American Nation Chapter 24, Section 3 and 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | ended Russia's participation in World War I. Required Russia to give up large amounts of resource rich land to Germany |
| Harlem Hell Fighters | the 369th Infantry unit made of African Americans. Among the first American units attached to the French Army. Awarde the Croix de Guerre, France's highest military honor |
| Battle of Belleau Wood | . Lasted 3 weeks. Americans suffered great casualties but won the battle. |
| Battle of the Argonne Forest | The final Allied offensive where the Americans broke through the German defense. Marked the ending of the Great War. |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting. President Wilson set two conditions ofr the fighting to end 1) Germany must accept his plan for peace 2) the German emperor must abidcate t |
| abdicate | give up power |
| epidemic | the rapid spread of contagious disease among large numbers of people. Between 1918 and 1919 more than half a million Americans died of the flu, in total, killed more than 30 million world-wide |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson's outline for his peace plan that was meant to prevent interantional problems from causing another war |
| self-determination | idea supported in Wilson's 14 points that is the right of national groups to have their own territory and forms of government |
| League of Nations | Wilson's 14th point. A general association of nations who's job would be to protect the independence of all countries large or small |
| Big Four | Woodrow Wilson, United States, David Lloyd George-Britain, Georges Clemenceau-France, Vittorio Orlando-Italy- Responsible for deciding key issues at the Paris Peace Conference |
| reparations | cash payments |
| Treaty of Versailles | most important treaty of the Peace of Paris- terms were Germany had to pay the Allies reparations of over $300 billion. Limited the size of German military. Take full blame for the war. Returned Alsace-Lorraine to France. Took away overseas colonies |
| isolationist | rpeople who wanted the US to stay out of world affairs and opposed the Leauge of Nations |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Leader of the critics of the Treaty of Versaille who specifically opposed Article 10 which called for the Leauge to protect any member whose independence or territory was threatened. Lodge thought this could invlove the US in future European wars. |
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