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Exam 2
chapter 20
Term | Definition |
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fourteen points | Woodrow Wilson's proposed plan for the peace agreement after the Great War, which included the creation of a "league" of nations intended to keep the peace. |
League of Nations | Organization of nations forme aftermath of the Great War to mediate disputes & maintain international peace. President Wilsons intense lobbying for the League of Nations, Congress did not ratify the Versailles Treaty, and the United States failed to join. |
Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans. |
19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote |
Zimmerman Telegram | A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S. and give mexico back texas arizona |
Triple Alliance (Central Powers) | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
Triple Entente (Allies) | Great Britain, France, Russia Nations fighting the Central Powers during the Great War, including France, Great Britain, and Russia; later joined by Italy and, after Russia quit the war in 1917, the United States. |
Tea Pot Dome Scandal | Harding administration scandal in which Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall profited from secret leasing of government oil reserves in Wyoming to private oil companies. |
Red Scare | Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas. |