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3. - Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
4. - The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
7. garden - home grown gardens during the war, leaving more for the troops
9. - Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
13. - to come to an agreement
14. - those who have control over determining and enforcing what is right or wrong
16. - to select a person at random for mandatory military
17. - Goods that have been imported or exported illegally.
20. - Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
21. strike - a strike involving all the workers in a particular geographic location
22. - The state of being stable
23. - A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.
24. - to cause something necessary
25. - spying, especially to gain government secrets

1. - a group that travels with something such as a ship to protect it
2. - having influence on or affecting a large group
5. - To move from one place to another
6. - A German submarine used in World War I or World War II.
8. - a temporary agreement to end fighting
10. - an interconnected system
11. - requiring people to enter military service
12. of living - the cost of purchasing goods and services essentials for surviaval
15. - wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil
18. - to complete a task without going beyond or above what is required
19. - payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war