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Treaty of Versailles
the treaty (binding agreement) that ended World War I; it forced Germany to accept responsibility for starting the war and to pay reparations (compensation)
Allies
the coalition of countries in opposition to the Central Powers in World War I; they included Britain, the Commonwealth, France and Russia, which were joined by the United States in 1917
reparations
money paid by one country to another as compensation for damage, injuries and deaths it has caused during war
Jazz Age
a period in the 1920s, noted for general prosperity, when jazz music became a major cultural form
protection
a government policy introduced in Australia in the 1850s, designed to give the government extensive power over the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (including the regulation of where they lived and worked, who they married and what languages they spoke)
assimilation
the process by which a minority group adopts the language and customs of a dominant population
Great Depression
a period of severe economic downturn between 1929 and 1934 that affected most countries around the world