World War 1 Research Paper

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War will always exist in our world no matter what the reason. There are many causes to why war is caused and why it continues to this very day. War is a conflict between two or more nations. The problems could be something as simple as misinterpretation or complex as conflict between religious parties. The reason for war revolves around geography, economics, and politics. War is never a good idea and should be abolished.
Geography is one of the main conflicts that cause global conflict. Dating back to the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon wanted to capture territory to expand his own empire. Although, in the end he was imprisoned on an island. In the long run he was able to expand his territory to the start of the Russian territory. He only cared about …show more content…

We can all imagine when our planet Earth becomes scarce on resources; rivalry will be bred between countries. Economies of some countries aren’t doing well such as Russia, and the Middle East. Due to Russia’s invasion (as described in the last paragraph) of Ukraine, their oil and other resources aren’t being bought causing economic problems within Russia. The same goes for the Middle East, except it’s a little more sophiscated than that. We Americans are in constant conflict with the Middle East either due to resources such as oil or terrorist organizations. World War 1 drastically changed the economy of many countries. The reparations of the European countries put a heavy toll on their economies. To combat this, the countries forced Germany to pay for their repair costs. This forced Germany into debt which would also be a factor in the next war, World War 2. In Russia the heavy debt after the war helped factor to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Wars put a heavy toll on any country afterword’s, so why start a war? Many empires have been brought to their knees due to their crippling debt. The Han dynasty for instance, fell to inner economic problems. These problems included peasant revolts due to low pay, and trade being disrupted by bandit skirmishes. Even though that wasn’t a war, it is an example of what economic problems cause. But, an empire that fell due to war and crippling debt was the …show more content…

When it comes to politics, things can get complicated. One such idea involves a religious group having hostile threats towards another religious group. An example of this is the Protestant Reformation. This was a time period when Martin Luther (the one who jumpstarted the Reformation) had a conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. People starting becoming antsy about the way the Roman Church individuals were promising them of divine life in heaven for money. This obviously sounds sketchy because in order to get in heaven, shouldn’t you do good deeds? Instead even the ones who perform terrible acts of crime can get into heaven by paying an ample supply of money to the Roman Catholic Church so that they can construct various buildings. The Protestant Reformation mainly occurred in France and England, where people were the most influential to the Protestant ideas. As you know, this sparked many different civil wars in numerous countries that were affected by the Reformation. Instead of being greedy, the church officials should’ve used their own money to support any projects that they had in mind. The church officials’ being greedy is ultimately what led to the sparked outrage amongst the majority of people. Another factor that deals with politics is, the Korean War. This was a war between South Korea and North Korea. North Korea was backed by the U.S.S.R. and China against South Korea which was backed by the United

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