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Chapter 9 Study Guide
Militarism - a policy of agressive military preparedness
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11th Grade
10/24/2012

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Militarism
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a policy of aggressive preparedness
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Nationalism
Definition
loyalty and devotion to a nation
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Propaganda 
Definition
the spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing opinion 
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Sussex Pledge
Definition
met the foreign-policy goals of both germany and President wilson by keeping the United States out of war a little longer
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Zimmerman telegraph
Definition
proposal that stated that if United States entered the war against Germany then Mexico would have the right to side with Germany
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Lusitania
Definition
british passenger ship
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contraband
Definition
goods prohibited from shipments to Germany and it allies
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victory garden 
Definition
vegetable , fruits, a herb garden planted at private residences and public park in the united states
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espionage
Definition
spying to acquire government information
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draft
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moving people from one place to another
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selective service
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a conscription system
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war industries 
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established in July 1917 to coordinate the production of war materials
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national war labor board
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to prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort 
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committee of public information
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recruited advertising executives, artists, authors, songwriters, entertainers, public speakers, and etc
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convoy 
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proposed that merchant ships and troop transport gathered together 
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armistice 
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a truce, or an agreement to stop fighting 
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national self-determination 
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the idea that the borders of countries should be based on ethnicity and national identity. a group of people who feel that they are a nation should be allowed to have their own country
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reparations
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monetary compensation for all of the war damage it had caused 
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no-man's land 
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the space between opposing trenches a rough baren landscape filled with craters from artillery fire.
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treaty of versallies
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the treaty with germany, it negotiated the treaty of saint-germain, ending war with austria-hungary
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fourteen points
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president wilson peace plan
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league of nations
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a general associations of nations
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cost of living
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the cost of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials that people need to survive
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general strike
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a strike that involves all workers in a community, not just workers in a industry
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deport
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to force a foreign national to leave a country
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calvin coolidge
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boston's governor
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red scare
Definition
general fear of the communists
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mitchell palmer 
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united states attorney general
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j. edgar hoover
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the first director of the federal bureau of investigation FBI
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Questions:

1.What Were the effects of the war on women, african americans, and hispanics.

2. who were the allied nations?

3.who were the central powers

4.what were the 5 new types of warfare and technology.

5.what were 3 effects of ww1 on the u.s. economy

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1.women-given all of the work that men used to do

african american- more employment oppourtunites 

hispanics?

2. great britain, russia, france, belgium, and united states

3.german empire, austro-hungarian, ottoman empire, and kingdom of bulgaria

4.poison gas, airplane bomb, tanks, machine guns, and artillery forces

5. fears of communism, strikes(riots), and bombings

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