America is the land of opportunity. It has long been viewed as a world-leading nation but it was not always in the international position of power it is now. America was much smaller than Britain in the 1820s but with expansion and growth in the government and economy America made leaps and bounds towards Britain in the 1870s in global influence. By the end of the 19th century America’s economy became the largest worldwide but it was still not acknowledged as the influential country it is today. During World War I in the summer of 1916, Britain was still the leading world power and Woodrow Wilson acknowledged it when he said “Britain has the earth, and Germany wants it.”. Later when the war ended on November 11th, 1918, things had changed
