Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Chapter 10: World War I and Beyond 1914-1920

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

WORD
DEFINITION
1. Alsace-Lorraine   territory created by the German Empire in 1871  
🗑
2. militarism   glorification of the military  
🗑
3. Western Front   battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during World War I  
🗑
4. casualty   soldiers killed, wounded, and missing  
🗑
5. contraband   supplies captured from an enemy during wartime  
🗑
6. U-boat   German submarine  
🗑
7. Lusitania   British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War I  
🗑
8. Zimmermann note   telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States during World War I  
🗑
9. Selective Service Act   act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service  
🗑
10. Committee on Public Information (CPI)   government agency created during World War I to encourage Americans to support the war  
🗑
11. conscientious objector   person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars  
🗑
12. Espionage Act   act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities  
🗑
13. Great Migration   movement of African Americans in the twentieth century from the rural South to the Industrial North  
🗑
14. Convoy   group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships  
🗑
15. Fourteen Points   list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson  
🗑
16. Self-determination   the right of people to choose their own form of government  
🗑
17. League of Nations   world organization established after World War I to promote peaceful cooperation between countries  
🗑
18. reparations   payment for war damages  
🗑
19. "irreconcilables"   isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending World War I that had a League of Nations folded into it  
🗑
20. "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  
🗑
21. influenza   flu virus  
🗑
22. inflation   rising prices  
🗑
23. Red Scare   fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life  
🗑
24. Palmer Raids   the series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, against suspected radicals and communists  
🗑
25. creditor nation   country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: Mixu88
Popular U.S. History sets