chapter 22 vocab and timeline
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Empire | a dominant country and all the countries and territories directly under its control |
| Rationing | putting a limit on food or resources that people can obtain |
| U- boats | German submarines ( Unterseeboote) |
| Stalemate | a situation where 2 sides are fighting but neither can win |
| Unanimous | everybody votes the same way |
| Convoy | a large group of ships carrying supplies |
| propaganda | information given out to convince people to believe certain ideas |
| Armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| Reparations | payments that the loser must pay to the winner |
| Industry | Taking raw materials and manufacturing them into finished products |
| Standardize | To make all products of a certain kind with the same dimensions |
| Pacifist | A person that feels that war is immoral and is opposed to it |
| Racism | The belief that one group of people is superior to another |
| Communism | An extreme form of socialism |
| Sept. 1914 | 1st battle of the Marne |
| May 1915 | Sinking of the Lusitania |
| Nov. 1917 | Russian Revolution succeeds; US declares war |
| June 1918 | 1st major american battle |
| Nov. 1918 | Armistice |
| July 1919 | Germany sings the treaty of versailles |
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