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chapter 11 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nationalism | a devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation. |
| militarism | the development of armed forces by their use as a tool of diplomacy. |
| allies | the Triple Entente; consisted of France, Britain, and Russia. |
| central powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, together with the Ottoman Empire (mostly middle eastern lands) controlled by the Turks. |
| archduke Franz Ferdinand | heir to the Austrian throne. |
| no man's land | a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire. |
| trench to warfare | in which armies fought for mere yards of ground, continued for over 3 years. |
| Lusitania | British Liner (boat) |
| Zimmermann note | a telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents. |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | famous fighter pilot of World War I |
| Selective Service Act | need for more fighting power |
| convoy system | in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups. |
| American Expeditionary Force | included men from widely separated parts of the country. |
| General John J. Pershing | led the American Expeditionary Force |
| Alvin York | one of Americas greatest war heros, became famous. a redheaded mountaineer and blacksmith from tennessee. |
| conscientious objector | a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds |
| armistice | or truce that ended the war. |
| War Industries Board | the main regulatory body.established in 1917 and recognized in 1918 under the leadership of Bernard M. Baruch |
| Bernard M. Baruch | a prosperous businessman |
| propaganda | the committee on public information |
| George Creel | the head of CPI, former muckraking journalist |
| Espionage and Sedition Acts | a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal , profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort |
| Great Migration | a large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of southern blacks to cities in the North |
| Fourteen Points | speech before congress |
| League of Nations | would provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle their grievances without having to resort war |
| Georges Clemenceau | french premier,lived through two German invasions of France and was determined to prevent future invasions |
| David Lloyd George | British prime minister, won reelection on the slogan" Make Germany Pay" |
| Treaty of Versailies | established nine new nations |
| reparatons | war damages, amounting to$33 billion to the allies |
| war-guilt clause | forcing Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting WW1 |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | suspicious of the provision for joint economic and military action against aggression. |
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