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Capter 11 Vocabulary
Chapter 11 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nationalism | A devonition to the interests and culture of one's nation |
| Militarism | The policy of building up armed forces in aggressive prepardness for war and their use as a tool of diplomacy |
| Allies | The group of nations that opposed the Central power. The group of nations that opposed the Axis powers |
| Central Powers | The group of nations the opposed the Alies in World War 1 |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the Austrian throne |
| "no man's land" | An unoccupied region between opposing armies |
| Trench Warefare | Military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield |
| Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 |
| Zimmermann note | A telegram from the German foregin minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | Famousr fighter piolet of World War 1 |
| Selctive Service Act | A law that required men to register for military service |
| Convoy System | The protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships |
| American Expeditionary Force | The U.S. forces, led by General John Pershing, who fought with the Alies in Europe during World War 1 |
| General John J. Pershing | Led the American Expeditionary Force |
| Alvin York | One of America's greatest war hereos who became famous |
| Conscientious Objector | A person who refuses, on moran grounds, to participate in warefare |
| Armistice | A truce, or agreement to end an armed conflict |
| War Industries Board | An agency established during World War 1 to increase efficiency and discourage waste in waste in warrelated industries |
| Bernard M. Baruch | A prosperous business man |
| Propaganda | A kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions |
| Geogre | The head of the CPI who was a former muckrakin journalist |
| Espionage and Sedition Acts | Two laws that imposed harsh penatlies on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in World War 1 |
| Great Migration | The large-scale movement of African Americans from the South to the Northern cities in the early 20th century |
| Fourteen Points | The principles making up Presidents Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace following World War 1 |
| League of Nations | An association of nations to promote international cooperation and peace |
| Georges Clemenceau | Lived through two German invasions of France |
| David Lloyd George | The British prime minister |
| Treaty of Versailles | Peace treaty at the end of World War 1 which established new nations, borders, and war reparations |
| Reparations | The compensation paid by a defeared nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war |
| War-guilt clause | A provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which German acknowledged that it was alone responsible for World War 1 |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Lead the conservative senators |
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