The 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war gave Cuba its independence and also ceded important Spanish possessions to the United States—notably Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the small island of Guam. The United States was suddenly a colonial power with overseas dependencies.
World War I lasted from July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918. It started when the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by Serbia. It ended when Germany formally surrendered.
I would pick strong because she was a peasant girl who believed that God called her and she led the French army to victory against the British army that drove back the attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years' War.
The first Russians were from Kievan Rus, and they were called Rus. Later, the Vikings invaded/conquered Kievan Rus's European area, but it remained in far Asia until the Mongols invaded from Asia.
