7.1 Flashcards
Shifting Power
Bolsheviks
an organization representing the common workers led by communist Vladimir Lenin that seized control of the government
communists
people who believed workers should eventually own the means of production, which would lead to collective prosperity
Sun Yat-sen
Leader of the first Chinese republic that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. He led for two months before realizing he was not strong enough to enforce his reforms, so he abdicated
Young Turks
Group of Ottoman reformers that argued for a constitution and Turkification
Turkification
an effort to make all people in Turkey identify with Turkish and Islamic culture
Mustafa Kemal
The leader of the Turkish National Movement who fought for Turkey’s independence from British forces and won. He rued as a dictator, but also westernized Turkey and abolished many faulty practices
Ataturk
Surname given to Kemal after he established Turkey as independent, it means “father of the Turks”
Porfirio Diaz
The dictator of Mexico who allowed for some stability and economic progress, but the country’s economics were mostly in the hands of the obscenely rich or US powers
Francisco Madero
The Mexican presidential candidate that dictator Porfirio Diaz imprisoned, sparking the Mexican Revolution. He escaped and led the revolution.
Mexican Revolution
The overthrowing of Porfirio Diaz. It led to a period of instability and death in Mexico until the mid-1900s.
Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Military leader of the Mexican Revolution
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican Revolution leader who distributed Mexican land to peasants after winning the revolution
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
A Mexican group that was criticized as corrupt and dominated Mexican politics as all Mexican presidents were members from the mid-1900s to 2000.
