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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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This man’s main cause was for religious freedom

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Voltaire

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This man came up with economics

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Adam Smith

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Composer that lived in Austria, and was a child prodigy

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Time when the world was increasing education and the world coming out of the dark ages

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Enlightenment

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wealthy person who supported the work of an artist or musician

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Patron

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idea that God created the world and had no connection to it after it was created

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deism

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How did Voltaire affect American Government

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religious freedom people have the right to do what they want with their life

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What did John Locke mean by tabula rosa

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that every person is born with a blank slate

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What disability did Mozart have which explains why he died in poverty

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mental illness and he was a drunk

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10
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Mistress to Louis the XV

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Madame Pompadour

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Prime Minister of England while the kings George the I and II didn’t want to rule England

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Robert Walpole

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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

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Catherine the Great

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13
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Unchangeable privileges that every person is born with and can’t be taken away from them

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Natural Rights

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14
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monarchy that applied enlightened principles

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Enlightened Absolutism

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No one country has more power than another

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Balance of Power

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Why did England change its name to the United Kingdom of Great Britain

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because they united with Scotland and Wales

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17
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What was unusual about English Kings George I and George II

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they were German and didn’t speak English

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18
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How was Russian society different form the rest of Europe

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they had nobles with large estates and serfs

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This person used the idea of natural rights of the people for the Basis of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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20
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black slave who lead revolt of slaves for the freedom of Haiti

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

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French General who became Emperor of France and lost his empire because he got stuck in a Russian Winter

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Part of French Society made up of Nobility and land owners 2-3% of population

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Second Estate

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Middle age Castle - Prison - army supply depot that the french military used and their was an attack on

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Bastille

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overthrow of a govt

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coup d’etat

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Why did the colonies form a weak central government Articles of Confederation

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because they didn’t want a strong natl govt and paranoid of too much power

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26
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What was the Tennis Court Oath

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where the 3rd Estate created a new govt where everyone had a say

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27
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What hurt Napoleon when he was in Russia

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Winter

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28
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Invented the Steam Engine

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James Watt

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29
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Investor willing to take a risk

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Entrepreneurs

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30
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Where did the Industrial Revolution Begin

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Britain

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31
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Invented the Locomotion

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George Stephenson

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32
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taxes on imported goods

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tariff

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33
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How did the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry change Manufacturing

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interchangeable parts

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34
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Sought elimination of poverty through govt building housing and govt helping the people

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Edwin Chadwick

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35
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middle class person

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bourgeoisie

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36
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What was the purpose of the Poor Law act of 1834 in Britain

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make being poor illegal

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37
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Leader of Austria who also helped created the Quadruple Alliance

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Prince Metternich

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38
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Descendants of European Elite in Latin America

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Creoles

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39
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What was Thomas Malthus’ theory on population growth

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population would grow to a point and then fall off because we wouldn’t be able to produce enough food

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40
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man best known for supporting women’s rights

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John Stuart Mills

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41
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communities where people lived and worked together

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phalansteries

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42
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How did the America’s reform prisons

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the reformed the prisoners and reintroduced them into society

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43
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leader of Italy that tried to reunite them

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Giuseppe Manzzini

44
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horror Stories

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Gothic Literature

45
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What did Romantic writers emphasize

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emotions over reality Freedom/heroics

46
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Elected to be leader of France

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Louis Napoleon

47
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What European Nation tried to gain control of much of the Ottoman Empire

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Russia

48
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nurse in Crimean War, also created Red Cross

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Florence Nightingale

49
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Genius Political leader of Germany

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Otto Van Bismarck

50
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Prussian Legislature

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Reich-stag

51
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What was the basis of the Republican Party

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elimination of slavery

52
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book written by Karl Marx

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Communist Manifesto

53
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industrial working class

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proletariat

54
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How did Realism differ from Romanticism

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they wanted to deal with the real problems in the world

55
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Made the Model T car and came up with the assembly line

