Chapter 18 Vocab

#1

100

1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand

2. Kaiser Wilhelm II

1. archduke of Austria whose assassination triggered World War I

2. German emperor during World War I

200

1. U-boats

2. Lusitania

1. small German submarines

2. passenger ship sunk by German U-boats during World War I

300

1. Committee on Public Information

2. George Creel

1. organization to promote American support for the war

2. head of the Committee on Public Opinion

400

1. Treaty of Versailles

2. Reparations

1. Treaty ending World War I

2. payments for expenses and damages caused by the war

#2

100

1. Militarism

2. Triple Alliance

1. policy of military preparedness and building up weapons

2. alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

200

1. Sussex Pledge

2. Zimmerman Note

1. Germany's promise not to sink passenger ships without warning and without saving lives

2. German telegram proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico

300

1. Propaganda

2. Schenck vs. United States

1. posters, newspaper stories, and other media designed to influence people's opinions

2. Supreme Court decision explaining limits of free speech

400

Henry Cabot Lodge

Head of the Senate Foreign Relations committee and leader of the group who wanted changes in the Treaty of Versailles

#3

100

1. Triple Entente

2. Balance of Power

1. alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia

2. situation in which nations or alliances have equal strength

200

1. Selective Service Act

2. Convoy System

1. U.S. law requiring young men to register for the military draft

2. strategy of surrounding troop-transport ships with destroyers or cruisers for protection

300

1. Fourteen Points

2. Self-Determination

1. President Wilson's plan for peace following World War I

2. the right of people to decide their own political status

#4

100

1. Central powers

2. Allied powers

1. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

2. Great Britain, France, and Russia

200

1. Communists

2. Liberty Bonds

1. people who seek the equal distribution of wealth and end of all private property

2. a form of loan to the government to pay for the war

300

1. League of Nations

2. David Lloyd George

1. organization of nations that would work together to settle disputes, protect democracy, and prevent future wars

2. British prime minister at the Paris Peace Conference

#5

100

1. Trench Warfare

2. Isolationism

1. fighting from trenches

2. a policy of not being involved in the affairs of other nations

200

1. Bernard Baruch

2. National War Labor Board

1. head of the War Industries Board during World War I

2. organization to settle disputes between workers and management during World War I

300

1. Georges Clemenceau

2. Big Four

1. French Premier at the Paris Peace Conference

2. Leaders of the United States, France, Britain, and Italy at the Paris Peace Conference