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a romantic composer who was the first to take full advantage of the broad range of instruments in the modern orchestra

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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invented dynamite, a safer explosive than others at the time

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Alfred Nobel

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rebuilding poor areas of a city

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urban renewal

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a measure of the quality and availability of necessities and comforts in a society

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standard of living

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5
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reform movement concerned with voting rights

womens

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women’s suffrage

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who discovered sterilizing surgical instruments with antiseptics would help prevent infections

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Joseph Lister

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in 1869 what chemist developed a table that became the basis for the periodic table of elements used today

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Dmitri Mendeleyev

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A production in which workers repeatedly perform one task in the manufacturing process is called

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the assembly line

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9
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the technology for Americas first textile factory came from

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Britain

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10
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what limited the effectiveness of women involved in the temperance movement

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they could not vote and were barred from most schools

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which of the following were writers of the realism movement

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Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo

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12
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the popular saying “A mans home is his castle” reflected what middle-class value of the late 1800s?

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cult of domesticity

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13
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the purpose of normal schools was to train students to be

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teachers

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14
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what did Mathew B Brady accomplish in the visual arts

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he took realistic pictures of the civil war

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15
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a company that sells ownership shares to many investors is a

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corporation

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16
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the leader of the red shirts

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Giuseppe garibaldi

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17
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title of William I of Germany

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kaiser

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18
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a person who wants to abolish all governments

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anarchist

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19
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violent mob attack against all Jews

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pogrom

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20
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elected national legislature in Russia

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duma

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21
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synthetic dyes were among the new products that resulted from cooperation between German industrialists and…

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scientists

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22
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when italy unified what form of government did it take

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a constitutional monarchy

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23
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the dual monarchy was a combination of

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austria and hungary

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tsar alexander III launched a program of Russification in which he

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suppressed non-russian cultures within the empire

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25
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after the defeat of napoleon I the congress of vienna created the german confederation headed by

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Austria

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26
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bismarck became the kings highest official when he assumed the title of

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chancellor

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27
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during the struggle for italian unification the “red shirts” were forces made up of

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nationalists

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italian unification was coming late when Naples and Sicily were turned over to victor emmanuel by

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giuseppe garibaldi

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29
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in 1800 austria was ruled by the oldest ruling house in Europe called the

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Hapsburgs

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30
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bloody sunday surged as a turning point in Russia because

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it caused the people to lose faith in the tsar

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31
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inherited the hapsburg throne at age 18

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francis joseph

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32
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helped create the dual monarchy

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ferenc deák

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33
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allows people to cast votes without announcing them publicly

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secret ballot

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34
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a crime punishable by death

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capital offense

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35
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campaign against slavery and the slave trade

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abolition movement

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36
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land acquisition that doubled the size of the US

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louisiana purchase

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37
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an alliance of different political parties

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coalition

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38
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what was the result of widespread anti-sanitize in europe in the late 1800s

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theodore herzl helped to launch modern zionism

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39
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by the late 1860s benjamin disraeli had forged the old tory party into the modern

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conservative party

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40
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rotten boroughs in Britain were

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Rural towns that had unfairly large number of representatives in parliament

41
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the chartist movement in britain demanded

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the secret ballot

42
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African-Americans were allowed to vote in the United States when

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Congress passed the 15th amendment

43
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through reforms that took place during the late 1800s Britain transformed itself into

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a parliamentary democracy

44
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in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cary Stanton organized

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the first women’s rights convention

45
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in 1832 large towns and cities in Britain received greater representation and parliament as a result of

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The great reform act

46
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in the 1800s what was a major reason why the Irish resented the British in Ireland

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Irish peasants paid high rents to British absentee landlords

47
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which issue in the platform of the populist party eventually became law in the US

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the eight-hour workday

48
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the difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports

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balance of trade

49
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when imperial powers left local rulers in place but expected them to take advice from the “mother” country

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protectorate

50
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economic situation that occurs when a nation imports more than it exports

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trade deficit

51
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the idea adopted by european nations in which they believed because they were superior in terms of technology they had the right to conquer those who were not as advanced

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social darwinism

52
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economic situation that occurs when a nation exports more than it imports

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trade surplus

53
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Britain created the provinces of upper Canada and lower Canada when it passed the

