chapter 11 vocab
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| Nationalism | A devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation.
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| Militarism | The policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool for diplomacy.
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| Allies | In wwI the group of nations that opposed the central powers.
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| Central Powers | The group of nations that apposed allies during world war I
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| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Herr to the Austrian throne visited Bosnian capital Sarajevo got shot and died.
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| No Man's Land | An unoccupied region between opposing armies.
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| Trench warfare | Military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield.
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| Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German u-boat.
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| Zimmermann note | A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered world war I
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| Eddie Rickenbacker | famous fighter pilot of wwI, well known race car driver before war.
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| Selective Service Act | Enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service.
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| Convoy System | The protection of merchant ships from u-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships.
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| American Expeditionary Force | The U.S. forces who fought with the allies in Europe during world war I
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| General John J. Pershing | Led American Expeditionary Force
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| Alvin York | One of Americas greatest war hero, became famous.
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| Conscientious Objector | A person who refuses, on moral grounds, to participate in warfare.
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| Armistice | A truce or agreement to end an armed conflict.
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| War Industries Board | An agency established in 1973 limiting a president's right to send troops into battle without consulting congress.
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| Bernard M. Baruch | Leader of the war industries board in 1918 a prosperous Business man
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| Propaganda | A kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions.
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| George Creel | head of the CPI a former muckraking journalist.
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| Espionage and Sedition Acts | Two laws enacted in 1917 and 1918 that imposed harsh penalties to anyone interfering with or against U.S participation world war I
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| Great Migration | The large-scale movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities in the early 20th century.
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| Fourteen Points | The principles making up president Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace following world war I
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| League of Nations | An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace.
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| Georges Clemenceau | french premier lived through 2 German invasions of France and was determined to prevent further invasions.
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| David Lloyd George | British Prime minister had won reelection on the slogan "make Germany pay"
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| Treaty of Versailles | the 1919 peace treaty at the end of world war I which established new nations, boarders, and war reparations.
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| Reparations | the compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during the war.
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| War-Guilt Clause | a provision in the treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for wwI
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| Henry Cabot Lodge | Head of conservative senators suspicious of the provisions for joint economic and military action against aggression even though it was voluntary.
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