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WWI Vocab Sec 3 and 4
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03/30/2011

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Term
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Definition
a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk between Russia and the Central Powers, headed by Germany, marking Russia's exit from World War I.
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition

It ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

Germany had to accept sole responsibility for causing the war, to disarm, make substantial territorial concessions and pay heavy reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers.

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Harlem Hell Fighters
Definition
known for being the first African American regiment to serve in World War I.
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Armistice
Definition
A situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting
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Isolationist
Definition
a country that refuses to enter into any alliances, foreign trade, or economic commitments with other countries
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Self-determination
Definition
the right of a cultural group to create their own sovereign nation
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Fourteen Points
Definition
President Woodrow Wilson's plan for a post war peace
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Abdicate
Definition
the act of resigning from a leadership position
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Reparations
Definition
payments made by a party found to be guilty of wrongdoing to their victim
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Big Four
Definition
the Allied countries of Great Britain, France, The United States, and Italy
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League of Nations
Definition
the first permanent international security organization whose principle mission was to maintain world peace.  It was proposed By President Wilson in his Fourteen Points.
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Epidemic
Definition
a substantial spread of a certain disease
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
Definition
fall of 1918 Allied offensive that marks the end of significant fighting of WWI
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Battle of Belleau Wood
Definition
March 1918 battle between the Americans and Germans in which U.S. Marines gain legendary status for repelling the German offensive
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