European History Final Flashcards
An artistic movement that arose between ww1 and ww2. Surrealists portrayed recognizable objects in unrecognizable relationships in order to reveal the world of the unconscious
Surrealism
The application of Charles Darwin’s principals of organic evolution to the social order, led to the belief that progress comes from the struggle for survival as the fittest advance and the weak decline
Social Darwinism
An international movement that called for the establishment of a Jewish state or refuge for Jews in Palestine
Zionism
“Living space”. The doctrine adopted by Hitler, that a nations power depends on the amount of land it occupies. Thus a nation must expand to be strong
Lebrensraum
A policy followed by the European nations in the 1930’s, of accepting Hitler’s annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia in the belief that meeting his demands would assure peace and stability
Appeasement
Advocates of extending the right to vote to women
Suffragists
Nineteenth century intellectual and artistic movement that rejected the emphasis on reason of the Enlightenment. They stressed the importance of intuition, seeing, emotion, and imagination as sources of knowing
Romanticism
A group of Russian social democratic party, led by Lenin and dedicated to violent revolution. They seized power over Russia in 1917 and were subsequently renamed the communists
Bolsheviks
The individual working class; in Marxism, the class that will ultimately overthrow the bourgeoisie
Proletariat
The attempted physical extermination of the Jewish people by the Nazis during ww2
Final Solution
was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under Louis Philippe I. It marks the end of the Bourbon Restoration.
July Monarchy
Soy Beans, As the world’s top provider of protein and oil, the crop is the darling of groups as diverse as dieticians and livestock feeders. Farmers love them, too, as their ability to fix nitrogen saves production costs right off the bat
. Miracle Crops
Russian history, document issued by the emperor Nicholas II that in effect marked the end of unlimited autocracy in Russia and ushered in an era of constitutional monarchy.
October Manifesto
1814–15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars
. Congress of Vienna
In 1848, the purpose was to plan the unification of Germany. the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany
Frankfurt Parliament
the German state from 1918 to 1933 when it functioned as a federal constitutional republic
Weimar Republic
War was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. a victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in East Asia
Russo-Japanese War
First Russian Revolution, was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies
Revolution of 1905
took seats in the House of Commons away from the less populated boroughs and gave seats to the new industrial cities. It also lowered property qualifications for voting
. Reform Bill 1832
