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History 3- Chapter 24 Flashcards

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Sectionalism

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Competition among sections or regions of a country

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Total war

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Strategy in which the enemy’s military and civilian resources are attacked

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Liberalism

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Political movement believing in representative government protecting individual rights and the rule of law; so refers to movements to reform government.

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Peninsulares

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Europeans who were born in the Iberian Peninsula of Spain or Portugal.

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Creoles

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White people born in Spanish or Portuguese colonies

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Mestizos

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People of American Indian and European descent

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Mulattoes

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People of European and African ancestry in the Spanish American colonies

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Haciendas

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Large self sufficient farms in Spanish America

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Benjamin Disraeli

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A leader of the Conservative party who served twice as prime minister in Great Britian. Interesting in guiding foreign affairs and expanding Britain’s empire.

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William Gladstone

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A leader of the liberal party who served four terms as prime minister in Great Britian. Concered with domestic and financial affairs.

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Emmline Pankhurst

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Woman rights Suffragette leader in Great Britain

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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Organized the woman’s right convention in Seneca Falls.

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Aborigines

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Original inhabitants of Australia

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Maori

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The original inhabitants of New Zealand

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Louis Philippe

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King, whom was from the Bourbon Family and believe to be liberal that the leaders of the 1830 revolution chose to rule the French government. Called himself the “citizen king” but only helped upper class

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Louis- Napoleon

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Leader of the Second French Empire. Arrested the 70 members of parliament that opposed his aims.

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Florence Nightingale

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Founder of Nursing Profession

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Communards

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Members of the Council set up in Paris to govern the city in 1871. Council called the commune.

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Alfred Dreyfus

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Jewish French army Captain accused and convicted of giving French Military Secrets to Germany.

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Emile Zola

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French author who wrote “J’accuse” (I accuse) where he blamed the army and its supporters for covering up the truth about the Dreyfus Affair

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Charlie III

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King of Spain regain the control of the colonies after rulers before him and relaxed control. Appointed or insulates as intendants (local governors). Put policies in place to help Spain not the colonies. Increased taxes to pay for Spain’s wars

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Simon Bolivar

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Led revolutions against spanish rule in Bolivia Columbia Ecuador Peru and Venezuela

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Toussaint-Louverture

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Freed slave that led the slaves and mulattoes to win control of saint Domingue in a bloody revolt

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Corn Laws

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Taxes on imported grains

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Northwest Ordinance

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Provided government for the settler in the new territories. Same rights as citizens of original 13 states. Would be divided into states and admitted into the union.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Issues by Lincoln in 1863, freed slaves in the states in rebellion. Little immediate effect

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Civil war Amendments (13th-15th)

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3 amendments passed abolishing slavery and guaranteeing rights to former slaves. Law was not always strictly enforced

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Seneca Falls Convention

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Convention (1848) for women’s rights led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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19th Amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

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Second French Republic

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After Louis Philippe stepped down the people of Paris established a temporary government and declared the Second French Republic. Organized “national workshop”. Urban workers who believed in socialism were active in the government. And all men in French were allowed to vote.

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Second French Empire

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Louis-Napoléon turned the Second Fench Republic into an empire by arresting 70 member of the National Assembly who opposed him. New constitution gave Napoléon a ten year term as president. People lost rights such as freedom of speech. Nepoléon did try to modernize France in the development of railroads and manufacturing. Set up public works programs and stabilized domestic affairs

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The Third Republic

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President was given 7 year terms. Senate, chamber of Deputies. Constitution lasted nearly 70 years

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Crimean War

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Russia claimed authority over certain holy places in Palestine, and area that was part of the Ottoman Empire. France disputed this claim. At the same time, Russia claimed the right of protection over Othrodox Christian subjects within the Ottoman Empire. This lead to France Great Britain and the Ottoman declaring war on Russia. Russia was defeated and France won.

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Franco-Prussian War

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Prussia wanted to unite a German states under its leadership. The French/ Napoléon III were against this. Germany diplomatically insulted France and goad them into war. July 1879 France declared war on Prussia. Napoléon ended up being captured and the Second French Empire fell and the National Assembly established the Third Republic. Paris fell to the Prussians and the war was over.

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Treaty of Frankfurt

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After the Franco-Prussian war Germany dictated harsh terms for France
They had to give up Alsace and Lorraine
Had to pay Germany for troops to leave (borrowed the money)
New National Assembly (mostly monarchists) accepted treaty

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Dreyfus Affair

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French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was tried and convicted of giving military secrets to Germany. Later evidence revealed innocence, but army and anti-Semites (people prejudiced against Jews) cleared the real traitor to avoid admitting mistake. Emile Zola wrote “J’accuse” an open letter blaming army for cover-up. Dreyfus’ name was cleared in 1896. Increased tensions between republicans and conservatives.

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Haitian Revolution

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First successful revolt was in what is now Haiti against France.
Settlers in Saint Domingue owned plantations worked by slaves
French Revolution led free mulattos to demand same rights as French, who resisted
1791: mulattos and slaves led by Toussaint- Louveeture (a freed slave), staged a bloody revolt, gained control. 1802: Napoleon sent army to regain control, rebels won
Declared independence as nation of Haiti, the first independent country in Latin America

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Monroe Doctrine

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States the the U.S. Would not interfere with Europe or its remaining colonies
However would oppose European efforts to retake colonies, form new ones or interfere with any government in the Western Hemisphere.

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