Test 2 Short Answer Flashcards
Victor Emmanuel II
King of unified Italy
Wanted to unify Italy conservatively
Mid/late 1800’s
Italy
Otto von bismarck
Co-leader of Prussia (he pulls the strings)
The driving push to unify Germany
Mid/late 1800’s
Germany
German Empire (Second Reich)
Germany united with shifty diplomacy after Franco Prussian war
Wilhelm I=emperor
Otto von Bismarck=prime minister
1871 (mid/late 1800’s)
Germany
1867 Reform Bill
British bill that allows many more voting rights
Gave the vote to many working men in towns and cities (doubles amount of men who can vote)
England/Britain
Mid 1800’s
Compromise of 1867
Established the dual monarchy of Austria Hungary
Compromise between the two powers
Austria-Hungary
Mid 1800’s
Austria-Hungary/Dual Monarchy
Hungary was allowed to self-govern but in return the empire would still be a single unit
Both kingdoms were ruled by the same monarch but still somewhat separate
Austria Hungary
Mid 1800’s
Czar Alexander II/Emancipation of the Serfs
Russian emperor ended serfdom which was similar to slavery
Russian move towards a more modern/western model
Russia
Mid 1800’s
Manifest Destiny
U.S. destined by god to expand westward
U.S. got much larger and wealthier because of this
Mid 1800’s
United States
13th Amendment
One of the amendments in the U.S. constitution following the civil war
Effectively abolished slavery in the U.S.
1865-mid 1800’s
U.S.
Crimean war
War fought by Russia against an alliance of European nations (ottomans, England, France)
Showed that English and Russians needed to reform their military
Crimean peninsula
Mid 1800’s
Boxer rebellion
Violent anti-foreign uprising in China
The Chinese Dynasty became weaker and foreign influence continued
Very end of 1800’s
China
Scramble for Africa
Occupation and colonization of Africa by Europeans
Divided the African continent and didn’t end up being profitable for anyone
Late 1800’s
African continent
Berlin conference
Meeting of European delegates to divide up Africa
Ended up changing the course of Africa fragmenting it culturally and politically
In Germany
Late 1800’s
Belgian King Leopold II/Congo Free State
Belgian king who owned and ruled over the Congo free state
Exploited, killed, and tortured the people of the Congo for his own gain
Belgium/Africa
Late 1800’s
Charles Darwin
Scientist that came up with the theory of evolution
People manipulated his ideas to justify their racism
Late 1800’s
English
Social Darwinism
Misapplying the ideas of Charles Darwin
Different economic/social classes and races were not as good and natural selection would wipe them out
Late 1800’s
Across the western world
Ethiopia
Only non-colonized country in Africa
Strong leader and military made it possible for them to maintain independence
Africa
Late 1800’s solidified independence
Herero Genocide
German military wipeout of the Herero people
Almost all of the Herero people were annihilated & many of the german military members responsible for this became nazis
Early 1900’s
South-west Africa
Spanish-American War
War fought for colonies/land in the new world
America gets most territory from spain including Cuba
Late 1800’s
Fought in new world colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico)
Anarchist
Socialist organization opposed to a centralized political state (want self governed societies)
Want democratic community where everyone shares
Mid 1800’s
All over
Emmeline Pankhurst
Leader of a women’s suffrage movement in Britain
Helped women get the right to vote
Britain
Early 1900’s
Dreyfus affair
An innocent Jewish army captain was accused of selling secrets to the Germans
Example of an early miscarriage of justice
Late 1800’s-early 1900’s
France
Irish home rule/Irish nationalist party
Self government for Ireland
National party-radical and violent
Ireland
Late 1800’s early 1900’s
Bolsheviks
Russian political party consisting of workers
Lenin’s faction that wanted communism-radical
Early 1900’s
Russia
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik party
Later became the first head of Soviet Russia
Russia
Late 1800’s
British Raj
Direct rule by Britain in India
Example of new imperialism-Britain capitalized on their raw materials
Mid 1800’s-mid 1900’s
India
Open door policy
Us issued policy stating all European nations should have equal trade access to China (without one country becoming too powerful)
It was actually to ensure the U.S. was able to trade with China as well
1900
America
South African (Boer) war
War fought between the Boers and British dragged on by the Boers but British destined to win
Major turning point in new imperialism
British and Boers ended up working together and non-white Africans lost citizenship
1899-1902 (beginning of 1900’s)
South Africa
