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chapter 11 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nationlism | a devotion to the interest and culture of ones nation |
| militirism | the policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool of diplomacy |
| allies | in world war one the group of nations originally consisting of great Britain, France, and Russia and later joined by the united states Italy and others that opposed the central powers |
| central powers | the group of nations led by Germany Austria-Hungary and the ottoman empire that opposed the allies in world war 1 |
| archduke Franz ferdinand | son that marry's a Serbian girl to combine Australia-hungry and surbia |
| no mans land | unoccupied region between opposing armies |
| trench warfare | military fire from trench's instead of on a flat battlefield |
| Lusitania | a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German |
| Zimmerman note | a message sent in 1917 by a German foreign minister to help Mexico gain Texas, new Mexico, and Arizona |
| selective service act | a law enacted in 1917 that required men to register for military service |
| convoy system | the protection of merchant ships from u-boat German submarine attacks by having ships travel in large groups escorted by warships |
| american expeditionary force | the u.s forces led by general john Pershing who fought with the allies in Europe during world war 1 |
| conscientious objector | a person who refuses on moral grounds to participate in warfare |
| armistice | a truce or agreement to end a armed conflict |
| war industries board | an agency established during world war 1 to increase efficiency and discourage waste in war related industries |
| propaganda | a kind of biased communication designed to influence peoples thoughts or actiosn |
| espionage and sedition acts | two laws that enforced penalties to anyone interfering with or speaking against us participation in world war 2 |
| great migration | the large scale movement of blacks from the south to northern cities in the early 20th century |
| fourteen points | the principles making up president Woodrow Wilson plan for world peace following world war 1 |
| league of nations | an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace |
| treaty of versailles | peace treaty at the send of world war 1 which established new nations new borders and war concepts |
| reparations | the compensation paired by defeat nation for the damaged or injuray, infections during war |
| war-guilt clause | a provision in the treaty of versailles by which germany acknowledge that it alone was responsible for world war 2 |
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