U.S. History Chapter 11 Terms

Alvin York

American war hero

Lusitania

British passenger ship attacked and sunk by Germans

David Lloyd George

British prime minister

Henry Cabot Lodge

Conservative senator who wanted to keep the United States out of the League of Nations

Georges Clemenceau

French premier

Fourteen Points

Wilson's plan for World War peace following World War I

Nationalism

a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation.

Propaganda

a kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions

Conscientious Objector

a person who believes fighting is wrong and therefore does not want to serve in the military

War Industries Board

agency to improve efficiency in war-related industries

League of Nations

an international peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson and founded in 1920

Militarism

building up armed forces to prepare for war

Eddie Rickenbacker

famous American fighter pilot

Trench Warfare

fighting between fortified ditches

Convoy System

having merchant ships travel in groups protected by warships

George Creel

head of the Committee on Public Information (CPI), the government's propaganda agency

Selective Service Act

law requiring men to register for military service

Espionage and Sedition Acts

laws that enacted harsh penalties against anyone opposing U.S. participation in World War I

Bernard M. Baruch

leader of the War Industries Board

Zimmermann Note

message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico

Great Migration

movement of many African Americans to northern cities from the South in the early 1900s

Central Powers

one side in World War I: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

Allies

one side in World War I: Great Britain, France, and Russia, later joined by the U.S.

War-guilt Clause

part of the Treaty of Versailles in which Germany took responsibility for the war

Reparations

payments made by defeated countries after a war

Treaty of Versailles

the 1919 treaty that ended World War I

General John J. Pershing

the commander of the American Expeditionary Force

American Expeditionary Force

the name given to the American military force that fought in World War I

No Man's Land

the space between the armies fighting each other

Armistic

true agreement

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

young heir whose assassination triggered the war