Financial Investment in World War 1 by Brooke Wallace https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57 en-us 2018-02-11 21:46:54 UTC 2018-02-18 15:49:17 UTC hello@padlet.com How did Financial Investment in Europe lead the US into World War? 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230420057 2018-02-11 21:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230420057 Once the war began Britain, France, and their other alliances set up a naval blockade of Germany and Austria. This made food from these countries tough to get in America. The Wilson administration also said that the blockade violated international law, and took it to court. Britain and France responded by expanding the blockade into the Baltic. This severely hurt the US's trading experiences. 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230421246 2018-02-11 22:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230421246 France was also was in a lot of debt right before World War One started. They were 33 billion Francs in debt approximately 40,410,150,000 United States Dollars today. 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230423690 2018-02-11 22:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230423690 There were also markets in France and England for American Railroads. England even set aside a portion of their stock market for American rails. A large section of the outlay to build American railroads came from international sources. 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230654855 2018-02-12 15:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230654855 Many other companies from countries around the world invested in many different sections of the economy in other countries.They were involved in meatpacking, mining, cattle raising, and other endeavors. 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230656422 2018-02-12 15:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230656422 Some large corporations were established prior to World War 1 and some even exist today such as Nestle, and Shell. 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230657507 2018-02-12 15:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/230657507 The US joined World War 1 to protect their own economy and their imports from other European countries. 20wallbr2 https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/232705110 2018-02-18 15:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20wallbr2/sljmfyesot57/wish/232705110