Final Exam Flashcards
This man’s main cause was for religious freedom
Voltaire
This man came up with economics
Adam Smith
Composer that lived in Austria, and was a child prodigy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Time when the world was increasing education and the world coming out of the dark ages
Enlightenment
wealthy person who supported the work of an artist or musician
Patron
idea that God created the world and had no connection to it after it was created
deism
How did Voltaire affect American Government
religious freedom people have the right to do what they want with their life
What did John Locke mean by tabula rosa
that every person is born with a blank slate
What disability did Mozart have which explains why he died in poverty
mental illness and he was a drunk
Mistress to Louis the XV
Madame Pompadour
Prime Minister of England while the kings George the I and II didn’t want to rule England
Robert Walpole
Queen of Russia who killed her husband to gain control of Russia, and tried to make reforms but couldn’t do to the nobility resisting her
Catherine the Great
Unchangeable privileges that every person is born with and can’t be taken away from them
Natural Rights
monarchy that applied enlightened principles
Enlightened Absolutism
No one country has more power than another
Balance of Power
Why did England change its name to the United Kingdom of Great Britain
because they united with Scotland and Wales
What was unusual about English Kings George I and George II
they were German and didn’t speak English
How was Russian society different form the rest of Europe
they had nobles with large estates and serfs
This person used the idea of natural rights of the people for the Basis of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
black slave who lead revolt of slaves for the freedom of Haiti
Toussaint L’Ouverture
French General who became Emperor of France and lost his empire because he got stuck in a Russian Winter
Napoleon Bonaparte
Part of French Society made up of Nobility and land owners 2-3% of population
Second Estate
Middle age Castle - Prison - army supply depot that the french military used and their was an attack on
Bastille
overthrow of a govt
coup d’etat
Why did the colonies form a weak central government Articles of Confederation
because they didn’t want a strong natl govt and paranoid of too much power
What was the Tennis Court Oath
where the 3rd Estate created a new govt where everyone had a say
What hurt Napoleon when he was in Russia
Winter
Invented the Steam Engine
James Watt
Investor willing to take a risk
Entrepreneurs
Where did the Industrial Revolution Begin
Britain
Invented the Locomotion
George Stephenson
taxes on imported goods
tariff
How did the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry change Manufacturing
interchangeable parts
Sought elimination of poverty through govt building housing and govt helping the people
Edwin Chadwick
middle class person
bourgeoisie
What was the purpose of the Poor Law act of 1834 in Britain
make being poor illegal
Leader of Austria who also helped created the Quadruple Alliance
Prince Metternich
Descendants of European Elite in Latin America
Creoles
What was Thomas Malthus’ theory on population growth
population would grow to a point and then fall off because we wouldn’t be able to produce enough food
man best known for supporting women’s rights
John Stuart Mills
communities where people lived and worked together
phalansteries
How did the America’s reform prisons
the reformed the prisoners and reintroduced them into society
leader of Italy that tried to reunite them
Giuseppe Manzzini
horror Stories
Gothic Literature
What did Romantic writers emphasize
emotions over reality Freedom/heroics
Elected to be leader of France
Louis Napoleon
What European Nation tried to gain control of much of the Ottoman Empire
Russia
nurse in Crimean War, also created Red Cross
Florence Nightingale
Genius Political leader of Germany
Otto Van Bismarck
Prussian Legislature
Reich-stag
What was the basis of the Republican Party
elimination of slavery
book written by Karl Marx
Communist Manifesto
industrial working class
proletariat
How did Realism differ from Romanticism
they wanted to deal with the real problems in the world
Made the Model T car and came up with the assembly line
Henry Ford
businesses that worked together to control prices and production in order to reduce competition
Cartel
piece worker paid by the piece made workers could work from home
sweating
Why did many European emigrate from their homes
to work in the factories
founder of the boy scouts
Robert Baldwin-Powell
What was the purpose of boy scouts
to toughen up the boys
sensationalism - curiosity pieces feature news stories to get people’s attention
Yellow Press
Irish Representative in British Parliament
Charles Parnell
How did Bismark Steal the thunder of the radical socialists
changed before it could be made an issue out of
Discovered Radium which gave off radiation and the atom
Marie Curie
This person became a leader in the world of psychology
Sigmund Freud
application of Darwin’s theory’s that one race is better than another and they should dominate other races
Social Darwinism
Impressionist painter
Claude Monet
What was the first goal of the women’s rights movement
protections for themselves in the case of divorce and death of the husband
belief that Jews should return to Palestine
Zionism
Dutch people who lived in South Africa
Boers
Why was Russia embarrassed after the Japanese Russian War
they lost
What did Germany take that France had after the Franco-Prussian War
the Alsace-Lorraine
nephew of the Emperor of Austria who was assassinated, which started WWI
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
A British Military officer that convinced the people in the Middle East to Revolt against the Ottoman Empire
Lawrence of Arabia
Radical communist party that revolted against the Czar of Russia
Bolsheviks
Leader of the Bolsheviks
Vladimir Lenin
How did WWI change the Status of women
women had to step up and take the men jobs and do what was needed to help the war effort
Fourteen things that should be done in order to prevent another world conflict
14 Points
the bill that Germany had to pay after WWI
reparations
What happened to the Russian Tzar’s Family
they were murdered
European Nations joined together to try and prevent another world conflict
League of Nations
Why did agriculture price drop sharply in the late 1920’s
because the USA no longer needed to feed the world
govt takes over everything and is Authoritarian extreme right winger
Fascism
Social leader who wanted India to be free
Mohandas Gandhi
Hitler’s Autobiography
Mein Kampf
What made the Nazis appealing
they told the people what they wanted to hear
What was Hitler’s Main philosophy
racism
Russian committee of communists that lead Russia
Politburo
Midwestern architect that built streamlined buildings
Frank Lloyd Wright
writing in the 1st person
Stream of Consciousness
Great Britain’s Prime Minister that didn’t want another world war and appeased Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Germany decided they needed more land in WWII
Lebensraum
Hitler gave western Europe Guarantee that he just wanted Czechoslovakia
Munich Conference
How did the Great Depression Hurt Japan
they could no longer trade with anyone and depended on the natural resources
Prime minister of Britian during WWII
Winston Churchill
U.S. General in Europe during WWII
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First city we dropped the atomic bomb on
Hiroshima
Killed Himself after Loosing WWII
Hitler
Worst of the Nazi prison camps
Auschwitz
USA will help anyone who is threatened by communism
Truman Doctrine
we offer financial aid to any country that wants to rebuild after WWII
Marshal Plan
Why did North Korea attack South Korea
because it needed South Korea to feed it’s people
severe segregation rules against native Africans in South Africa
Apartheid
WI senator that went after anyone who was thought to be a communist
Joseph McCarty
African minister who lead peaceful civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
Catholic Council that made changes to the Church
Vatican II
Famous painter who painted common household objects
Andy Warhol
