chapter 8 world history Flashcards
Creoles
Spaniards born in Latin America, officers in the army, 2
Peninsulares
Born in Spain, only ones who could hold high office, 1
Mestizos
Mixed European and indian, 3
Mulattos
Mixed Europeans and Africans, 4
Enslaved Indians
Bottom of social ladder
What did Saint Domingue become
Haiti
Who led the slave revolt in Haiti?
L’Ouverture
What did the French do to L’Ouverture
Send him to prison in the French alps
Who were the best educated in Latin America
Creoles
What ideas did Creoles use to call for revolution
Enlightenment
Fought for Venezuela’s independence
Bolivar
Was exiled twice
Bolivar
Fought to free Chile
San Martin
Fought with San Martin
O’higgins
Called peasants to revolt in Mexico
Hidalgo
Led Mexican peasant rebel forces
Morelos
Who defeated Mexican peasant rebels
Iturbide
What happened when Napoleon invaded Portugal
The royals fled to brazil
What made the king sign brazil independence
A petition from the brazilians
What was significant about the Brazilian revolution
It was a bloodless revolution
Conservatives
Wealthy property owners/nobles, wanted monarchy
Liberal
Middle class, elected parliaments, only educated and landowners vote
Radical
Democracy
Nationalism
Loyalty to common culture and history
Nation-states
Country with independent government
Nationstates examples in Europe:
France, great Britain. Spain
What did the ottomans control
Most of the Balkans
Why did Greek have so much support
Everyone respected Greek culture
Who defeated the ottomans
Britain, france, Russia
What was the battle that freed the Greece called
Battle of Navarino
1830’s uprisings. 1848 revolutions
Ethnic uprisings and revolutions in Europe, all failed
What king Charles’ X did to get kicked out
Tried to return france to an absolute monarchy
Who replaced King Charles X
Louis-Phillipe
Replaced Louis-Phillipe
A republic
What did france do after the republic fell
Create a moderate constitution
Improvements Napoleon III made
Built railroads, industrialized, created public works, decreased unemployment and made life in France better
Why did Czar Nicholas I lose the Crimean war
Industries and transportation systems failed to supply troops
Who modernized Russia
Czar Alexander II
Who freed Russia’s serfs
Czar Alexander II
Agreement peasants made to get freedom
Half land to peasants, half to nobles, peasant communities had 49 years to pay government for the land
How did Alexander II die
He was assainated
Led Russia’s industrial revolution
Czar Alexander III
Force of nationalism
Unity or disrupt empires
Ruled both halves of the Austria-Hungary empire
Emperor Francis Joseph
Russification
Forced Russian culture on all ethnic groups in Russia
What was the ultimate affect of Russification
It destabilized Russia
Why did the ottomans grant equal citizenship to everyone
Great Britain and france pressured them.
Ruler of piedmont - Sardinia
King victor Emmanuel II
Piedmont-Sardinia prime minister
Count Cavour
How did Cavour get control of northern Italy
Allied with France and fought Austria
Took control of southern Italy
Garibaldi and the red shirts
Last victory for Piedmont-Sardinia
Papal states
What did the pope keep control of
The Vatican City
Austrian land that piedmont sardinia needed
Venetia
Advantages Prussia had that made it possible for them to lead German unification
String nationalism, liberal constitution
Leader of Prussia
King Wilhelm I
Prime minister of Prussia
Bismarck
Bismarcks political style
Realpolitik
Realpolitiks
Politics of reality
How did bismarck handle parliament
Declared he would rule without consent of parliament or legal budget
Who did Prussia ally with to fight Denmark
Austria
What providence did Prussia get after Denmark war
Schleswig
Providence Austria got after Denmark war
Holstein
Border war Prussia purposely started with Austria
Seven weeks war
What happened to Austria after Seven Weeks War
Lost Venetia, embarrassed
What Prussia gained after seven weeks war
Control of north Germany
Bismarck was an expert at:
Manufacturing incidents
Caused southern Germany to join Prussia
Prussia winning the Franco-Prussian war
What title did King Wilhelm I give himself
Kaiser (emperor)
What did Wilhelm call the new German confederation
The Second Reich
Most powerful countries in Europe
Britain and Germany (militarily and economically)
Ideas of romanticism
Glorified heroes/heroic actions
Brothers Grimm
Created book of German fairy tales and a dictionary/grammar book
Hugo
Wrote Les Misérables
Mary Shelley
Wrote Frankenstein
Characterstics of gothic novels
Medieval castles, supernatural events
Famous composers
Liszt, Beethoven, chopin
Wrote the Ninth Symphony
Beethoven
Realism
Showed life as it was not as it should be
Daguerreotypes
First photos
Created light sensitive paper
Talbot
Exposed misery of French workers
Zola
Wrote A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens
Where did realism movement start
Paris
Impressionism
Show impression of a subject or a moment in time
What did impressionist show
Positive view of society
Impressionist leaders
Money, Degas, Renoir