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CH. 10 HIST
Question | Answer |
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1. Alsace-Lorraine | A territory that had been lost during a conflict. |
2. militarism | Glorification of the military, grew in the competing countries and fueled the arms race. |
3. Francis Ferdinand | Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie left for what they thought would be a routine visit to Sarajevo. |
4. William II | German emperor, assured Austria-Hungary that Germany would stand by its ally if war came. |
5. Western Front | France became the critical battle front. |
6. Casualties | soldiers killed, wounded, and missing. |
7. contraband | Goods used as weapons or for war. |
8. U-boats | Submarines |
9. Zimmermann note | proposed an alliance with Mexico, stating that if the U.S. declares war on Germany, Mexico should declare war on Germany, Mexico should declare war on U.S. |
10. Selective Service Act | Authorized a draft of young men for military service in Europe. |
11. Bernard Baruch | an influential Wall Street investment broker who reported directly to the President, the WIB regulated all industries engaged in the war effort. |
12. CPI(Committee on Public Information) | To educate the public about the causes and nature of the war. |
13. George Creel | Director of CPI |
14. conscientious objectors | people whose beliefs refuse to fight in wars. |
15. Espionage Act | Allowing postal authorities to ban treasonable newspaper, etc. |
16. Great Migration | A lot of blacks went North at this time. |
17. convoy | Merchant ships protected by warships. |
18. Vladimir Lenin | Staged a revolution and gained control of Russia. |
19. John J. Pershing | commander of Americans forces in Europe of a small force. |
20. Fourteen Points | Idea of "Peace without victory" |
21. self determination | Right of people to choose their own form of government. |
22. League of Nations | To secure "mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small stats alike. |
23. Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican foreign policy expert, was left behind because Wilson disliked him intensely. |
24. reparations | payment for war damages. |
25. "irreconcilables" | Senators opposed any treaty that had a League of Nations folded into it. |
26. "reservationists" | were opposed to the treaty as it was written. |
27. influenza | or flu |
28. inflation | rising prices |
29. Red Scare | Wave of fear that communists are plotting revolutions within U.S. |
30. Palmer Raids | Police arrested thousands of people, same who were radicals and some who were simply immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe. |
31. Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti | Italian immigrants charged for killing two man during a holdup at a shoe factory in a town near Boston. |
32. Warren G. Harding | Ohio would serve as a final rejection of the League. |
33. creditor nation | Other countries owed America more money than they owed them. |