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Chapter 10 Vocab.
Mrs. Hunt U.S. History Ch. 10 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.) Alsace-Lorraine | territory created by the German Empire in 1871 after Alsace was annexed and the victory of the Franco-Prussian War |
| 2.) Militarism | glorification of the military |
| 3.) Western Front | battle between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe |
| 4.) Casualty | soldiers killed, wounded, or missing |
| 5.) Contraband | supplies captured from an enemy |
| 6.) U-Boat | German submarine |
| 7.) Lusitania | British liner sunk by a German U-boat in World War l |
| 8.) Zimmerman Note | telegram written by a German minister proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States |
| 9.) Selective Service Act | 1917, act passed by Congress authorizing a draft of men for military service |
| 10.) CPI (Consumer Price Index) | a program that produces data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services |
| 11.) George Creel | an investigative journalist, a politician, and the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, created by Woodrow Wilson |
| 12.) Conscientious Objector | person whose beliefs forbid him/her to fight in wars |
| 13.) Espionage Act | 1917, an act passed that enacted penalties for anyone whose involved in disloyal or treasonable activities |
| 14.) Great Migration | movement of African Americans from the rural south to the industrial north |
| 15.) Convoy | group of merchants ships surrounded by warships |
| 16.) Fourteen Points | Wilson's outlined points for resolving World War l and any future wars following |
| 17.) Self-Determination | the right of the people to choose their own form of government |
| 18.) League of Nations | world organization established to promote peaceful cooperation between countries |
| 19.) Reparations | payment for war damages |
| 20.) Irreconcilables | isolationist who opposed treaties ending World War l that had a League of Nations folded into them |
| 21.) Reservationists | group of senators, led by Henry Lodge, who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War l unless changes were included |
| 22.) Influenza | flu virus |
| 23.) Inflation | rising prices |
| 24.) Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the way of American life |
| 25.) Palmer Raids | series of raids in the 1920's, that was initiated by General Palmer against radicals and communists |
| 26.) Creditor Nation | country which is owed more money than it owes |
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