World War I
Class Notes
Reasons to go to war
- Freedom of Religion
- Defence of Religion
- Expansion
- Freedom
- Equality
- Responding to Terrorist Attack
- Protection
- Showing Off
- Economic Improvment
Reasons to avoid war
- Lose of freedom of religion
- Lose of freedom
- People die
- Get into debt
- Strengthen/destroy relationships between allies or enemies
- Possible lose
- Waste of time
- Waste resources
- Lose of territory
- Decline of economic relations
Justified Wars
- American Revolution - Allowed freedom
- War of 1812 - Allowed us to continue trade and expand
- US Army vs. Native Americans - Allowed the US to expand
- Civil War - Led to freeing the slaves
- Mexican American War - Protected the borders
- Spanish American War - Allowed the US to expand
- WWI - Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
- WWII - Stopped the end of the Jewish Genocide
- Vietnam War - Stop the spread of Communism
- Korean War - Stop the spread of Communism
- Gulf War - Protection of other countries
- War on Terror - Protection from Terrorist
Unjustified Wars
- Reasons they went to war no longer existed nor was there anything gained
- Texas Revolution - We should have been allowed to secede
Drafting soldiers... Yes or No?
Drafting is bad because everyone is not fit to be a soldier.