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EMS Dispatch

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Resulted in France declaring war on Bismarck

Bismarck released information in a message from King about demands of France

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Kaiser Wilhem II

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Last German emperor and Prussian King

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Victor Emmanual II

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Helped Sardina

Helped Unify Italty

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Garibaldi

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Took third step towards unification of Italy-raised army and conquered kingdom of two scillies

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Mazzini

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Poet

Italian Nationalist

Wanted to kick Austrians out of Italy

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William Gladstone

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19th Century British prime minster

Leader of Liberal Party;sponsored home rule and other reforms for Ireland

Sponsored reform bill-which gave right to vote to agricultural laboratory

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Alfred Dreyfus

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A Jew and army captain, was accused of selling state secrets-found guilty
Proved he was framed in a plot to discredit the republic

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Benjamin Disraeli

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19th Century British prime minister

Leader of Conservative party

Responsible for Britain gaining the Suez Canal and for reform Bill of 1867 which allowed workman men in cities to vote

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Count Cavour

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Prime Minister of Sardina

Joined Britain and France against Russia in Crimea War

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Ordered by president Lincoln that slaves living in areas controlled by the confederacy were free during US Civil War

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Paris Commune of 1871

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Ruled Paris-a radical socialist and revolutionary government

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Meji Restoration

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1868 campaign to modernize Japan

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Emile Zola

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French Writer

Supporter of republic

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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British woman who worked to get women the right to vote

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Crimean War

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Conflict between Russia and an alliance of France, U.K., Ottoman Empire, and Sardina. Russia and Ottoman Empire wanted territory. Also conflict of Holy Land

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Bolsheviks

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Socialist groups in Russia which believed that absolutism and capitalism should be overthrown by violence

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Mensheviks

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Socialist group in Russia which believed in the establishment of a socialist republic through orderly means

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Revolution of 1905

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After the Russians were defeated by the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese war, there was a brief revolution in Russia; the Czar remained but granted a few reforms; the failure of the reforms led to rise of various reform groups

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Cecil Roads

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British Businessman and imperialist who wanted to build a railroad the length of Africa; did not succeed by his work helped secure control of South Africa

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King Leopold II of Belgium

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Established Congo free state as his own private project-took a fortune out of Congo-brutal conditions

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Sati

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Hindu tradition where a a widow threw herself on her husbands pyre

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Great Revolt of 1857

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A rebellion in India against the rule of The British East India Company. Indias first war on independence. Let to dissolution of east India company. Afterward the colony was administered by the British crown

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Otto Von Bismarck

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Danish War, Austrian War, France

Prime Minister of Prussia
Unification of Germany

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Qing Dynasty

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Last imperial dynasty of China -lost war with Japanese,lost influence in Korea

