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