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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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4
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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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6
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what country created the Triple Entente in WW1?

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France

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7
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What did the Triple Entente become in WW1?

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8
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what type of government was the Second French empire?

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constitutional monarchy

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9
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who ruled the second French empire?

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Napoleon

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10
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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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11
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when was Napoleon 2nd captured?

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during the franco prussion war

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12
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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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14
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who colonized Central and South America?

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spain

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15
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what were the three G’s of exploration?

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God, Gold, Glory

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16
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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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18
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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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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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who set up the Paris commune?

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Rebels

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23
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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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24
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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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25
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what what was the Dreyfus affair?

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A Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus was accused of spying for Germany against France

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26
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Who published “J’Accuse” and was convicted of libel

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Emile Zola

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27
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who launched Zionism?

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Theodor Herzl

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28
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what was Zionism?

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a movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state

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29
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what US president bought Louisiana territory from France?

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Jefferson

30
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Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention to gain equality?

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Mott and Stanton

31
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who was Frederick Douglass?

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An escaped slave who spoke in the north about the evils of the system

32
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what started the Civil War?

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southerners feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery in the Southern states

33
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why did the North win the Civil War?

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The South had fewer resources and less industry.

34
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How was segregation affected in the southern states?

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imposed segregation in public places and conditions for voting eligibility

35
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who led the world in industrial and agricultural production?

A

The US

36
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who organized the American Federation of Labor?

A

workers

37
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who formed the populist party?

A

workers and farmers

38
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what did the Progressive Party want?

A

regulate conditions for workers and give voters more power

39
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what type of government did Britain have during the democracy chapter?

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a parliamentary democracy

40
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what was free trade?

A

trade between countries without restrictions

41
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why did Parliament repeal the corn laws?

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to lower the price of grain and bread

42
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who pushed Britain to end the slave trade?

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William Wilberforce

43
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what reduced the number of capital offenses?

A

Reforms

44
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where were petty criminals sent to?

A

penal colonies in Australia

45
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who regulated working conditions in mines and factories and set a minimum wage?

A

parliment

46
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what did the Labor Party become?

A

liberal party

47
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who used aggressive tactics to gain women’s suffrage?

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Emmeline Pankhurst

48
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where did Irish peasants live and who did they pay?

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huts while living in desperate poverty and paying high rents to absentee landlords in England

49
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what was another name for the potato famine?

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the great hunger

50
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what happened during the potato famine?

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a blight struck the Irish peasant’s crops destroying all potatoes

51
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who granted Catholics the right to vote?

A

parliament

52
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who did the Whig Party represent

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the middle and business class

53
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who did the Tory party represent?

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nobles and landowners

54
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what did the Reform Act of 1832 do?

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redistributed seats in the House of Commoners

55
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what did the People’s Charter demand?

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universal manhood suffrage and a secrete ballot

56
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what were the Victorian ideals?

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duty, hard work, and responsibility

57
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under whom did the British empire extend?

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Queen Victoria

58
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what did the Tories’ reform bill do?

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gave the vote to urban workers

59
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what did the Whigs’ reform bill do?

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gave farmworkers the vote

60
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what was the home rule bill?

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gave Ireland freedom

61
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what was the Manifest Destiny?

A

the belief that the US needed to expand west

62
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what is a nation?

A

a group of people who share similarities

63
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what did the Congress of Vienna create?

A

the German Confederation headed by Austria

64
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what did the Zollverein do?

A

dismantled economic barriers

65
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how did bismark rule?

A

through blood and iron

66
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what did Bismarck do when he ruled?

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pursued goals he believed the state needed

67
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what type of army did Bismarck make?

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a well-equipped army

68
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who seized Schleswig- holstine from Denmark?

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Prussia

69
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how did the German confederation get dissolved?

A

Prussia attacked Austria and annexed northern German states

70
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How did France get into war with Prussia?

A

Bismark set the EMS dispatch

71
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