That is debatable, after the second world war USA emerged powerful for their nuclear Bombing of two Japanese cities but so did Russia because they eventually surrounded Hitler; forcing him to commit suicide. This sparked the beginning of a period known as the cold war, when both the USA and Russia lived in fear of one another and kept a close watch on the development of nuclear weapons.
The end of the Revolutionary War brought a change not only to U.S. politics, but a change to the balance of power throughout the world as well. Spain had lost Florida a few years earlier and couldn't regain its status as a superpower. Political power in the colonies after the war shifted to the Quakers who held on to it, trying to influence everything from slavery to foreign policy.
Eisenhower was a popular World War II general who had patriotic appeal. He confidently promised to end the Korean War and strongly resist communism.
The system of Alliances in Europe set the stage for the catastrophe of the World War I. It was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand that pushed the Central and Allied powers into open and ultimately devastating war.
RMS Lusitania was sunk by German U boatThe US did declare war on Germany during the World War 1 because Germany had offered Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico.
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Economic prosperity and choosing their friends well
become an international superpower later in the twentieth century.
The U.S. economy had not been destroyed by fighting during WW2.
U.S, & Russia.
The United States emerged from the war as superpower.
America and Russia.
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US and USSR
After the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world's leading superpower. Even as a superpower, the US cannot enforce all of its policies on the rest of the countries in the world.
After World War II, the productive capacity and technological advances gave the US a distinct advantage. It was not ravaged by the war and its infrastructure was intact.
The US turned into a superpower
The United States and The USSR.