World War I

joe T. (United States of America)
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  1. wind power
    power derived from the wind (as by windmills)
  2. armistice
    a state of peace agreed to between opponents
  3. Black Hand
    a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century
  4. Bosnia
    a mountainous republic of south-central Europe
  5. Central Powers
    in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
  6. Kaiser Wilhelm
    grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
  7. League of Nations
    an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed
  8. militarism
    maintaining a strong force of armed services
  9. nationalism
    the doctrine that your country's interests are superior
  10. reparation
    something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  11. Treaty of Versailles
    the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
  12. trench warfare
    armed combat in which troops fight from large ditches
  13. Woodrow Wilson
    28th President of the United States
Created on Tue Jun 02 07:35:36 EDT 2009 (updated Wed Aug 19 10:24:33 EDT 2009)

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