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Bourgeoisie

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The French middle class before the revolution

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Axis

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Nations that fought the allies in WWII

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Caste

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A hereditary social class in Hinduism

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Cultural revolution

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Led by Mao Zedong, a social-political movement in which the Chinese military worked to strengthen the ideals of the Chinese communist party

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Czar

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Emperor of Russia

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Emancipation proclamation

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January 1, 1863

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Fourteen points

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Speech given by Woodrow Wilson outlining the post WWI peace plan in Europe

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Geneva conventions

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Developed humanitarian laws to be applied in wartime

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Glasnost

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Introduced by mikhail Gorbachev, a period of increased openness and freedom in the Soviet Union during the 1980s; often paired with perestroika

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Imperialism

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The domination of one country over another

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Laissez-faire capitalism

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Economic system in which the government does not regulate

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Magna carta

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1215

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Manifest destiny

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Belief that Americans were destined by heaven to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean

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NATO

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Alliance of nations to defend against soviet threat

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Perestroika

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Political movement for restructuring within the communist party of the Soviet Union; often paired with glasnost

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Republic

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Type of government in which the people elect representatives to rule

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Proletariat

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Lower, working social class

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Trinity

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Code name for the first atomic bomb

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Susan b. Anthony

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Women’s suffrage leader

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike

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Ceylon’s (now Sri Lanka) and the world’s first female head of government

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Bonaparte

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Conquered Europe and was then exiled to the island of Elba

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Aaron burr

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VP of Thomas Jefferson who killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel in 1804

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Andrew Carnegie

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Industrialist who expanded steel industry

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Charlemagne

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Founder of the Carolingian empire in 800, united west Europe

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Indira Gandhi

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India’s and the world’s second female head of government

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Marcus Garvey

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Jamaican political leader and proponent of black nationalism

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Che Guevara

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Communist revolutionary in South America

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Ho chi Minh

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Vietnamese communist leader who was a key figure in the founding of north Vietnam and viet cong

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Joan of arc

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French heroine in the Hundred Years’ War

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Louis XIV

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King of France who believed in the divine right of kings

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Golda Meir

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Israel’s first and the world’s third female head of government, known as the Iron Lady

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Peter the great

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Russian czar who modernized Russia and expanded the empire

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Rockefeller

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Founder of standard oil

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Margaret thatcher

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Longest serving and only female prime minister of the United Kingdom, her conservative policies are known as Thatcherism

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1970s energy crisis

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Shortages of petroleum caused by Arab oil embargo and iranian revolution

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Bay of pigs invasion

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Failed CIA attempt to overflow Fidel Castro

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Easter rising

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Irish insurrection in 1916 that tried to end British rule in Ireland

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Hundred Years’ War

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Conflicts between England and France between 1337 and 1453

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Manhattan project

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Program by the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada that developed the first atomic bomb

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Russian revolution

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1917 revolutions in Russia that ended the Russian empire

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Thirty years’ war

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Series of wars fought in Europe between 1618 and 1648, one of the longest and most destructive wars in European history

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