The Balkans had been a problem in Europe for over a century as it was ruled by the Turkish "Ottoman Empire." ... This particular theory is supported by the fact that all of the Great Powers in Europe had a vested interest in this area of Europe. ... At the time, Britain held the bulk of trade from Europe to distant markets such as the Middle East and Asia. ... Within Europe during the early years of the twentieth century, a system of military alliances was formed to provide European powers with a sense of security before the commencement of the war. ... Unlike the Triple alliance, this agreeme...

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This argument leads one to believe that Wilson was performing in a purely democratic way by helping the more democratic governments in Europe defeat the autocratic governments, such as Germany, Austria and Turkey. At the beginning of the Great War Wilson approached the notion of America joining the war as incomprehensible, partly because of his strong feelings to resolve things by peace and partly because like many other Americans" he felt that the war was a European affair. ... Everyone assumed that this act of violence was sure to bring America into the war, Germany itself had banked on it, ...

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In addition, the United States believed that the war in Europe did not concern it or its citizens. ... Unlike Germany, Woodrow Wilson and his government did not have imperialistic sentiments and America's relationship at that time with Britain was not strong enough for the United States to enter the war only on Britain's behalf. ... The commencement of the war did not lessen America's need to sell goods to Europe or to acquire raw materials from European nations and their empires. The United States naively thought trading with Europe would continue as it had before the war bega...

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"[1] Almost forty thousand Jews emigrated from Eastern Europe to escape anti-Semitism into Ottoman occupied Palestine to create a safe haven for all Jewish people. The problem of trying to take over Palestine was that Palestine was under control of the Ottoman Empire and the Arabs did not want to hand over land in Palestine to Zionists from Europe. ... In a sense, he chose an idiom that was especially comprehensible to European sensibilities. ... However, unlike the perceptions Hussein and the British government had regarding this agreement, the Balfour declaration became a policy through...

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Unlike other painters of his time who used postimpressionism and modernism; Rockwell created images of Americans and is said by some to be the only true American realist (Schorr). ... Many did not understand why the US involved itself in the war in Europe but these four paintings helped bring the war closer to home and American related to the war better. ... Norman Rockwell painted this picture because he wanted to send off the notion that all people will be able to pray in the same country without any consequences unlike in Germany where Jews were persecuted at that time. ...

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The Armenian Genocide, the First Genocide of Twentieth Century April is the month of mourning for Armenians around the world. On April 24, every Armenian remembers the loss of his/her family member in Turkey. Some 1.5 million Armenian systematical massacred during the years of 1915 to 1923 i...

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