Chapter 11 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
nationalism | a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation |
militarism | the development of armed forces and their use as a tool for diplomacy |
allies | a formal agreement or union |
central powers | middle eastern land controlled by the turks |
archduke franz ferdinand | heir to austrian throne |
no man's land | the land between trenches |
trench warfare | armies fought on flat ground in trenches dug to capture land |
lusitania | british liner sank by germans |
zimmermann note | proposed an alliance between germany and mexico |
eddie rickenbacker | fighter pilot in world war 1 |
selective service act | men required to register for the military. (draft) |
convoy system | heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships |
american expidetionary force | american infantry led by pershing |
general john pershing | led the AEF |
alvin york | famous hero of world war 1 |
conscientious objector | a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds |
armistice | a truce that ended world war 1 |
war industries board | mass production to increase efficiency |
bernard baruch | led the WIB |
propaganda | war posters and advertisment to get people to enlist |
george creel | head of CPI, ex muckracker |
espionage and sedition acts | a person can be put in jail for saying anything against the government or war effort |
great migration | thousands of southern blacks moved to north |
fourteen points | speech by president wilson to congress on preventing war |
league of nations | a forum for nations to discuss and settle grievences |
georges clemanceau | french premier |
david lloyd george | british prime minister |
treaty of versailles | established nine new nations |
reparations | germany had to pay 33 billion in damages to the allies |
war guilt clause | forced germany to admit responsibility for the war |
henry cabot lodge | leader of conservative senators |
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