... -century was full of political tension. Europe's great powers were progressively coming to standoffs over acquiring new colonies. At the same time the Ottoman Empire was slowly crumbling. Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Serbia became independent affecting the balance of power in Europe. However open hostilities were triggered by the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand ... ...
... side are the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its Communists allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc, which by the mid 1950's included East Germany, Albania, Hungary, Poland Romania, China, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Bulgaria. On the other side is the United States along with its democratic allies, including Canada, France, West Germany, the Philippines, Japan, Great Britain, and many ... ...
... near Paris, the most important of which was the Treaty of Versailles After World War II separate treaties were signed (1947) by the Allies at or near Paris with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. Woodrow Wilson had interventions with New Mexico. President Wilson had two fronts to worry about; Mexico and Europe. Below his country, the Mexican Revolution was in ... ...
... countries in Western Europe and in Latin America. They supported a democratic government. The Soviet Union led the eastern bloc and it included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. This bloc supported a communist government. No actual fighting took place between these two groups. This is why the war was called the "Cold" war. Wars that include combat are considered ... ...
... action in defense of the Jews and decide to break its commercial treaty with 2 Russia. Russia was not the only source of persecution for the Jews, they were also fleeing Romania. Many Jews left Rumania because of an Anti-Semitic League founded in Bucharest in 1895. Between 1880 to 1905 about one million Jews emigrated from Eastern European countries(Morais, 1976 ... ...
... . The Germans agreed to surrender under President Wilson's 14 points to end the war. The terms Germany had to accept were the evacuation of occupied territories in Belgium, France, Russia, Romania and Serbia, and the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France. Also, the Fourteen Points called for the development of self-government for the peoples of Austria-Hungary and the Turkish ... ...
