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Chapter 10.1.2.3.4
Chapter 10 Vocab
| Number | Word | Definiation | Stuff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Front | Battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during World War 1. | 2/20/13 |
| 2 | Casualty | Soldiers killed, wounded, and missing. | 2nd Block |
| 3 | Contraband | Supplies captured from an enemy during wartime. | |
| 4 | U-boat | German Submarine | |
| 5 | Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War 1. | |
| 6 | Zimmermann Note | Telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States during World War 1. | |
| 7 | Selective Service Act | Act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service. | |
| 8 | CPI | Government agency created during World War 1 to encourage Americans to support the war. | |
| 9 | Conscientious Objector | Person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars. | |
| 10 | Espionage Act | Act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities. | |
| 11 | Great Migration | Movement of African Americans in the twentieth century from the rural South to the industrial North. | |
| 12 | Convoy | Group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships. | |
| 13 | Self-Determination | The right of people to choose their own form of government. | |
| 14 | League of Nations | World organization established after World War 1 to promote peaceful cooperation between countries. | |
| 15 | Reparations | Process by which Mexican Americans were encouraged, or forced, by local, state, and federal officials to return to Mexico during the 1930s. | |
| 16 | "Irreconcilables" | Isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending WW1 that had a league of Nations folded into it. | |
| 17 | "Reservations" | Public lands where Native Americans were forced to live by the federal government. | |
| 18 | Fourteen Points | List of terms for resolving WW1 and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson. | |
| 19 | Influenza | Flu Virus | |
| 20 | Inflation | Rising Prices | |
| 21 | Red Scare | Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life. | |
| 22 | Palmer Raids | The series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, against suspected radicals and communists. | |
| 23 | Creditor Nation | Country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries. | |
| 24 | Militarism | Glorification of the military | austino11 |