What was a major effect of the 1918 influenza pandemic?

a. the united states experienced a prolonged period of economic decline.
b. global stock prices skyrocketed as demand for medical supplies rose.
c. germany was forced to pay reparations to the affected countries.
d. countries had a more difficult time rebuilding following world war i.

The major effect of the 1918 influenza pandemic is A, the United Stated experienced a prolonged period of economic decline.  The 1918 influenza pandemic was considered the deadliest in the modern history where an estimated 500 million people around the world were killed, that is one-third of the earth’s population.

The pandemic was detrimental to the economy since many businesses were forced to closed or shut down because a lot their workers were sick.  Even the basic services that everyone needed just like mail delivery and garbage collection were affected. Even the harvesting of crops and the local health departments shut down for business, making more information about the outbreak hard to provide to the public.

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We are here today to remember the life of Mohandas Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement. An assassin cut short Gandhi's life, but we should best remember him not for his death but for the way he chose to live.