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Mannix ss ch 21
WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| militarism | glorification of the military |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | heir to Austro-Hungarian throne who was assassinated which started WWI |
| nationalism | pride in one's nation or ethnic group |
| stalemate | deadlock |
| trench warfare | soldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches |
| propaganda | spread of information designed to win support for a cause |
| Central Powers | Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| Allied Powers | France |
| Zimmermann Telegram | telegram that proposed that Mexico join Germany |
| Russian Revolution | tsar was overthrown allowing for the US to join the Allies |
| mobilize | prepare for war |
| Jeannette Rankin | first woman elected to congress and she voted against the war |
| illiterate | unable to read or write |
| Herbert Hoover | head of Food Administration to make sure there was enough food for the troops-victory gardens started |
| Eugene V. Debs | jailed for giving speech urging workers to not support the war |
| convoy | large group of merchant vessels sailing together |
| John J Pershing | general who commanded the first troops into war |
| Vladimir Lenin | leader of Russia-set up communism |
| communism | an economic and political system based on the idea that social classes and the right to private property should be eliminated |
| armistice | a halt in fighting that allows peace talks to begin |
| fourteen points | Pres. Wilson's peace plan to congress |
| self-determination | right of a group to decide its own form of government |
| Treaty of Versailles | treaty ending WWI that made Germany take responsibility for the war to pay the Allies huge reparations and created the League of Nations |
| reparations | payments to cover war damages |
| League of Nations | international organization that provided a place for countries to meet |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | opposed joining the League of Nations because it would restrict the right of the US to act independently |
| red scare | fear of communist revolution |
| deport | returned to home country |