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Question 1

Self-determination

Answer 1

The right of people to choose their own form of government.

Question 2

reparations

Answer 2

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay the Allies to repay the costs of the war.

Question 3

deport

Answer 3

To send out of the country.

Question 4

Henry Cabot Lodge

Answer 4

Henry Cabot Lodge was a Republican who disagreed with the Versailles Treaty. He mostly disagreed with the section that called for the League of Nations to protect a member who was being threatened.

Question 5

Fourteen Points

Answer 5

A series of proposals in which U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.

Question 6

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 6

Treaty that ended World War One. It blamed Germany for war and handed down harsh punishments. Germany lost its colonies, had to pay reparations, lost land in Germany to other nations, signed the war-guilt clause and had to reduce its military.

Question 7

League of Nations

Answer 7

A world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the United States never joined the League. Essentially powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946.

Question 8

Red Scare (1919-1920)

Answer 8

Fear among many Americans after World War One of communists in particular and non-citizens in general.

Question 9

Palmer Raids (1920)

Answer 9

Fueled by Communist takeover of Russia, Attorney General Palmer ordered arrests of anarchists and Socialists.