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Chapter 10 WW1
Chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Alsace-Lorraine | territory lost during the nationalism conflict |
| 2. Militarism | glorification of the military |
| 3. Western Front | battle front between the allies and the central powers in western Europe during WWI |
| 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 WWI |
| 8. Zimmerman Note | telegram written by German foreign Minister Zimmerman proposing an alliance between germany and mexico against the U.S. during WWI |
| 9. Selective Service Act | act passed by congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service |
| 10. CPI (Committee on Public Information) | government agency created to encourage Americans to support the war |
| 11. Conscientious Objecter | person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars |
| 12. Espionage Act | act passed in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities |
| 13. Great Migration | movement of African Americans form the rural south to the industrial north |
| 14. Convoy | group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships |
| 15. Self-Determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government |
| 16. League of Nations | world organizations established after WWI to promote peaceful cooperation between countries |
| 17. Reparations | payment for war damages |
| 18. Irreconcilable | isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending WWI that had a League of Nations folded into it |
| 19. Reservationists | group of Senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end WWI, unless specific changes were included (led by Henry Cabot Lodge) |
| 20. Influenza | flu virus |
| 21. Inflation | rising prices |
| 22. Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life |
| 23. Palmer Raids | series of raids in the early 20's against suspected radicals and communists (initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer) |
| 24. Creditor Nation | country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries |
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