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| Question | Answer |
| Militarism | The belief that a nation needs a large military |
| Central Powers | an alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria during World War 1 |
| Allies | An alliance between Serbia, Russia, France, Great Britan, Italy, and 7 other countries in World War 1 |
| U-boat | Submarines that Germans used during World War 1 |
| Woodraw Wilson | The president during World War 1 who did not like war |
| Neutrality | refusing to take sides in a war |
| Zimmermann Telegram | a message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona |
| John J. Perishing | A general in France during World War 1 |
| American Expeditionary Force | The British and French army that wanted America to join |
| Convoy system | A heavy guard of destroyers that escorts merchant ships |
| Second Battle of the Marne | a battle during the summer of 1918 |
| Alvin York | An American soldier |
| Armistice | An end to fighting |
| War bonds | Lower intrest loans |
| Propaganda | opinions expressed |
| Espionage Act | A law that sets heavy fines and long prison terms for anti-war activities |
| Sedition Act | A law that made it illeagal to critisize the war |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | a man who wrote the courts opinion |
| Great Migration | When African-Americans moved to north contries |
| League of Nations | An organasation set up to settle international conflicts |
| Fourteen Points | President Woodraw Wilsons goal for peace |
| Treaty of Versailles | The treaty that ended World War 1 |
| Reparations | Money a defeated nation pays to clean up |
| Red Scare | A wave of panic from fear of a communist revolution |
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