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What was the effect on the US economy when the US built so many military bases at the start of WWI​

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Impact on U.S. Economy. U.S. war spending helped add $236 billion to the debt. It was a 1,048% increase, the largest percentage increase to the debt of any president. A review of U.S. gross domestic product growth by year reveals that the economy grew at least 8% annually between 1939 and 1944.
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