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Chapter.10
Chapter 10: World War I and Beyond 1914-1920
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| 1. Alsace-Lorraine | territory created by the German Empire in 1871 |
| 2. militarism | glorification of the military |
| 3. Western Front | battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during World War I |
| 4. casualty | soldiers killed, wounded, and missing |
| 5. contraband | supplies captured from an enemy during wartime |
| 6. U-boat | German submarine |
| 7. Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War I |
| 8. Zimmermann note | telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States during World War I |
| 9. Selective Service Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service |
| 10. Committee on Public Information (CPI) | government agency created during World War I 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 I 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 I to promote peaceful cooperation between countries |
| 18. reparations | payment for war damages |
| 19. "irreconcilables" | isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending World War I that had a League of Nations folded into it |
| 20. "reservationists" | a group of Senators, led by Henry Cabot Lodge, who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War I, unless specific changes were included |
| 21. influenza | flu virus |
| 22. inflation | rising prices |
| 23. Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life |
| 24. Palmer Raids | the series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, against suspected radicals and communists |
| 25. creditor nation | country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries |