Chapter 8 through the lens

Alliances

Agreements of mutual support.

Nationalism

A strong belief in one's own country and its superiority to others.

Militarism

The belief that a government must create a strong military and be prepared to use it to achieve the country's goals.

Assassinated

Murdered for political reasons.

The Schlieffen Plan

It called for a rapid conquest of France, so that German troops could then turn east and march on Russia.

Fronts

Battle line.

Trench warfare

To shelter from enemy artillery fire, troops would dig complex networks of trenches into the ground.

Neutrality

Refusal to support either side in the war.

Moral diplomacy

Required that the United States drastically reduce its intervention in the affairs of other countries.

Espionage

Spying

Armenian Genocide

The campaign by the Turks to kill or deport millions of Armenian civilians.

U-boats

'unterseeboot'; submarine

Zimmerman Telegram

A secret telegram from the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman, to Germany's ambassador in Mexico.

Declaration of war

April 6, 1917, U.S. declares war against Germany.

American Expeditionary Forces

America's corps of soldiers sent to fight in Europe.

War Industries Board

Government organization to oversee the manufacturing in the U.S..

Liberty bonds

Loaning the U.S. government money by purchasing a bond.

Dissent

Disagreement with the government's official opinion.

Committee on Public Information

Government agency which launched a massive campaign of advertising and propaganda to raise enthusiasm for the war.

Sedition

Criminal act of trying to persuade individuals to undermine the government.

Civil liberties

The right to engage in legal activities such as free expression without being hindered by the government.

Machine guns

A gun designed to fire hundreds of bullets per minute.

Tank

An armored, heavily armed vehicle that used treads instead of wheels.

Antiaircraft gun

A piece of heavy artillery modified so that it could be pointed skyward.

Great Migration

A mass movement of African Americans from the south to the cities in the North.

Prohibition

The constitutional ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Influenza

An acute and highly contagious illness.

Pandemic

A sudden spread of a disease that covers a very large geographic area and affects a major portion of the population.

Fourteen Points

Wilson's proposed program for peace.

Armistice

An end to the fighting.

Communism

A form of government in which all the means of production and transportation are owned by the state.

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty that officially brought The Great War to a close.

League of Nations

A general assembly of countries that would stabilize relations among countries and help preserve peace.

Sovereignty

A countries freedom from external control.

Conscientious objectors

People who refuse to fight in a war for religious reasons.

18th Amendment

Prohibition

19th Amendment

Women's Suffrage is granted.