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Term | Definition |
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armistice | a cease-fire. Germany signed an armistice on November 11, 1918 which ended the war. |
Big Four | President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Premier George 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 | President Wilson outlined his plans for a lasting peace in a document called the Fourteen Points. |
reparation | payments for the costs of war. |
League of Nations | a peacekeeping organization created by President Wilson. |
Treaty of Versailles | the treaty between the Allies and Germany, listing the compromises between the Allies and Germany, the creation of the League of nations, and the punishments Germany would receive and the reparations they would need to pay. |
mandate | the League of Nations governed newly created nations in the Middle East that were formed from the former Ottoman Empire. |
Balfour Declaration | issued by Great Britain during World War I, promising Jews a homeland in Palestine. |