History Chapter 19 Vocab

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militarism

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the policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool of diplomacy

Question 1

nationalism

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devotion of the interest and cultures of one’s own nation

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Allies

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group of nations including France, Britain, the US, Italy and others who opposed the Central Powers in WWI

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Central Powers

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the group consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

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Franz Ferdinand

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heir to the Austrian throne, assassinated in June of 1914 while visiting Serbia which started a chain reaction that sparked WWI

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no man’s land

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an unoccupied land between two armies

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trench warfare

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military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield

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Lusitania

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a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915

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Zimmerman Note

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a message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the US entered WWI

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Eddie Rickenbacker

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famous racecar driver turned pilot who became an American hero during WWI by repeatedly fighting the Red Baron and downing 26 aircraft

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Selective Service Act

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a law, enacted in 1917, that required men to register for military service

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convoy sytem

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the protection of merchant ships from U-boat attacks by having the ships travel in large groups escorted by warships

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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

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US forces led by General John Pershing, who fought with the Allies in Europe during WWI

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Alvin York

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became famous during WWI for deciding that killing was morally right is the cause was just, which led him to kill 25 Germans and capture 132 more with just a rifle and shotgun

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conscientious objector

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a person who refuses to participate in warfare on moral grounds

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armistice

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a truce or agreement to end an armed conflict

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Fourteen Points

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the principles making up President Wilson’s plan for world peace following WWI

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League of Nations

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an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

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Georges Clemenceau

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lived through two German invasions of France and wanted to prevent future invasions, French premiere

Question 19

David Lloyd George

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British prime minister who had won reelection with the slogan “Make Germany Pay”

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Treaty of Versailles

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1919 peace treaty at the end of WWI which established new nations, borders, and war reparations

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reparations

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the compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war

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war-guilt clause

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a provision in the Treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for WWI

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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headed a group of conservative senators who were suspicious of the provision for joint economic/military action against agression, even though it was voluntary; they wanted the constitutional right of Congress to declare war included in the treaty