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1
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what paused WW1?

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the armistice, singed in 1918

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who was in the triple alliance in WW1?

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Germany, ottoman empire, and Austria-hungry

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what did the Tripple Alliance become in WW1?

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the central powers

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who formed the Triple Alliance in WW1?

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Bismark

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who was in the triple entente in WW1?

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Britain, France, Russia

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what country created the Triple Entente in WW1?

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France

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What did the Triple Entente become in WW1?

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what type of government was the Second French empire?

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constitutional monarchy

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who ruled the second French empire?

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Napoleon

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what did Ferdinand de lesseps do?

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Organized the construction of the Suez canal

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when was Napoleon 2nd captured?

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during the franco prussion war

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what does renaissance mean

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rebirth

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13
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who colonized north America?

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France and Brittian

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who colonized Central and South America?

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spain

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what were the three G’s of exploration?

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God, Gold, Glory

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who were the three absolute monarchs of Spain France and Russia?

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Louis XIV of France. Philip II of Spain and Peter the Great of Russia

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17
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who divided the functions of government into three branches?

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Montesquieu

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what were the three causes of the French Revolution?

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A rise in the price of bread, lack of constitution, and the ancien regime

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what did Hati and other American countries do during and after the French Revolution?

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Revolted

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what were three inventions of the Industrial Revolution?

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The seed drill, cotton gin, and steam engine

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what was one result of the Franco-Prussion War?

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France was forced to surrender Alsace- Lorraine to Germany

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who set up the Paris commune?

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Rebels

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how was the commune disbanded?

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the National Assembly sent troops to break it up

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what were some of the new laws of the Third Republic?

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regulated wages, hours, and safety conditions for workers

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what what was the Dreyfus affair?
A Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus was accused of spying for Germany against France
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Who published "J'Accuse" and was convicted of libel
Emile Zola
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who launched Zionism?
Theodor Herzl
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what was Zionism?
a movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state
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what US president bought Louisiana territory from France?
Jefferson
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Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention to gain equality?
Mott and Stanton
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who was Frederick Douglass?
An escaped slave who spoke in the north about the evils of the system
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what started the Civil War?
southerners feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery in the Southern states
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why did the North win the Civil War?
The South had fewer resources and less industry.
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How was segregation affected in the southern states?
imposed segregation in public places and conditions for voting eligibility
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who led the world in industrial and agricultural production?
The US
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who organized the American Federation of Labor?
workers
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who formed the populist party?
workers and farmers
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what did the Progressive Party want?
regulate conditions for workers and give voters more power
39
what type of government did Britain have during the democracy chapter?
a parliamentary democracy
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what was free trade?
trade between countries without restrictions
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why did Parliament repeal the corn laws?
to lower the price of grain and bread
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who pushed Britain to end the slave trade?
William Wilberforce
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what reduced the number of capital offenses?
Reforms
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where were petty criminals sent to?
penal colonies in Australia
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who regulated working conditions in mines and factories and set a minimum wage?
parliment
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what did the Labor Party become?
liberal party
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who used aggressive tactics to gain women's suffrage?
Emmeline Pankhurst
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where did Irish peasants live and who did they pay?
huts while living in desperate poverty and paying high rents to absentee landlords in England
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what was another name for the potato famine?
the great hunger
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what happened during the potato famine?
a blight struck the Irish peasant's crops destroying all potatoes
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who granted Catholics the right to vote?
parliament
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who did the Whig Party represent
the middle and business class
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who did the Tory party represent?
nobles and landowners
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what did the Reform Act of 1832 do?
redistributed seats in the House of Commoners
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what did the People's Charter demand?
universal manhood suffrage and a secrete ballot
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what were the Victorian ideals?
duty, hard work, and responsibility
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under whom did the British empire extend?
Queen Victoria
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what did the Tories' reform bill do?
gave the vote to urban workers
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what did the Whigs' reform bill do?
gave farmworkers the vote
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what was the home rule bill?
gave Ireland freedom
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what was the Manifest Destiny?
the belief that the US needed to expand west
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what is a nation?
a group of people who share similarities
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what did the Congress of Vienna create?
the German Confederation headed by Austria
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what did the Zollverein do?
dismantled economic barriers
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how did bismark rule?
through blood and iron
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what did Bismarck do when he ruled?
pursued goals he believed the state needed
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what type of army did Bismarck make?
a well-equipped army
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who seized Schleswig- holstine from Denmark?
Prussia
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how did the German confederation get dissolved?
Prussia attacked Austria and annexed northern German states
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How did France get into war with Prussia?
Bismark set the EMS dispatch
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