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chapter10_vocablist
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Alsace-Lorraine | territory lost during World War 1, FRance longed to regain it |
| 2. Militarism | glorification of the military |
| 3. Western Front | battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during WW1 |
| 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 WW1 |
| 8. Zimmermann note | telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US during WW1 |
| 9. Selective Service Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizang a draft of men for military service |
| 10. CPI | government agency created during WW1 to encourage Americans to support the war |
| 11. Conscientious Objector | person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars |
| 12. Espionage Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaging in disloyable or treasonable activities |
| 13. Great Migration | movement where African Americans migrated from rural South to industrial North in the twentieth century |
| 14. Convoy | group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships |
| 15. Fourteen Points | list of terms for resolving WW1 and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson |
| 16. Self-determination | right of people to choose their own form of government |
| 17. League of Nations | world organization established after WW1 to promote peaceful cooperation between countries |
| 18.Reparations | payment for war damages |
| 19."Irreconcilables" | isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending WW1 that had a League of Nations folded into it |
| 20. "Reservationists" | group of Senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end WW1 unless specific were included, led by Henry Cabot Lodge |
| 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 | series of raids in the early 1920's initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer against suspected radicals and communists |
| 25. Creditor Nation | country that is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries |
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