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Chapter 10 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alsace-Lorraone | territory lost during the conflict |
| militarism | glorifiaction of the military |
| Western Front | battle front between the allies and central power in western Europe during WW1 |
| casualty | soldiers killed, wounded, and missing |
| contraband | supplies captured from enemy during wartime |
| U-boat | German submarine |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during WW1 |
| Zimmermann note | written by zimmerman proposing an alliance between German and Mexico against the U.S. during WW1 |
| Selective Service Act | authorizing a draft of men for military service |
| CPI | government agency to encourage Americans to support the war |
| conscientious objector | person who moral or forbid to fight in wars |
| Espionage Act | enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities |
| Great Migration | movement of African Americans from the rural south to the industrial north |
| convoy | group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships |
| Fourteen Points | list of terms resolving WW1 |
| self-determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government |
| League of Nations | world organization to promote peaceful cooperation between the countries |
| reparations | process which Mexican American were encouraged to return to Mexico |
| irreconcilables | isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending WW1 |
| reservationists | group of senators, led by Henry, who opposed the treaty of versailles to end WW1 |
| influenza | flu virus |
| inflation | rising price |
| Red Scare | fear that communist were working to destroy the American way of life |
| Palmer Raids | the series of raids in the early 1920s |
| creditor nation | country which is owed more money by others countries than it owes other countries |