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Ch 10 vocab 9/23/10
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alsace-Lorraine | the territory France lost during a conflict with Germany |
| militarism | glorification of the military |
| Francis Ferdinand | Archduke of Austria-Hungary who both he and his wife were assassinated by Bosnians |
| William II | German emperor who after Ferdinand's assassination assured Austria-Hungary that Germany will be their ally in the time of war |
| Western Front | battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in Western Europe during World War I |
| casualty | soldiers killed, wounded, or missing |
| contraband | supplies captured from an enemy during wartime |
| U-boat | German submarine |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War I |
| Zimmermann note | telegram written by German foreign minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance with Germany and Mexico against the U.S. in World War I |
| Selective Service Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service |
| Bernard Baruch | Head of WIB who was an influential Wall Street investment broker who reported to President |
| Committee on Public Information (CPI) | government agency created during World War I to encourage Americans to support the war |
| George Creel | director of CPI who was a former journalist who combined education and a widespread advertising campaign to "sell America" |
| conscientious objectors | person whose moral or religious belief forbid him or her to fight in wars |
| Espionage Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities |
| Great Migration | movement of African Americans in the twentieth century from the rural South to the industrial North |
| convoy | group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by warships |
| Vladimir Lenin | led radical communist and staged revolution and gained control of Russia |
| John J. Pershing | General and commander of U.S. forces in Europe |
| Fourteen Points | list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson |
| self-determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government |
| League of Nations | world organizations established after World War I to promote peaceful cooperation between countries |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Senator and Republican foreign policy expert. Wilson did not like him |
| reparations | process by which Mexican Americans were encouraged, or forced, by local, state, and federal officials to return to Mexico during the 1930's |
| "irreconcilables" | isolationist senators who opposed and treaty ending World War I that had a League of Nations folded into it |
| "reservationists" | a group of Senators, led by Henry Cabot Lodge, who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end World War I, unless specific changes were included` |
| influenza | flu virus |
| inflation | rising prices |
| Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life |
| Palmer Raids | the series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, against suspected radicals and communists |
| Nicola Sacco | Italian immigrant and anarchist. Charged with Vanzetti in killing during a shoe factory holdup near Boston and was put to death |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti | Italian immigrant who was charged for shootout crime and put to death with Sacco with very little evidence |
| Warren G. Harding | Republican election of 1920 who served as the final rejection of the League |
| creditor nation | country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries |
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