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Volume 4: The Modern Age a Flashcards

NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION

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“New Spain” declares independence from Spain and becomes Mexico

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1821

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Les Trois Glorieuses (the Three Golden Days) in France

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1830

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“The Carbonaria” revolts against Austrian rule

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1831

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Victoria begins her reign in England

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1837

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Pedro II becomes Emperor of Brazil

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1841

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The blight comes to Ireland; the Potato Famine begins

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1845

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Iowa becomes a state

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1846

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Young Italy rebels against Austria

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1848

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The French Republic makes Louis-Napoleon president

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1848

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Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto

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1848

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The Australian Gold Rush begins

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1851

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The Crystal Palace is built in London for teh Great Exhibition

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1851

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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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1852

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Matthew Perry arrives in Japan

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1853

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The Crimean War

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1853-1856

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Dost Mohammad Khan signs treaty with Britain

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1855

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Peace of Paris signed, ending the Crimean War

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1856

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Second Opium War

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1856-1860

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Livingstone writes Missionary Travels

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1857

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The Sepoy Rebellion

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1857-1858

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Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

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1859

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The Taipings march toward Shanghai

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1860

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Victor Emmanuel II crowned king of Italy

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1861

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Italian states are united under King Victor Emmanuel

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1861

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The American Civil War

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1861-1865

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Francisco Solano Lopez comes to power in Paraguay

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1862

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Dost Mohammed Khan drives foreign invaders from Afghanistan

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1863

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The Qing army retakes Nanjing

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1864

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Prussia and Austria attack Denmark

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1864

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The War of the Triple Alliance

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1864-1870

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John Wilkes Booth assassinates U. S. President Abraham Lincoln

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1865

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U. S. Congress bans slavery in the United States

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1865

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The Dominion of Canada forms

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1867

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The North German Confederation is created

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1867

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Japan re-opens during the Meiji era

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1868

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Meiji Restoration

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`1868-1912

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The first transcontinental railroad in the U. S. is completed

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1869

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The Suez Canal opens

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1869

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France becomes a republic

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1870

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The Franco-Prussian War

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1870-1871

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The Second Reich

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1871-1918

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Acheh War

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1873-1903

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Bulgarian revolutionaries rebel against the Turks

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1876

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Abdul Aziz is assassinated

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1876

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The Battle of Little Bighorn

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1876

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Alexander Graham Bell submits a patent for the telephone

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1876

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The Satsuma Revolt in Japan

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1877

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The Russo-Turkish Wars

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1877-1878

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The Zulu-British Wars

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1877-1879

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Umberto I becomes king of Italy

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1878

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“New Spain” declares independence from Spain and becomes Mexico

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1821

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