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Chapter 10
35 words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Alsace-Lorraine | The territory France lost |
| 2. militarism | glorification of the military |
| 3. Francis Ferdinand | heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary |
| 4. William 11 | the German emperor |
| 5. Western Front | battle front between the allies and central powers in western Europe during World War 1 |
| 6. casualty | soldiers killed,wounded, & missing |
| 7. contraband | weapons & other articles used to fight a war |
| 8. U-boat | submarines |
| 9. Lusitania | the British passenger liner |
| 10. Zimmermann note | proposed an alliance with Mexico |
| 11. Selective Service Act | authorized a draft of young men for military service in Europe |
| 12. Bernard Baruch | Wall Street investment broker who reported directly to the president |
| 13. CPI | they educated the public about the causes & nature of war |
| 14. George Creel | director of the CPI |
| 15. conscientious objector | people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars |
| 16. espionage act | allowed postal authorities to ban treasonable or seditious newspapers, magazines, or printed materials from the mail. |
| 17. Great Migration | movement of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North |
| 18. convoy | groups of mercant ships |
| 19. Vladimir Lenin | staged a revolution & gained control of Russia |
| 20. John J. Pershing | commander of American forces in Europe |
| 21. Fourteen Points | Lenin's charges about the nature of the conflict by outlining America's war aims |
| 22. self-determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government |
| 23. League of Nations | world organization established to promote peaceful cooperations with other countries |
| 24. Henry Cabot Lodge | a Republican foreign policy expert |
| 25. reparations | payment for war damages |
| 26. "irreconcilables" | handful of senators that thought the U.S. should not be involved in world politics |
| 27. "reservationists" | opposed to the treaty as it was written |
| 28. influenza | flu virus |
| 29. inflation | rising prices |
| 30. Palmer Raids | series of raids against suspected radicals & communists |
| 31. Nicola Sacco | Italian immigrant & known anarchist |
| 32. Bartolomeo Vanzetti | Italian immigrant & known anarchist |
| 33. Warren G. Harding | final rejection of the League |
| 34. Red Scare | wave of widespread fear of suspected communists & radicals thought to be plotting revolution within the U.S. |
| 35. creditor nation | country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries |
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