History Essay During the 1920’s, USA became the most powerful economy in the world, there are many reasons for this which will be explained in the main part of my essay. Isolationist attitudes After the First World War Woodrow Wilson wanted to play a part in shaping the peace. He came up with ‘14 points’, one of them was the idea of a ‘League of Nations’, and he wanted USA to play a leading role in …showed first 75 words of 1469 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1469 total…the American people after the war, this is because they all work in conjunction with each other and all benefit the other two, the rest of the factors were merely by-products of these three. Sources Used Ø ‘The Modern World’ by Tony Lancaster and Derek Peaple Ø ‘American Epoch’ by A. Link Ø Extract from the ‘Washington Eagle’ 1920 Ø A speech by Herbert Hoover during the presidential election campaign of 1928 Ø ‘America in the 1920’s’ by JT Patterson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**