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| a devotion to the interests and cultures of one's nation. |
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| The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy. |
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| One of the major defense alliances in Europe. Consisted of France, Britain and Russia |
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| Another defense alliance in Europe. Consisting of Germany and Austria-Hungary, combined with the Ottoman Empire |
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| Important figure in Austrian government. Was assasinated by Serbian on trip to Bosnia. Austria declared war on Serbia, alliance system pulled one nation after another into the conflict. |
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| A famous fighter pilot of WWI. Originally was a racecar driver, traveled to France, became avaitor. |
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| Act that require men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service. |
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| System in which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups. |
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| American Expeditionary Force |
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| Force that included men from widely selected parts of the country. |
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| Leader of American Expeditionary Force |
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| One of America's greatest war heroes. York became famous because he was originally a conscientious objector from Tennessee. He eventually decided fighting was acceptable if it was for a real cause. He went on to kill 25 Germans and capture 132 prisoners using just a rifle and a revolver. |
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| a person who opposes warfare on moral grounds |
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| a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire. |
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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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| British liner sunk by U-boat |
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| A telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents. |
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| Board encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency during war. |
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| Leader of War Industries Board |
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| a kind of biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions. |
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| Leader of Committee on Public Information. Former muckracking journalist. |
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| Espionage and Sedition Acts |
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| two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in World War I. |
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| the large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North. |
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| the principles making up President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace following World War I. |
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| an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. |
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the 1919 peace treaty at
the end of World War I which established new nations, borders, and war 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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| the compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during a war. |
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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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| Conservative senator, believed that the League of Nations threatened the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism. |
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| opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries. |
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| an economic and political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property |
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| May, 1920. S&V were arrested for charges of murder and robbery |
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| a system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year. |
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| New leader of United Mine Workers of America. |
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| Ohio senator, ran for presidential office. Campaigned for "normalcy" |
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| At Washington Naval Conference, urged that no more warships be built for ten years. This was a result of militarism. |
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| a set of regulations, enacted by Congress in 1922, that raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to protect American businesses against foreign competition |
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| group of close friends and political supporters whom President Warren G. Harding appointed to his cabinet |
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| Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall’s secret leasing of oil-rich public land to private companies in return for money and land. |
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| New president of the 1920's. Fit into business-mind spirit well. |
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| the unplanned and uncontrolled spreading of cities into surrounding regions. |
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an arrangement in which a purchaser pays over an extended time, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase.
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