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chp 10

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Alsace-Lorraine   France longed to avenge its humiliating defeat by a collection of German states in 1871 and regain this territory they lost during this conflict  
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Militarism   Germany had a huge army so Britain decided to increase in size of its navy.glorification of the military  
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Francis Ferdinand   throne of Austria-Hungary got shot along with his prego wife while visiting Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip  
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William II   German emperor. he told Austria Hungary that Germany would stand by its ally if war came  
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Western Front   fighting in France  
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Casualties   soldiers killed, wounded , or missing  
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Contraband   Britain was using their navy to blockade Germany . International law allowed goods such as weapons and other stuff for fighting to be shipped.  
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U-boats   submarines  
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Lusitania   May 7, 1915 off the coast of Ireland German U-boat sunk British passenger, America got mad so Germany said they promise to warn somebody before sinking another ship...which led to the Sussex Pledge  
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Zimmermann Note   said to Mexico that if the United States declared war on Germany that they should declare war on the US in return ,after Germany wins, Mexico would get back Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona  
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Selective Service Act   When the United States entered the war their army was not as big as the European armies so Wilson encouraged young men to sign up for the military  
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Bernard Baruch   created War Industries Board (WIB) his agency determined what products industries would make where they went and how much it would cost  
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Committee on Public Information (CPI)   it was to help educate the public about the causes and nature of the war  
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George Creel   director of the CPI was a former journalist and a passionate admirer of American institutions  
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Conscientious objectors   people whose moral or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in war  
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Espionage Act   allowed postal authorities to ban treasonable or seditious newspaper, magazine, or printed materials from the mail  
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Great Migration   African Americans moved from the rural south to the industrial north to the "Land of Hope"  
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Convoy   groups of merchants ships sailed together , protected by warships  
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Vladimir Lenin   radical communists staged a revolution and gained control over Russia  
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John J.Pershing   was a experienced soldier who helped turn millions of untrained men into an effective fighting force then led them into France. his skills helped the Allies win the war  
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Fourteen Points   list of terms for resolving World War 1 and future wars outlined by Woodrow Wilson  
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Self-determination   the right for people to choose their own government  
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League of Nations   to secure mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike  
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Henry Cabot Lodge   republican foreign policy expert  
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Reparations   payment for war damages , Wilson insisted that Germany should suffer he wanted to weaken them  
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Irreconcilables   senators who believed that the United States should not get entangled in world politics or involved in world organizations  
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Influenza   a deadly flu originally from a bird that mutated to spread to humans  
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Inflation   rising prices  
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Res Scare   a wave of widespread fear of suspected communist and radicals thought to be plotting revolution within the United States  
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Palmer Raids   police arrested thousands of people some who were radicals and some who were simply immigrants  
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Nicola Sacco   Italian immigrant and known anarchists  
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti   charged with shooting and killing two men during a hold up  
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Warren G. Harding   Republican candidate of Ohio would serve as a final rejection of the League  
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Creditor Nation   country which is owned more money by other countries than it owes other countries  
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