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Industrialization and Nationalism Flashcards

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1
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What countries were in the Holy Alliance?

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Russia
Austria
Prussia

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Who led the effort to unite Italy as one Country?

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Camillo di Cavour

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Who wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848?

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Karl Marx

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Who developed the telegraph in the 1830’s?

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Samuel Morse

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What was the name of the most powerful tribe that fought the British in South Africa?

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Zulu

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What type of engine produced faster ships and trains for transportation?

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Steam

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What item was made stronger and less expensive by the Bessemer process?

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Steel

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8
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What is the German title for “emperor”?

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Kaiser

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9
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Which country was defeated in the Haitian Revolution?

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France

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10
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Who improved conditions in British hospitals during the Crimean War?

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Florence Nightingale

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Who led a military force called the Red Shirts?

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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12
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Did Britain fight against France during the Crimean War?

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NO

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13
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Did Florence Nightingale become know as the “Lady with the Lamp?”

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YES

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14
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Did Kaiser Wilhelm II expand the German navy to rival Britain?

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YES

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15
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Did the Carlsbad Decrees suppress liberal ideas in the German states?

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YES

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16
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Did the unions use strikes to improve their working conditions?

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YES

17
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How did the Crimean war affect the development of both combat and medicine?

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More accurate rifles and artillery made trenches and sieges more common
Florence Nightingale saved lives in British field hospitals

18
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Who was Otto von Bismarck? How did he help the development of the German Empire?

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Prime minister of Prussia

Militarization and war against Denmark, Austria and France

19
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What happened across Europe in 1848? Which Countries were involved?

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A revolution in France spread to other countries

France, Austria and the German States

20
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Why did Britain become the center of industrialization? What did the British produce?

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Iron, coal, rivers and canals
Colonial empire provided markets for manufactured goods
Cotton and other Textiles

21
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Who was Klemens von Metternich? What did he believe about European governments?

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Austrian foreign minister

Conservative who believed that strong governments should prevent revolutions

22
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What did the southern part of America supply for British textiles?

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Cotton

23
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Who let troops in Gran Colombia, Peru and Bolivia?

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Simon Bolivar

24
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What is the term that refers to direct British rule in India until 1947?

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Raj

25
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What was the Zollverein?

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German custom union

26
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Why was France bitter toward Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?

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1) France lost control of Alsace-Lorraine
2) Paris was forced to surrender
3) German Empire was proclaimed in the Palace of Versailles

27
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What country saw Germany as a rival after the Franco-Prussian War?

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Russia

28
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What city was the most important for the British East India Company?

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Calcutta

29
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What allowed Britain to gain more power in India?

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Victory over France in the Seven Years’ War

30
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Did Adam Smithy want workers around the world to unite in a revolution?

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NO

31
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Did Karl Marx view history as a story of class struggle?

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YES

32
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Did Metternich want to create a classless society with collective wonership?

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NO

33
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Were Sepoys Indian soldiers in the British Army?

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YES

34
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Who wrote The Wealth of Nations? What did he believe about economics?

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Adam Smith
Economy would flourish without government involvement

35
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What was the Sepoy Rebellion? How did it affect the British Empire?

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Cartridges greased with animal fat created mutiny among Indian soldiers

Massacres spread along the Ganges River

British won and replaced the East India Company with the Raj

36
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Discuss German unification - how did Prussia gain power in German Confederation - how did this become the German Empire - what were the consequences for Europe in general and France in particular?

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Prosperous territory in the Rhineland

Zollverein excluded Austria

Bismarck focused on militarization

Schleswig-Holstein taken from Denmark

Successful wars against Austria and France

Rivalries with Britain and Russia

37
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Discuss British colonialism in India - what was the role of the East India company - why was India so valuable to the British Empire - what challenges did the British face and what lessons did they learn?

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East India company had a monopoly on Eastern trade

Expansion from Calcutta with local troops and European muskets

Access to cotton, silk, indigo and saltpeter

India provided money and soldiers

Mistrust around military service and Christianity led to the Sepoy Rebellion

More British soldiers, railroads and telegraph line

Raj replace the east India Company

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