Chapter 9 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States
  2. 4. illicit goods
  3. 5. stipulated that Germany would sink a merchant ship only if contraband materials were found on board
  4. 6. the area of land between two enemy trench systems, not controlled by either side
  5. 8. the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals
  6. 12. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
  7. 13. a nation—a group of people with similar political ambitions—can seek to create its own independent government or state
  8. 16. the belief that your country is superior, without question or doubt
  9. 18. a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries
  10. 19. Turkish work for mountain
  11. 20. the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information
Down
  1. 1. an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I
  2. 2. an independent agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription
  3. 7. vegetable gardens planted during the world wars in order to ensure an adequate food supply for civilians and troops
  4. 9. heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary
  5. 10. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time
  6. 11. formally ending World War One
  7. 14. a United States bureaucratic organization tasked with resolving labor disputes and maintaining economic production during World War I and World War II
  8. 15. a government agency developed to assist in aiding the United States in the industrial production of materials for the American Army as they became involved in World War I
  9. 17. a group of merchant ships sailing together under the protection of larger and/or more heavily armed ships