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Taiping Rebellion
One of the bloodiest wars in history Fought between Qing Dynasty ad Christian movement know as Heavenly Kingdom of Peace Death-20-70 million
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Sun Yat-sen
Father of modern China-fought with allies in WWII-chased Mao in long march
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Guomanindang
Political party which tried to modernize China at the beginning of 20th century
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Robert Peel
19th Century British Leader of Conservative party Repealed tariffs on grain entering England which greatly reduced prices on food
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Russo Japanese war
First conflict in which an Asian power defeated a European power
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Social Darwinism
Describes the idea that humans also compete in a struggle for existence
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Porifio Diaz
President of Mexico Modernized country by building railroads
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Venustiano Carranza
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Triple Entente
Alliance of Great Britain
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Central powers
Germany Austria-Hungary Turkey
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Balkan Crisis
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Francis Feridnand
Archduke of Austria-Hungary | His assassination by Serbian patriot led to WWII
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Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)
Served first as elected president of France and then as emperor
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Blank Check
saying we will support you no matter what Germany-->Austria
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George Clemenceau
France BIG FOUR
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David Lloyd George
Prime Minister of Great Britain BIG FOUR
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Vitoria Orlando
Italy BIG FOUR
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Sykes-Picot agreement
Secret agreement between Uk and France with the assent of Russia during WWI; Divided much of Middle East into mandates controlled by British and French
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Treaty of Versailles
Ends WWI Established League of Nations Ignored nationalism and created Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia Established mandate system for colonies
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War Guilt Clause
TOV | Germany forced to admit they caused WWI
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Alsace Lorraine
Area fought over by France and Germany as part of German unification Germany gained after Franco-Prussian France gained after WWI
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League of Nations
Created after WWI | US never joined
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Young Turks
Group of Turkish nationalists who wanted to rebuild and westernize the Turkish empire Restored constitution and overthrew the sultan
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Mustard Kemal Ataturk
Turkish army officer during WWI | First president of turkey
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Mandate System
Former colonies of defeated countries following WWI were assigned to other nations to administer.supposed to help prepare these countries for independence but was part of the spoils of war
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Weimar Republic
Governed Germany immediately after WWI | Hitler replaced this
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Dawes Plan
Attempt to solve the WWI reparations problem Provided an end to the allied occupation of the industrial Ruhr area of Germany and a staggered payment plan for Germany's payment of reparations, eventually had to be replaced
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Keynesianism
Theories of John Maynard Keynes:government should engage in deficit spending during economic contractions
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Manchurian Incident
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Theodor Herzl
Jewish Journalist One of the fathers of modern political Zionism Formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish migration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish State
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Paul Von Hindenburg
President of Germany in 1933 who appointed Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany
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Adolf Hitler
Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII | Came to power through elections
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Joseph Goebbels
Hitlers propaganda wizard
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Nuremberg Laws
Nazi laws | Deprived Jews of basic rights
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Kristallnacht
Mean night of the broken glass Broken windows of Jewish stores Jews attacked and sent to concentration camps
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Vladimir Lenin
Communist dictator of Russia Bolshevik Concentration Camps
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Great Purges
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Mao Zedong
Communist ruler of China Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution
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Long March
Military retreat by communist army of China led by Mao Zedong to evade the pursuit of the Chinese Nationalist army led by Sun Yat-Sen. Allowed Mao and his army to survive to fight another day
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Indian National Congress
Organized by British military officer; became the greatest influence of the Indian Independence movement
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Amritsar Massacre
A crowd of non-violent protestors were fired upon by troops of the British Indian Army
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Leader of Indian independence movement Architect of modern India Indian prime minister
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Father of Pakistan but in his early career as part of the Indian National congress he advocated Hindu-Muslim unity
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Pakistan
Created in 1947 as an independent nation for Muslims from the regions in the east and west of the Indian subcontinent where there was a Muslim majority. Separated from India
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Zionist Movement
Based on belied that Jews should have a homeland in the Middle East
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Sa'ud Family
ruling family of Saudi Arabia | Enemies of Iran
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Wahhabi Doctrine
Anti western sect/view of Islam | Restricts women
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Tamales Abdel Nasser
Egyptian military officer president Helped lead overthrow of Egyptian King Arab nationalist Took over the Suez Canal in retaliation for the US's refusals to give funds for the construction of the Aswan Dam
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Suez Criss
Suez Canal important for shipment of oil
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Tripartite pact
Signed by Germany Italy and Japan Alliance for mutual assistance WWII
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Sudetenland
Part f Czechoslovakia with many German residents given to hitler at Muncih
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Munich Confrence
Prime minister of Britain met with Hitler and Mussolini | Gave Sudentenland to Germany for Hitlers pledge that he had no further territorial ambitions.
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Appeasement
Giving in to the demands of an aggressor | Munich pact
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Nazi Soviet Pact
Russia and Germany agreed not to attack each other | Secretly agreed to divide Poland
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Phoney War
8 month period at the start of WWII during which there was no major military activity
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Marshal Philippe Petain
French General Hero of WWI Prime Minister of France leader of Vichy France or France under control of Hitler
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Charles de Gaulle
Leader of Free France army in exile during WWII | Then president of France
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Final Solution
What Nazi's called genocide of Jews
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Iwo Jima
Pacific Island | Heavy fighting during WWII (us and Japan)
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Okinawa
Pacific Island | Major battle during WWII
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Truman Doctrine
Part of us policy of containment | US provided military and economic aid to nations
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Marshall plan
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Democratic Republic of Korea
North Korea | Not democratic or republic
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Bay of Pigs
Refugee Cubans based in US | Invade Cuba
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Containment
During Cold War Philosophy of keeping communism in place where they already are No expanding
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The point at which the Soviet Union and the US came the closest to engaging in nuclear conflict
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Algeria
A crisis in this African colony convinced the French to abandon the fourth republic and adopt the fifth republic
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Fifth Republic
Current constitution of France | Charles De Gaulle helped establish
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Last leader of soviet union
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Slobodan Milosevic
Serbian Yugoslav politician Charged with war crimes including genocide of Muslims Bosnian war
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Solidarity
Founded by Walesa First independent union in soviet bloc country Led to free elections
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Lech Walesa
As the "iron curtain" lifted, she became the first elected president of Poland
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Vaclav Havel
First elected president of Czechoslovakia
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Helmet Kohl
German statesman | Oversaw the end of Cold War
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Margaret Thatcher
British PM Iron Lady Leader of Conservative party
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Italy provoked international condemnation by invading.......
Ethiopia

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