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estates

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referred to the social classes in French society

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French social class comprised of clergy

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1st estate

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nobility of French social class

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2nd estate

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French social class of professionals, laborers, and peasants

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3rd estate

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assembly called by Louis XVI for approval of new taxes

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Estates General

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motto of the French revolution

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Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

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women of Paris storm royal palace; king forced to Paris

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March on Versailles

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emigrees

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political exile who fled France

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led the Jacobins and the reign of Terror

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Max Robiespierre

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Louis XVI

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Jan. 21. 1798- French monarch executed by guillotine

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drafting into the military

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conscription

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Reign of Terror

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movement to “Annihilate enemies of French republic”

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Directory

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French government before 1789

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coup d’etat

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“stroke of state” seize power by force

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burning, destroying supplies as retreat; enemy can’t use

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“scorched earth”

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harsh climate conditions of Napoleon’s Russia invasion

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General Winter

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site of Napoleon’s second and final exile

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St. Helena

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bourgeoisie

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middle class: professionals, merchants, bankers

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enclosure movement

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fenced off public lands

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tenaments

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shabby, run down living quarters of industrial workers

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business owned by one person

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sole proprietorship

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theory of limiting government intervention in business

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laissez-faire

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working class according to Karl Marx

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proletariat

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periods of prosperity and decline in the economy

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business cycle

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Adam Smith

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father of classical economics

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industrial Revolution

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mechanization takes place of manual labor in 1800

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bourgeoisie

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owners of production according to Karl Marx

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factors of production

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land, labor, capital/equipment

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Henry Ford

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revolutionized auto industry; implemented assembly line

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monopoly

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corporation gaining almost complete control of the production process of a good or service

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Eli Whitney

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introduced system of interchangeable parts in his gun factory

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processof negotiating with which the unions and management come to agreement

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collective bargaining

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Samuel Morse

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invention of the telegraph revolutionized communication

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Michael Faraday

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developed first electric generator

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Edward Jenner

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developed smallpox vaccine

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Lous Pasteur

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identified microorganisms called bacteria

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Mendeleyev

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introduced first workable classification of elements

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The Curies

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discovered process of radioactivity(radium)

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Ivan Pavlov

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experimented using a stimulus to bring a response

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Sigmund Freud

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developed psychoanalysis to study behavior

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Albert Einstein

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introduced the theory of relativity

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Alexander Fleming

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discovered penecillin

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Charles Darwin

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introduced the theory of evolution

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use of chemicals to kill disease-causing germs

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antisepsis

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study of how inborn characteristics are inherited

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genetics

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biology, genetics, anatomy, botany

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biological sciences

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astrology, physics, chemistry, geology

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physical sciences

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process of heating liquids to kill bacteria

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pasteurization

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By 1870s the new source of power

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electricity

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sectionalism

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competition/ division among regions of a country

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suffragette

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women campaigning for the right to vote

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right to vote

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suffrage

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William Lovett

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began the Chartist movement

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Louisiana Purchase

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acquired from Napoleon and doubles the size of the US

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caudillo

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a military dictator of Latin America

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Otto von Bismarck

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the “Iron Chancellor”

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contributed to decline of Indian population in colonies

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disease and firearms

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plebiscite

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legislation calling for a yes/no vote

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huge commercial estates established in Brazil

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fazenda

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huge estates given to the peninsulares by the Spanish king

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hacienda

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James Cook

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1770 claimed Australia for Great Britain

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1840s legislation keeping grain prices high in Britain

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corn laws

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Touissant L’overture

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led the first and only successful slave revolt in the Americas

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those who oppose all forms of government

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anarchists

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movement for Italian unification

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risorgimento

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Red Shirts

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followers of Garibaldi

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Bismarck

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1862- he was appointed as head of Prussia’s government

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resource-rich territory lost by France after the Franco-Prussian war

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Alsace/Lorraine

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upper house of German legislature

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Bundesrat

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lower house of German legislature

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Reichstag

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union of all Slavic peoples

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PanSlavism

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pogroms

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in Russia-movements to massacre the Jews

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Russian legislature

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Duma

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imperialism

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country’s domination of political, economy, and culture

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nationalism

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pride and devotion one has for his country

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colony

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possession of a country/area by a foreign power

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assimilation

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policy of slowly absorbing colonies politically/culturally

