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Chapter 19
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11th Grade
02/12/2013

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U-Boat
Definition
"unterseeboat" submarine
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Sussex Pledge
Definition
The Sussex hit a fench boat, and killed French and US men. German had to now warn us before they were going to attack
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Zimmermann note
Definition
a secret note from Germany to Mexico, saying, "if Mexico will make war against the US Germany promises to give the southwest land back to Mexico (TX, AZ and NM)
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Russian Revolution
Definition
The Czar was overthrown for a rebuplican gov't 1917
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Selective Service Act
Definition
the military now has the rights to draft young men for the army, navy, airforce etc. 1917
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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
Definition
Volunteer and national Gaurdsmen that were in the World War 1 army in Europe
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Convoy
Definition
a group of unarmed boats that were surronded by armed vessels that could track down submarines.
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zeppelin
Definition
floating air ships
like a blimp
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armistice
Definition
cease-fire doc
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genocide
Definition
the organizing of killing of an entire people.
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Liberty Bonds
Definition
special war bonds that support the Allied cause
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price contorls
Definition
a system of pricing determined by the gov't, on the sale of food
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rationing
Definition
distributing goods to consumers at a fixed amount
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daylight saving time
Definition
turning the clocks ahead one hour for the summer
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sedition
Definition
any speech that encourages rebelion
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vigilante
Definition
BATMAN!! citizens who take the law into thier own hands
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Fourteen points
Definition
President Wilson's proposal for European peace in 1918....before the war had stopped..
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self-determination
Definition
the power to make dicisions about ones own future
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spoils
Definition
rewards
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League of Nations
Definition
an organization in which nations of the world would come together and ensure security and peace for all its members
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reparations
Definition
payment for economic injury suffered during the war
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Versailes Treaty
Definition
the treaty signed by the Gremans to end WWI. Germany at first thought it violated the Fourteen points, but didn't want a french invasion, so they signed it.
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mobilization
Definition
readying of troops
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stalemate
Definition
niegher side gets an advantage
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autocrat
Definition
ruler with ultimite power
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propaganda
Definition
information intended to sway public oppion
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central powers
Definition
germany- astia-hungry
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allies
Definition
france, britian
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militarism
Definition
large standing armies
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