Test Review Flashcards
Otto van bismark
-Chancellor of Prussia
-He was a Realpolitik (do whatever to make country powerful)
-Famous speech (Blood and Iron) to unite german nation
Congress of Vienna
-After Napolean was defeated/dead the congress of Vienna redrew the map of Europe/Germany
-And created German Confederation
Austro Prussian war and Franco Prussian war
-Bismark (from Germany/Prussia) created an excuse to attack Austria
-Seven weeks war
-Prussia won and annexed (took control) several northern German states
Russias lack of ind. Rev.
-Russia didnt embrace ind. Rev.
Russian Tsars respond to reform
-Tsar=leader of Russia
-Talked about changing but it was too much change and moving away from power they stopped.
-Strict censorship of reform ideas (kill, kick out, burn books)
what was Crimean war?
-L for Russians
-Russia wanted warm water port in Crimea controlled by Ottomans
-Ottoman had alliance w/ England and France
-Russia looses really bad
-Russia was embarrassed so they ¨try¨ to seek change
Impact of European Imperialism in Asia and Africa
-Took natural resources from Africa and Asia bc they had the most
-Africa=Rubber
-Asia=Petroleum
What is social Darwinism?
-Thinking white ppl eveolved faster than ppl of color
The Mahdi and his resistance to European influence in Sudan
-Muhammad Ahmed believed he was Mahdi and convinced ppl to go to battle with British and the Mahdi beat them temperarorly.
The Ottoman empires factors of decline
1) REligious reform movements (arguement abt religion split into 2)
2) Changing global trade (werent getting as much)
3)Rising Nationalism movements (more ppl wanted to take them over)
Young Turks and Muhammad Ali’s western inspired reform goals
-Young Turks believed the only way to save the Ottoman empire was to embrace ideas from the west
-3 main things: ind.Rev. democracy, modernized army
-Muhammad Ali aslo embraced ind. Rev.and western ideas
The importance of the Suez Canal
-Sneaky move by British
-creates shorter ports
-British tax it so they make alot of money bc so many come through there
The British East India Company success in India
-MAde so much money from TEA, spices, and drugs (opium)
The Sepoy Mutiny
-Sepoy fight back against British East India Company
-British shut them down but it gives Sepoy unity to fight back and a sense of ¨Freedom¨
The Opium Wars in China
-Opium outlawed in china
-Drug dealers executed
-ppl put opium in tea and was in high demand/addictive
-China asked british to stop sending opium but Britain didnt
-Chinese/Britain go to war and Chinese lose
-warships, weapons, ind. rev.
-showed whole world you could defeat the best empire in the world (china)
