The Balkan state that played a great role in the outbreak of World War 1 was Serbia. It was under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time, and a group of separatists murdered Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary while he was visiting Sarajevo. This sparked a chain of events that culminated in the outbreak of World War 1.
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the balkansThe "Powder keg of Europe", sometimes alternately known as the "BalkanPowder Keg", refers to the Balkans in the early part of the 20th century preceding World War I.
In essence, President Andrew Jackson claimed that if any state in the Union attempted secession, he would use the military to quell a state in rebellion, by using his powers as commander in chief. The force bill was used later by President Lincoln upon the outbreak of the civil war.
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The US was first active in French Indochina during World War II (in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945). The French lost their war to keep Vietnam in 1954, and the country was divided between northern and southern factions. The US became increasing involved with the southern half (South Vietnam) during the Cold War, during which the North followed mainland China into Communism and then became a client state of the Soviet Union.