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Richard Arkwright

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Water frame pumped water 1800 England

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James watt

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Light bulb and steam engine England 1800s

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James Hargreaves

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Spinning Jenny

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Eli Whitney

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Cotton gin

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Leon Trotsky

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Leader of ussr communist leader built red army

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John jay

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Flying shuttle spinning frame. Key inventor of Europe

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Nick 2

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Autocrat didn’t improve Europe

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Proletariat

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Russian workers supported idea of com. And dictator

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Sun yet sen

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Modern govt Nationalist party/ Kuomintang ended foreign influences in China

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Jiang jieshi

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Nationalist party/ Kuomintang promised democracy in China

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Mao Zedong

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Founded com. Party support from peasants declared PRC 1949

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Deng ping

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4 modernizations to improve China com. After mao

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Cultural revolution

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Mao to keep control got rid of culture and increased grip on people

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Great Leap Forward

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Inspired by 5 yr plan to develop economic and industry

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Kuomintang

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Nationalist party in China. Sen and jieshi

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Long march

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Attack by kuo. To defeat communists 700,000 walked 6,000 miles

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New eco. Policy

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Created by Lenin peasants paid govt taxes to have land to plant and sell crops.

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Ideology

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Totalitarianism ideas created by the government to justify their actions like the secret police

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Farm collectivization

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Farms in Russia became state owned created by Stalin to have the same affect as the five-year plans

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Rule of law

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Overall law to follow the law to keep order by the national assembly in France

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Enlightened despots

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European rulers like Phillip Catherine and Frederick who were influenced by the enlightenment Ways

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Estates general

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Representatives from the three estates the meet in Versaciels to vote on the tax created by Louis the 16th

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Russeau

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Philosopher in France believed an individual freedom want to direct democracy

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Montesquieu

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Believes in the branches of government to get rid of Monarchy

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Voltaire

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Philosopher in France believe in equality for people and speech and religion

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Becaria

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Philosopher in France believed in the powers of law was against capital punishment

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Wollstonecraft

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Female philosopher and friends wanted equal rights for women

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Catherine the great

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Ruled Russia with the ideas of Enlightenment

freedom of religion and no capital punishment

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Philip the second

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Ruled Austria with the ideas of enlightenment

freedom of religion no serfdom

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Frederick the great

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Ruled pressure with ideas of Enlightenment

freedom of religion and good education and a strong fair justice system

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Legislative assembly

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Power to create laws in France they could approve or reject declarations of war

Most power

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Emigres

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Immigrants who fled France they plotted against the revolution and were in favor of Louis the 16th

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Bourbons

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Ruling family in France

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Edo/floating world

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Commercial center in Japan made for shoguns in a place of brothels

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Alternate attendance policy

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Policy created and 1600s when domyos s had to live a year in the capital of Japan

For shoguns to keep eye on them

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Romanovs

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Ruling family in Russia, czars

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Slavs

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Farmers and traders in early Russia founded Russia

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British Raj

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British direct control of India
Economics
Used military for control

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Infrastructure

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Used during imperialism
Railroads
Systems of transportation

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David Livingston

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Missionary to promote Christianity

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Militarism

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Glorification of mil. Power
Keeping army prepared
All great powers had—> WW1

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Powder keg of Europe

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Name Vivian to Balkans

One spark could blow whole thing

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Franz Ferdinand

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Arch duke of Austria
Assassinated in 914 by black hand
Led to WW1

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Kaiser Wilhelm

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Leader of Germany wanted to make Germany the best and believed in great power leading him to many wars

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Total war

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Each side mobilizaizes all of mil, eco, social aspects to gain victory

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U boat campaign

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By navy in WW1 founded by German u boats to sink enemies

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Wilson’s 14 points

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Points created to keep and maintain peace
Self determination:
To recreate territories that were once destroyed

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Weimar Republic

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Germany at end of WW1

Diff parties —> hyper inflation

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Dawes plan

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$200mil loan to Germany from us

Fell through due to Great Depression

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Munich conference

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Italy Britain and France give butler chzech = appeasement

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Rearment

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Expansion of hitlers army and other defying acts

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Rhineland

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Germany claims the zone/buffer btwn germany and France

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Anschluss

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Union of Austria and Germany brought Austria under nazi control tactical move

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Soviet - nazi non agreed ion pact

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Prevent war btwn 2

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Mussolini

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Leader of facism (loyalty to state) in Italy became totalitarian state

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Nuremberg trials

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Trial of 24 nazis for crimes against humanity

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Sykes picot agreement

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Division of Middle East1916

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Balfour declaration

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Support of creation of Israel 1917

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First Arab Israel war

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1948 land given to Jews by un leading to Palestinians to invade Israel

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Suez crisis

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1957 Egypt seized control of canal leading to war btwn them and Britain

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PLO

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Terroist organization wanted to eliminate Israel 1969-2004

72, kidnap Israeli athletes

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Intifada

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1987, 2000s uprisings in Palestine against Israel

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Oslo peace accords

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Drafted by Norman giving Palestinians Gaza Strip & West Bank

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Hamas

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Terrorist group aginst Israel gained Gaza Strip launches missels at Israel

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Arafat

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President of Palestine 1960s-70s

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Begin & Rabin

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Prime ministers of Israel

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Hussein

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Accused Brit and US of creating weopns of mass destruction

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First gulf war/ operation dessert storm

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Iraq invades kuwat by Hussein Bush leads America into war to push Iraq out of Kuwait

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mazzini

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First leader of Italian Nationalism. An Italian politician, great influence on Italian revolutionary movement. Very passionate about Italy became an activist for the unification of Italy.

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Cavour

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Helped to achieve Italian unification in 1858, did this by creating alliance with France. He had a strong national identity and wanted Italy to be own separate country.

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Second Reich 1870s

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The new German empire, made up of the land of France, Austria, Denmark and Prussia. The land was ruled by the Kaiser(William I). It was a way to truly cement this new unified land.

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Napoleon 3

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Helped to pave the ways for countries, Prussia/Germany and Italy, to gain freedom. Helped the Italians in late 1800s by fighting Austria. Defeated by Prussia giving up their German provinces to Prussia in 1870s

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