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United States History-Unit VI-(Ch-19) vocab(test)

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Central Powersthose fighting for the Triple Alliance(Germany, Austia-Hungary) and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
U-boatsGerman submarines(from German word Unterseeboot-underwater boat)
Pancho Villaled a group of Mexican guerillas into the United States burning homes and killing Americans in opposition to the US overthrowing Huerta(the Mexican leader)
Propagandainformation designed to influence opinion
Triple Ententealliance between Britain, France, and Russia
Liberty and Victory Bondsbonds sold during and after the war by the U.S.
369th InfantryAn all African American division that was honored for gallantry in combat-the French Croix de Guerre(war cross)
Sedition Act of 1918expanded the meaning of Espionage Act and made illegal any public expression of opposition to the war
Great MigrationAfrican Americans moving from the South to the North
War Industries Boardcoordinate the production of war materials
General John J. PershingUS General that led troops across the border into Mexico to find and capture Pancho Villa, he was also the leader of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI
Marshall Ferdinand Fochthe Supreme commander of the Allies(a French commander) and ordered massive counterattacks along the front during the Battle of the Argonne Forest
"no man's land"space between opposing trenches that was rough, barren pockmarked with craters from artillery fire
Bolsheviksa group of Communists that overthrew the Russian government(Menscheviks) in November 1917 and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany
Reparationspayment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war
Communist Internationalan organization for coordinating the activities of Communist parties in other countries
General strikea strike involving all the workers in a particular geographic location
Deportedto expel(make leave) individuals from the country
Cost of Livingthe cost of purchasing goods and services essential for survival(food, clothing, shelter)
General Intelligence Divisiona special division within the Justice Department, headed by J. Edgar Hoover, to stop the spread of Communism-it eventually became the FBI


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Salem, IL

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