Chapter 23 Terms

Question 1

Nationalism

Answer 1

feeling of superiority over other countries

Question 2

Chancellor Otto von Bismarc

Answer 2

a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs

Question 3

Kaiser Wilhelm I

Answer 3

King of Prussia who was marked by war with Austria

Question 4

Militarism

Answer 4

a belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military

Question 5

Alsace – Lorraine

Answer 5

a region in france

Question 6

Arch Duke Ferdinand

Answer 6

an austrian prince heir to heir to the throne

Question 7

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 7

a serbian nationalist who became the catalyst for World War 1

Question 8

Mobilize

Answer 8

prepare and organize for active service

Question 9

Central Powers

Answer 9

germany and its allies in World War 1

Question 10

Allied Powers

Answer 10

refers to coalitions of primarily North American nations

Question 11

Trench warfare

Answer 11

a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other

Question 12

Stalemate

Answer 12

a position as a draw

Question 13

U-Boats

Answer 13

German submarine in World War 1 and 2

Question 14

Neutral

Answer 14

not helping or supporting either side in a conflict

Question 15

Lusitania

Answer 15

a british luxury liner sunk by a german submarine

Question 16

William Jennings Bryan

Answer 16

american orator and politician from Nebraska

Question 17

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 17

a political leader and educator to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Question 18

Sussex pledge

Answer 18

a promise made by germany to the US in 1916

Question 19

Zimmermann note

Answer 19

a secret diplomatic communication issued from the german foreign in January 1917

Question 20

Committee on Public Information (CPI)

Answer 20

independent agency of the government of the US

Question 21

Espionage

Answer 21

the practice of spying or using spies

Question 22

Sedition

Answer 22

conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state

Question 23

Selective Service Act

Answer 23

authorized by the federal government to raise a national army

Question 24

Liberty Bonds

Answer 24

a war bond that was sold in the US to support the allied cause in World war 1

Question 25

Jane Addams

Answer 25

mother of social work

Question 26

Jeanette Rankin

Answer 26

an american politician

Question 27

National War Labor Board

Answer 27

may refer to either of two US government agencies established to meditate labor disputes

Question 28

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Answer 28

expeditionary force of the US army

Question 29

General John J. Pershing

Answer 29

commander of the american expeditionary forces in World War 1 and 2

Question 30

Bolsheviks

Answer 30

a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party

Question 31

Communist

Answer 31

a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism

Question 32

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 32

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the russian revolution and first head of the USSR

Question 33

Ferdinand Foch

Answer 33

french general and Marshal of france

Question 34

Alvin York

Answer 34

one of the most decorated US army soldiers of World War 1

Question 35

Harlem Hellfighters

Answer 35

heroically fought on the front lines and received the French Croix de Guerre

Question 36

Strategy

Answer 36

a plan of action

Question 37

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer 37

third german emperor and grandson of Queen Victoria

Question 38

Armistice

Answer 38

an agreement by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time

Question 39

Influenza

Answer 39

a highly contagious virus infection of the respiratory passages causing fever

Question 40

Fourteen Points

Answer 40

got in congress in early 1918

Question 41

League of Nations

Answer 41

an internal organization established after world war 1 under the provisions of the treaty of Versailles

Question 42

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 42

the meeting of allied victors

Question 43

Big Four

Answer 43

also known as the council of four it was composed by woodrow wilson of the US

Question 44

Reparations

Answer 44

the making of amends for a wrong one has done

Question 45

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 45

a document signed between Germany and the Allied Powers following World War 1

Question 46

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 46

an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts

Question 47

Arms Race

Answer 47

a competitions between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

Question 48

Alliance

Answer 48

a union formed for mutual benefit especially between countries.