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Effects of WW1
Effects of World War 1
Term | Definition |
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armistice | cease fire |
Big Four | the Big Four included...President Woodrow Wilson of the U.S, Prime Minister David Llyold George of Great Britian, Premeir George's Clemenceau of France, and Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy |
compromise | settlements in which each side gives up some of its demands to reach an agreement |
Fourteen Points | is a lasting peace document |
reparations | payments for the costs of war |
League of Nations | peacekeeping organization |
Treaty of Versailles | this treaty forced Germany to pay money to the winners and to give up lands and weapons |
mandates | the League of Nations governed each territory but allowed a member territory to run it |
Balfour Declaration | promised Jews a homeland in Palestine |