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Nationalism
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A patriotic loyalty among people within a state resulting from common bonds of language, culture, and tradition.
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Imperialism
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The act of one country acquiring dominance of another country or region.
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Treaty of Versailles
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Treaty ending World War I. It is a major cause of World War II.
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Idealism vs. Realism
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Realist would ensure tough measures while an idealist would argue harsh terms just bred feelings of bitterness.
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Fourteen Points
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United States President Woodrow Wilson delivered a speech to Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining Fourteen Points for reconstructing a new Europe following World War I. While many of the points were specific, others were more general, including freedom of the seas, abolishing secret treaties, disarmament, restored sovereignty of some occupied lands, and the right of national self-determination of others. ...
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Self-determination
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A principle that people should have the right to determine their own system of law and government without intervention by outside forces.
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War Guilt Clause
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The clause that forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the cause of WW1.
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W.C.T.U
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Women's Christian Temperence Union. Women used their lobby to convince legislators in Washington to ban all production, sale and consumption of alcohol.
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League of Nations
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An international association that was formed after World War I. The goal of this association was keeping peace with other nations.
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Collective Security
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A commitment by a number of states to join in an alliance against member states that threaten peace.
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Woodrow Wilson
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28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
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Economic Sanctions
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Economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons.
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Hoare-Laval Plan
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Samuel Hoare and Pierre Laval, the respective foreign ministers of Britian and France came up with a plan to give Ethiopia to Italy if she agreed to stop fighting.
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The Locarno Pact
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The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland on 5–16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on December 1, in which the World War I Western European Allied powers and the new states of central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement, in return normalising relations with defeated Germany.
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Kelogg-Briand Pact
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The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, is a treaty between 15 nations. It denounced war as a method of solving disputes.
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