Why is America so powerful?

Answer 1

Economy, politics, war, fame, money.

Answer 2

Political Strong and stable capitalist federation/constitutional republic. Permanent seat on the UN Security Council plus two allies with permanent seats. Strong ties with Western Europe, Latin America, Commonwealth of Nations, and several East Asian countries.

Geographic Fourth largest country in the world (after the Soviet Union, Canada, and China), with an area of approximately 9.37 million km².

Cultural Wielded influence through sponsoring right-wing republics or dictatorships, capitalist democracies, and numerous democratic organizations around the world. Freedom of speech and other constitutionally guaranteed rights for citizens, during the second half of the Cold War. Rich cultural influence in music, television, films, food, art, and fashion. Occasionally attempted to sway popular opinion by wielding soft power through commercial mediums such as editorial broadcasting and Hollywood.

Military Essentially naval-based advanced military with the highest military expenditure in the world,the world's largest navy by a wide margin, bases all over the world, particularly in an incomplete "ring" bordering the Warsaw Pact to the West, South and East. Largest nuclear arsenal in the world during the first half of the Cold War. One of the largest armies in the world. One of the two largest and most advanced air forces in the world. Powerful military allies in Western Europe (NATO) with their own nuclear capabilities. Global intelligence network, the CIA. Ties with paramilitary and guerrilla groups in the developing world. Large armament production through defence contractors along with its developed allies for the global market.

Economic Largest economy in the world. Capitalist free market economic theory based on supply and demand: production determined by customers' demands. Enormous industrial base and a large and modernized farming industry. Large volume of imports and exports. Large resources of minerals, energy resources, metals, and timber. High standard of living with accessibility to many manufactured goods. Home to many large global corporations. U.S. Dollar as the dominant world reserve currency under Bretton Woods Conference. Allied with G7 major economies. Supported allied countries' economies via such programmes as the Marshall Plan.

Demographic Had a population of 248.7 million in 1990, at that time the fourth largest on Earth.

Answer 3

The United States is the highest populated Western nation on earth. The country has some of, if not the most, precious agricultural assets in the world, giving the U.S.

a tremendous amount of capital to play with. Until WWI, the country's foreign policy was isolationist, and when it was finished being involved in those wars, there was no domestic damage. It is a fallacy to say the United States was not a powerful nation, perhaps the most powerful, before WWII, but when the U.S.

got involved with international affairs, it was powerful and self-sustaining

enough to leverage control over the rest of the world. It is certainly worth mentioning that the U.S.

mindset of the "American Dream" idolizes success over happiness.

This is an overly-simplistic

view, and should be taken with a grain of salt. You could write a multi-volume

research book on this. If you want to know the answer to this question, read books and scholarly articles, and don't fully trust the answer I have put above.

Answer 4

World War II and the vast amount of money in military and science funding for military technology.

Answer 5

I don't know; I don't even get why it's a superpower. But here's my opinion...I think it's because USA has the most power, I think the government had atomic bombs? Or nukes?

Answer 6

I'm not sure that's why I'm asking.