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Central Powers | those fighting for the Triple Alliance(Germany, Austia-Hungary) and the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria |
U-boats | German submarines(from German word Unterseeboot-underwater boat) |
Pancho Villa | led a group of Mexican guerillas into the United States burning homes and killing Americans in opposition to the US overthrowing Huerta(the Mexican leader) |
Propaganda | information designed to influence opinion |
Triple Entente | alliance between Britain, France, and Russia |
Liberty and Victory Bonds | bonds sold during and after the war by the U.S. |
369th Infantry | An all African American division that was honored for gallantry in combat-the French Croix de Guerre(war cross) |
Sedition Act of 1918 | expanded the meaning of Espionage Act and made illegal any public expression of opposition to the war |
Great Migration | African Americans moving from the South to the North |
War Industries Board | coordinate the production of war materials |
General John J. Pershing | US 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 Foch | the 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 |
Bolsheviks | a group of Communists that overthrew the Russian government(Menscheviks) in November 1917 and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany |
Reparations | payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war |
Communist International | an organization for coordinating the activities of Communist parties in other countries |
General strike | a strike involving all the workers in a particular geographic location |
Deported | to expel(make leave) individuals from the country |
Cost of Living | the cost of purchasing goods and services essential for survival(food, clothing, shelter) |
General Intelligence Division | a special division within the Justice Department, headed by J. Edgar Hoover, to stop the spread of Communism-it eventually became the FBI |