U.S. History Vocab 19/20

Question 1

militarism

Answer 1

Policy of aggressively building up a nation’s armed forces in preparation of war

Question 2

mobilization

Answer 2

The readying of troops of war

Question 3

Central Powers

Answer 3

In World War I, Germany and Austria-Hungary

Question 4

Allies

Answer 4

In World War I and World War II

Question 5

stalemate

Answer 5

Situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to gain the advantage

Question 6

autocrat

Answer 6

Ruler with unlimited power

Question 7

propaganda

Answer 7

Information intended to sway public opinion

Question 8

U-boat

Answer 8

A German submarine

Question 9

Sussex pledge

Answer 9

Pledge by the German government

Question 10

Zimmerman note

Answer 10

A telegram sent by Germany’s foreign secretary

Question 11

Russian Revolution

Answer 11

Collapse of the czar’s government in Russia in 1917

Question 12

Selective Service Act

Answer 12

Law passed in 1917 authorizing a draft of young men for military service in World War I

Question 13

(AEF) American Expenditionary Force

Answer 13

Name given to American troops in Europe in World War I

Question 14

convoy

Answer 14

Group of unarmed ships surrounded by a ring od armed naval vessels

Question 15

zepplin

Answer 15

A German floating airship

Question 16

armistice

Answer 16

A cease fire or truce

Question 17

genocide

Answer 17

Organized killing of an entire people

Question 18

Liberty Bond

Answer 18

Special War bond sold by the government to support the Allied cause during World War I

Question 19

price controls

Answer 19

System of pricing determined by the government

Question 20

rationing

Answer 20

Distribution of goods to consumers in a fixed amount

Question 21

daylight savings time

Answer 21

Turning clocks ahead by one hour for summer

Question 22

sedition

Answer 22

Any speech or action that encourages rebellion

Question 23

vigilante

Answer 23

A citizen who takes the law into his or her own hands

Question 24

flapper

Answer 24

a 1920’s term used to describe a new type of young women

Question 25

demographics

Answer 25

The statistics that describe a population

Question 26

barrio

Answer 26

A Spanish-speaking neighborhood

Question 27

mass-media

Answer 27

Print and broadcast methods of communicating information to large number of people

Question 28

Jazz-Age

Answer 28

Term used to describe the 1920’s

Question 29

Lost Generation

Answer 29

Group of American writers in the 1920’s

Question 30

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 30

African American literary awakening of the 1920’s, centered in Harlem