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US History Chapter 19 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Alsace-Lorraine | the territory of France lost in the conflict |
Militarism | glorification of the military |
Western Front | 450 miles of trenches from the coast of Belgium to the border of Switzerland |
Casualty | soldiers killed, wounded, and missing |
Contraband | goods, usually defined as weapons and other articles used to fight a war |
U-boat | submarine |
Lusitania | British passenger ship |
Zimmerman note | a telegram sent to Mexico proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S. |
Selective Service Act | authorized a draft of young men for military service in Europe |
CPI(Committe of Public Information) | educate the public about the causes and nature of the war |
conscientious objector | people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars |
Espionage Act | allowed postal authorities to ban treasonable or seditious newspapers, magazines, or printed materials from the mail |
Great Migration | a great movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North |
convoy | groups of merchant ships |
League of Nations | an international diplomatic group developed after World War I to solve disputes between countries |
Fourteen Points | President Wilson's war aims outlined for Lenin |
self-determination | the right of people to form their own government |
reparations | payment for war damages |
"irreconcilables" | senators who opposed any treaty that had a League of Nations folded into it |
"reservationists" | senators who were opposed to the treaty as it was written |
influenza | flu |
inflation | rising prices |
Red Scare | widespread fear of suspected communists and radicals thought to be plotting revolution withing the U.S. |
Palmer Raids | a series of raids where police arrested thousands of people, some who were radicals and some who were from S. or E. Europe |
creditor nation | other countries owed the U.S. more money than the U.S. owed them |