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Chapter10 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alsace-Lorraine | the territory France lost to German states |
| Militarism | glorification of the military |
| Western Front | 450 miles of trenches stretched from the coast of Belgium to tthe border of Switzerland |
| Casualty | soldiers wounded, killed , and missing |
| Contraband | supplies captured from a enemy during war time |
| U-Boat | German submarine |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by German U-Boat during World War 1 |
| Zimmermann Note | telegram proposing an alliance between German and mexico aganist the U.S. during world war 1 |
| Selective Service Act | act passed by congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service |
| CPI | govt, agencey created during world war 1 to encourage americans to support the war |
| Conscientious Objector | person who religious beliefs forbid them to fight in war |
| Espionage Act | act passed by congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activites |
| Great Migration | movemnt of african americans in the twenties from rural south to industrail north |
| Convoy | group of ships sailing together , portected by war ships |
| Fourteen Points | list of terms for resolving world war 1 and future wasr outlined by Woodrow Wilson |
| Self-Determination | the right of people to choose their own form of govt |
| League of Nations | World organization established after World War 1 to promote peaceful corp. between countries |
| Reparations | paayments for war damages |
| "Irreconcilables" | isolationist senators who oppposed any treaty ending World War 1 that had a League of Nations folded into it |
| "Reservationists" | a group of senators, led by Henry Lodge, who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War 1, unless specific changes were concluded |
| Influenza | flu virus |
| Inflation | rising prices |
| Palmer Raids | the series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, aganist suspected radicals and communists |
| Creditor Nation | country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries |
| Red Scare | a wave of widespread fear of suspected communists and radicals thought to be plotting revolution within the U.S. |
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