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chapter 10
Term | Definition |
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Militarism | Glorification of the military |
Causality | Soldiers killed, wounded, and missing |
Contraband | Supplies captured from an enemy during wartime. |
U-boat | German submarine. |
Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War 1. |
Zimmerman note | Telegram written by German Foreign Minister Zimmerman proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the United States during World War 1. |
Selective Service Act | Act passed by congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service. |
Committee on Public Information (CPI) | Government agency created during world war 1 to encourage Americans to support the war. |
Conscientious Objector | Person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars. |
Espionage Act | Act passed by congress in 1917 enacting severe penalties for anyone engaged in disloyal or treasonable activities. |
Great Migration | Movement of African Americans in the 20th century from the rural South to the industrial North. |
Convoy | Group of merchant ships sailing together, protected by war ships. |
Fourteen Points | List of terms for resolving World War 1 and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson. |
Self-determination | The right of people to choose their own form of government. |
League of Nations | World organization established after World War 1 to promote peaceful cooperation between countries. |
Reparations | Payment for war damages. |
"Irreconcilables" | Isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending World War 1 that had a League of Nations folded into it. |
"Reservationists" | A group of Senators, led by Henry Cabot Lodge who opposed the treaty of versailles to end World war 1 unless specific changes were included. |
Influenza | Flu viruses |
Inflation | Rising prices |
Red Scare | Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life. |
Palmer Raids | The series of raids in the early 1920s intiatied by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, against radicals and communists. |
Creditor Nation | Country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries. |
Western Front | Battle front between the Allies & Central Powers in Western Europe during World War 1. |
Alsace-Lorraine | The territory lost during that conflict |