Impacts of war on societies Questionbank

Colonial Era

Cold War

Great Depression

League of Nations

Jet engines

Manual typewriters

Trench fortifications

Chemical weapons

They led to the immediate establishment of a stable democracy.

They fueled resentment and humiliation, contributing to the rise of Nazism.

They fostered a renewed sense of international cooperation.

They encouraged Germany to abandon its pursuit of sovereignty.

Tanks and chemical weapons

Steam engines and telegraphs

Radar, penicillin, and early computers

The printing press and gunpowder

The impact is strictly limited to military production facilities

Only regions bordering the conflict zones experience the war

Entire populations and civilian resources are mobilized for the war effort

Only active-duty soldiers are affected by the conflict

They were repurposed to manufacture military hardware, such as tanks and machine guns.

They were exempt from government intervention to ensure that the domestic consumer economy remained stable.

They were relocated to neutral countries to prevent them from being targeted by enemy strategic bombing.

They were closed down indefinitely to ensure that all available workers could be drafted into the infantry.

British

Russian

French

Japanese

Entertainment venues

Historical monuments

Civilian industries

Religious orders

A return to imperial expansionism to regain lost land

A shift from militarism toward democracy and accountability

The rejection of all forms of international cooperation

The total abandonment of industrial and urban production

The UN Charter is a binding treaty, whereas the League of Nations Covenant was a weaker document that was more easily ignored.

The League of Nations Covenant was a binding treaty, whereas the UN Charter is a non-binding set of guidelines for international behavior.

Both the UN Charter and the League of Nations Covenant are categorized as non-binding declarations of intent under international law.

Both documents were binding treaties that provided for identical and equally successful enforcement of collective security.