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