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constitutional act of 1791

54
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as the ottoman empire crumbled Russia plotted to seize the Bosporus and Dardenelles in order to

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gain access to the Mediterranean sea

55
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the rise to power of Tokugawa family resulted in

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Japanese isolation

56
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Meiji reformers chose to model the new Japanese government after the government of

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Germany

57
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in 1853 president Millard Fillmore sent a fleet of American ships into lower Tokyo bay to

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force Japan to open its ports

58
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native Americans are to America as maori are to

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new Zealand

59
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what ruler is sometimes called the “father of modern Egypt” due to the reforms he made

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Muhammed ali

60
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melinik II is to ethiopia as muhammed Ali is to

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Egypt

61
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which country was able to preserve its independence by defeating italian invaders in 1896

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ethiopia

62
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in the ottoman empire tensions between Turkish nationalists and ethnic groups seeking independence sparked genocide against the

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armenians

63
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which of the following was a result of the russo-japanese war

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Japan gained control of Korea

64
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describe how Catholic and protestant missionaries interacted with African natives

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they saw natives as children in need of guidance

65
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the first british colonists to settle australia in large numbers were

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prisoners

66
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ethiopia was able to remain independent because

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ethiopia modernized and imported European weapons

67
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at the Berlin conference European powers agreed that in order to claim the part of Africa a European power had to

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set up a government office there

68
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direct rule is to the French as indirect rule is to

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great Britain

69
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“THE AMERICAN CONTINENTS ARE HENCEFORTH NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AS SUBJECTS FOR FUTURE COLONIZATION BY ANY EUROPEAN POWERS” expresses the main idea of

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the Monroe doctrine

70
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the boer war was sparked by

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the discovery of gold and diamonds on boer-held lands

71
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why did missionaries land in new zeland in 1814

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to convert the maori to Christianity

72
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britain is to India as france is to

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vietnam

73
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the interest of Europeans in Iran intensified with what discovery in the region

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oil

74
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industrialism is to trade as imperialism is to

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nationalism and militarism

75
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David Livingstone believed that opening the interior of Africa to Christianity and trade would

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end the slave trade

76
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what was the result of the british north America act of 1867

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Canada gained self rule

77
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which of the following was a social darwinist argument in favor of western imperialism

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westerners thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to inferior races

78
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which statement is true about Japanese politics in the 1920s

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Japan moved toward widespread democracy

79
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in 1931 japanese ultranationalists siezed the chinese province of

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manchuria

80
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which statement correctly describes the Japanese economy after WWI

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Japan became a true industrial power

81
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in 1922 Japan agreed to limit the size of its navy

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to protect its relations with the west

82
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the militarists who came to power in Japan in the 1930s used schools

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used schools to teach students absolute obedience to the emperor

83
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what was a result of prohibition (law in US in 1919)

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more organized crime

84
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how did league of nations respond to Japan invading manchuria in 1931

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condemned Japan’s actions but did nothing to stop them

85
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US president Franklin Roosevelt proposed a massive package of depressions relief called the

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new deal

86
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what was a key characteristic of fascism in the 1920s and 30s

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supremacy of the state

87
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Stalin tried to make the cultural life of the SU more Russian by promoting the policy of

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russification

88
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what 1924 agreement reduced German reparations and provided US loans to germany

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Dawes plan

89
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Sigmund freuds method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders is called

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psychoanalysis

90
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what was the appeal of mussolinis fascist government to Italians

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the fascists ended political funding in the government

91
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what was the cause of Stalin’s great purge

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Stalin feared rival party leaders

92
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what measure did the Nazis take that was a rejection of the versailles treaty

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they rearmed Germany

93
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allowed the US president to aid to American allies

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lend-lease act

94
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location of the first US atomic bombing

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hiroshima

95
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opposition to all war

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pacifism

96
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hitlers plan for the union of Austria and Germany

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ANSCHLUSS

97
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giving in to an aggressors demands to maintain peace

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appeasement

98
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what happened to Dunkirk in the spring of 1940

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British forces successfully retreated across the English channel

99
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what did the Soviet union do during Germanys invasion of Poland in 1939

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it attacked poland from the east as part of the nazi-soviet pact

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