Though there are many factors that contributed to their outbreak of World War I, tensions within the Balkans can be said to be the biggest reason the second largest war in history was erupted. ... With the decline of Bulgaria and Turkey in the Balkans, the Serbs were able to gain a great deal of power and wanted to unite all Slavs in the area. ... Angered, Serbian nationalists assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and lit the spark that set off World War I. ... With the sinking of the Lusitania, President Wilson only threatened Germany at first, but in 1917, ...

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Common decency alone tells us not to control someone who does not want to be controlled or bring someone into a group that does not wish to be apart of it, it should be no different when instead of individuals, we are talking about entire nations. No matter what the reason, even if we think that we know what's best for them, if someone does not want you involved and does not want your help, you leave them alone. ... Such cases as this happen in World War I and World War II. In WWI we intercepted a telegram from Germany prompting Mexico to attack us in exchange for the reclamation of land,...

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In Asia the United States lacked strength to do much, but in the Western Hemisphere it had the power to act; and so in Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and elsewhere around the Caribbean basin it did. ... Determined to avoid entering World War I, he rigorously pursued neutrality. ... In the end not even Woodrow Wilson could keep the United States out of World War I. ... This was a message intercepted by Britain proposing a secret alliance between Germany and Mexico. ...

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