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Chapter 10 vocabu
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Alsace - Lorraine | Territory that France lost to Germany in a conflict 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. Zimmerman Note | Telegram written by German foreign minister Zimmerman 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 | People 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 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 |
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