chapter10_vocablist
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1. Alsace-Lorraine | territory lost during World War 1, FRance longed to regain it
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2. Militarism | glorification of the military
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3. Western Front | battle front between the Allies and Central Powers in western Europe during WW1
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4. Casualty | soldiers killed, wounded, and missing
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5. Contraband | supplies captured from an enemy during wartime
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6. U-boat | German submarine
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7. Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during WW1
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8. Zimmermann note | telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US during WW1
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9. Selective Service Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizang a draft of men for military service
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10. CPI | government agency created during WW1 to encourage Americans to support the war
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11. Conscientious Objector | person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars
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12. Espionage Act | act passed by Congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaging in disloyable or treasonable activities
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13. Great Migration | movement where African Americans migrated from rural South to industrial North in the twentieth century
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14. Convoy | group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships
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15. Fourteen Points | list of terms for resolving WW1 and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson
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16. Self-determination | right of people to choose their own form of government
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17. League of Nations | world organization established after WW1 to promote peaceful cooperation between countries
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18.Reparations | payment for war damages
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19."Irreconcilables" | isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending WW1 that had a League of Nations folded into it
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20. "Reservationists" | group of Senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles to end WW1 unless specific were included, led by Henry Cabot Lodge
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21. Influenza | flu virus
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22. Inflation | rising prices
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23. Red Scare | fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life
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24. Palmer Raids | series of raids in the early 1920's initiated by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer against suspected radicals and communists
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25. Creditor Nation | country that is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries
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