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Ch 10 Vocab Terms
World War 1 and Beyond 1914-1920
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Alsace-Lorraine | Territory it lost during that conflict |
| 2. Militarism | Glorification of the military |
| 3. Western Front | Battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during World War 1 |
| 4.Casualty | Soldiers killed, wounded, and missing |
| 5. Contraband | Supplies captured from an enemy during wartime |
| 6. U-Boat | German submarine |
| 7. Lusitania | British passengar liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War 1 |
| 8. Zimmermann Note | Telegram written by German Doreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States during World War 1 |
| 9. Selective Service Act | Act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a graft of men for military service |
| 10. Committee on Public Information (CPI) | Governemnt agency created during World War 1 to encourage Americans to support the war |
| 11. Conscientious Objector | Person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars |
| 12. Espionage Act | Act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities |
| 13. Great Migration | Movement of African Americans in the twentieth century from the rural South to the industrial North |
| 14. Convoy | Group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships |
| 15. Fourteen Points | List of terms for resolving World War 1 and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson |
| 16. Self-Determination | The right of people to choose their own form of government |
| 17. League of Nations | World organization established after World War 1 to promote peaceful cooperation between countries |
| 18. Reparations | Process by which Mexican Americans were encouraged, or forced, by local, state, and federal officials to return to Mexico during the 1930s |
| 19. "Irreconcilables" | Isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending World War 1 that had a League of Nations folded into it |
| 20. "Reservationists" | Group of Senators, led by Henry Cabot Lodge, who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War 1, unless specific changes were included |
| 21. Influenza | Flu virus |
| 22. Inflation | Rising prices |
| 23. Red Scare | Fear that communists were working to destory the American way of life |
| 24. Palmer Raids | Series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, agaisnt suspected radicals and communists |
| 25. Creditor Nation | Country which is owed more money by other countries that it owes other countries |