size: 9.834.000 km²

Role

at its start

• discovered: 1449 by Christoph Columbus
• first european settlement: 1565 by spain in St, Augustine, Florida
• first long term settlement of brits: 1607 in Jamestown Virginia
• 1620: Arrival of Mayflower
• 4th july 1776: declaration of independence by Continental Congress
• Role in world: First real democracy
• place of dreams of a new life for europeans

Role

Until the first world war

• smaller wars to gain territory (against spain for example)
• civil war between north (anti slavery) and south (pro slavery) in 1861 - 1865
• 1866: Civil Rights act
• Conveyer belt perfected by Henry Ford 1913
• still same role in world
• but increasing role in finance market

Role

During the first world war

• 1914 - 1918
• USA until 1917 formal neutral, but supported Entente with supply deliveries
• 6th April 1917: declaration of war by the USA on Germany
• first big appearance of USA in world politics

• USA now world leader in industry, economics, trade

Role

between the two world wars

• america's role in finance got bigger and bigger
• stock market at wall street flourished
• even normal workers could invest and earn money
• went very well until 24. October 1929
• in germany known as “schwarzer Freitag”
• first big financial world crisis
• great depression
• 12% of america citizens unemployed (15 Million)

Role

During the second world war

• as well as in WW1, USA neutral at start
• but supported Gb and Russia with weapons and money
• entrance in War: 7th december 1941
• as in WW1 potential of USA mandatory for Powers that fought Germany
• USA only country that left war with stronger economy than before
• new role: Superpower with worldwide presence

Role

During the cold war

• Tensions between Sovjet Union and USA
• 1949 NATO founded
• Followed by nuclear arms race between NATO and “warschauer Pakt”
• Cold war led to confrontations and proxy wars
• Vietnam was first military loose in history in america
• Vietnam War led to many peace movements
• 1964: Civil Rights Act
• Race to space

Role

After 9/11

• 11.9.2001
• George W. Bush announced “War against terrorism”
• Axis of evil
• March 2003: Third Gulf War
• USA attacked without UN Mandate
• New strategic concept: preventive war
• Turn away from previous Foreign and security policy
• destabilised middle east
• lost some appreciation

Role

Politics

• Permanent member of UN security council
• Exceptionalism
• Most americans want active role in world politics
• Biden wants america to rule the world again, before china does it
• Beacon of freedom and equality
• "As a nation, we must convince the world that we are ready to lead again - not only by demonstrating our power, but also by the power of example"

Role

Economy

• Biggest economy in world after GDP
• USA: 20,807.27 Billion USD (2020)
• Biggest industry 2019: Services
• Biggest stock exchange of world: Wall Street
• about one quarter of World GPD is from US

Role

Military

• Biggest spending in Army
• 2020: 778 Billion USD
• As of 2022: Third largest army (1.390.000)

• Most overseas military bases in about 70 countries
• About 750
• 40 alone in Germany
• Second most atomic warheads (5428)
• Role: Big military strength
• But want to show power as role model not only with military power

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Text sources

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereinigte_Staaten

Picture sources

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