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Henry Ford

56
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businesses that worked together to control prices and production in order to reduce competition

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Cartel

57
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piece worker paid by the piece made workers could work from home

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sweating

58
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Why did many European emigrate from their homes

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to work in the factories

59
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founder of the boy scouts

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Robert Baldwin-Powell

60
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What was the purpose of boy scouts

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to toughen up the boys

61
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sensationalism - curiosity pieces feature news stories to get people’s attention

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Yellow Press

62
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Irish Representative in British Parliament

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Charles Parnell

63
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How did Bismark Steal the thunder of the radical socialists

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changed before it could be made an issue out of

64
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Discovered Radium which gave off radiation and the atom

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Marie Curie

65
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This person became a leader in the world of psychology

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Sigmund Freud

66
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application of Darwin’s theory’s that one race is better than another and they should dominate other races

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Social Darwinism

67
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Impressionist painter

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Claude Monet

68
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What was the first goal of the women’s rights movement

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protections for themselves in the case of divorce and death of the husband

69
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belief that Jews should return to Palestine

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Zionism

70
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Dutch people who lived in South Africa

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Boers

71
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Why was Russia embarrassed after the Japanese Russian War

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they lost

72
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What did Germany take that France had after the Franco-Prussian War

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the Alsace-Lorraine

73
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nephew of the Emperor of Austria who was assassinated, which started WWI

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand

74
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A British Military officer that convinced the people in the Middle East to Revolt against the Ottoman Empire

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Lawrence of Arabia

75
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Radical communist party that revolted against the Czar of Russia

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Bolsheviks

76
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Leader of the Bolsheviks

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Vladimir Lenin

77
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How did WWI change the Status of women

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women had to step up and take the men jobs and do what was needed to help the war effort

78
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Fourteen things that should be done in order to prevent another world conflict

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14 Points

79
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the bill that Germany had to pay after WWI

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reparations

80
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What happened to the Russian Tzar’s Family

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they were murdered

81
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European Nations joined together to try and prevent another world conflict

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League of Nations

82
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Why did agriculture price drop sharply in the late 1920’s

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because the USA no longer needed to feed the world

83
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govt takes over everything and is Authoritarian extreme right winger

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Fascism

84
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Social leader who wanted India to be free

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Mohandas Gandhi

85
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Hitler’s Autobiography

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Mein Kampf

86
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What made the Nazis appealing

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they told the people what they wanted to hear

87
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What was Hitler’s Main philosophy

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racism

88
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Russian committee of communists that lead Russia

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Politburo

89
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Midwestern architect that built streamlined buildings

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Frank Lloyd Wright

90
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writing in the 1st person

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Stream of Consciousness

91
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Great Britain’s Prime Minister that didn’t want another world war and appeased Hitler

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Neville Chamberlain

92
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Germany decided they needed more land in WWII

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Lebensraum

93
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Hitler gave western Europe Guarantee that he just wanted Czechoslovakia

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Munich Conference

94
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How did the Great Depression Hurt Japan

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they could no longer trade with anyone and depended on the natural resources

95
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Prime minister of Britian during WWII

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Winston Churchill

96
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U.S. General in Europe during WWII

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

97
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First city we dropped the atomic bomb on

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Hiroshima

98
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Killed Himself after Loosing WWII

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Hitler

99
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Worst of the Nazi prison camps

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Auschwitz

100
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USA will help anyone who is threatened by communism

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Truman Doctrine

101
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we offer financial aid to any country that wants to rebuild after WWII

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Marshal Plan

102
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Why did North Korea attack South Korea

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because it needed South Korea to feed it’s people

103
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severe segregation rules against native Africans in South Africa

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Apartheid

104
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WI senator that went after anyone who was thought to be a communist

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Joseph McCarty

105
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African minister who lead peaceful civil rights movement

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Martin Luther King Jr.

106
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Catholic Council that made changes to the Church

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Vatican II

107
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Famous painter who painted common household objects

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Andy Warhol

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