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mass migration of African Boers to North Africa

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Great Trek

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disease killing herds of cattle causing famine

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Rinderpest

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Liberia

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African colony established by freed slaves from the US

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Australia

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example of a settlement colony

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Suez canal

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connects Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea

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primary economic activity in West African civilizations

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slave trade

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Henry Stanley

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journalist hired to find David Livingstone

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David Livingstone

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missionary who explored central Africa

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situation of Europe/Balkans prior to WWI

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powder keg

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western front

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stretched from southern Belgium to North France

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eastern front

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line of fighting from Baltic Sea to Black Sea

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general association of nations to secure world peace

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League of Nations

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nationalistic group that wanted to unite Bosnia with Serbia

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Black Hand

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Franz Ferdinand

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his assassination was the spark to beginning of WWI

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central powers

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Austria Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire during WWI

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Allies

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Britain, France, Russian and later the US during WWI

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Gavrillo Princip

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assassin who murdered Archduke Ferdinand

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14 points

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President Wilson’s peace plan after WWI

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Lusitania

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British liner sunk by Germans (May 1915) major impact on US entering WWI

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barbed-wire, trenches, land mines; wasteland

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“no man’s land”

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Versailles

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palace where peace treaty signed to end WWI

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1800s- various groups wanted political unity

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nationalism

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militarism

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glorify military and arms

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rivaled Great Britain in naval supremacy in early 1900s

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Germany

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Great Britain’s location and to get involved on continent

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“splendid isolation”

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show of Germany’s support to Austria-Hungary

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blank check

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belligerent

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referred to a country at war

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drafting soldiers, factories converted, women working

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total war

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brutal acts against civilization

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atrocities

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Bolsheviks

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extreme radicals, overthrew propositional government in Russia

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Vladimir Lenin

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leader of the Bolsheviks

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communist party

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new name of Bolsheviks after Russian revolution

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AEF

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American forces in WWI

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reparations

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money payment for war damages

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John J. Pershing

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leader of American forces in WWI

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authors who reflected decay in society

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“Lost Generation”

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flappers

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young women rebelled with short hair and dresses

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18th amendment

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legislation establishing prohibition

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21st amendment

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repealed prohibition

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prohibition

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period when making, selling, alcohol was illegal

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Oct. 29, 1929-sudden drop in stock prices

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Black Tuesday

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FDR’s advisory council during the Depression

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brain trust

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New Deal

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FDR;s program for relief, recovery, and reform

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radio talks of encouragement form FDR

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fireside chats

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instantly purchasing goods and repay over time

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credit buying

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pensions for elderly, unemployed, and disabled

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Social Security Act

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March 9-June 16, 1933: President and congress pass legislation to make up the New Deal

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Hundred Days

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hitching rides on boxcars to travel from town to town

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ride the rails

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shack towns set up by homeless

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“Hoovervilles”

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men with pants pocket turned out-no money

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“Hoover flags”

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materials used to cover sleepers on park benches

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“Hoover blankets”

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material placed in shoes to cover holes in shoe

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“Hoover leather”

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thin soup served in soup kitchens and soup lines

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“Hoover stew”

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Mussolini

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fascist dictator of Italy beginning in the 1930s

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political party of Mussolini

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Fascist party

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Mussolini’s followers

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black shirts

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IL Duce

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Mussolini’s title/”the leader”

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German government established after WWI (1919)

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Weimar Republic

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the Nationalist Socialists German Workers Party

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Nazi

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Mein Kampf

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written by Hitler in prison/ “my struggle”

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justification for Germany to expand/ “living space”

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lebensraum

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Reichstag

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German legislature

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Paul von Hindenburg

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German president who confirmed chancellorship on Hitler

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Der Fuhrer

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Hitler’s title/ “the leader”

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Hitler’s government

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Third Reich

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Gestapo

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Hitler’s secret police force

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practice of separating races into specific neighborhoods

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ghettos

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Joseph Stalin

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totalitarian dictator of Russia

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military alliance between Mussolini and Hitler

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Rome-Berlin Axis

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Great Purge

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Stalin’s attempt to rid Russia of opposition

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established in Italy when it became a dictatorship

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police state

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anti-semetism

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hatred of Jews

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Aryan

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master race envisioned by Hitler

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