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Cause of Imperialism

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European countries seeking raw materials and new markets

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Bolsheviks

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Leaders of the Russian Communist Revolution

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Communist Manifesto

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Outlines Karl Marx’s idea that laborers would seize means of production

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Bourgeoisie

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Merchants that were part of the middle class in France

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Boxer Rebellion

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Nationalists revolt against imperial domination in China

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Committee of Public Safety

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Sought to prevent enemies of the revolution and foreign invasions

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Cause of French revolution

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Starvation, Estate Systems, national debt

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Berlin Conference

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The established European imperialist boundaries of African land

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Cecil Rhodes

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Used wealth to build railroads and telephone lines in Africa

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Boer Wars

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Wars fought over British and Dutch possession of South Africa

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economic warfare

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Britain convinced the US to stop exporting food and supplies to Germany

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German confederation

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Congress of Vienna created these 39 loosely connected German states

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Denis Diderot

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Created the first encyclopedia

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Giuseppe Mazzini

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earliest Italian revolutionary leader

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Declaration of Rights of Man

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Expressed the enlightenment concept of Natural law

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Galileo

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Invented the first telescope

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cotton gin

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created immediate high demand for slaves in the US

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congress of Vienna

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meeting to create a balance of power in Europe after Napoleon was defeated

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First Estate

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Social class in France comprised of clergy, nobles, and monarcy

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Conservationism

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supporting tradition and against radical change

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First battle of the Marne

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prevented Germany from advancing toward Paris for a quick victory in France

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Causes of Industrial Revolution in England

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Abundance of coal & iron, advancements in textile technology, wealth for investments

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John Locke

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Believed people were born with natural rights including life, liberty and property

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Joseph Stalin

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Communist leader who transformed the USSR into police state

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Issac Newton

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Discovered the Law of Gravity

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Jean- Jacques Rousseau

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He said people are naturally good but corrupt by society

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Guillotine

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method of execution used during reign of terror

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Kulturkampf

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Otto von bismarcl’s anti-catholic policies

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Klemens von Metternich

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strong conservative leader at the Congress of Vienna

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India

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“Brightest Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire”

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Laissez Faire

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“Hand off” government in economy

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National Assembly

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Created by the third estate to draft a French constitution

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Meiji Restoration

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Era of modernization and westernization in Japan

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Napoleonic code

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Established freedom of religion, public school system, enlightenment ideas supported

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Louis XIV

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Executed by French revlutionaries

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Monroe Doctrine

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US foreign policy to protect the western hemisphere from foreign influence

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League of Nations

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Peace organization created after WW1; ultimately failed

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militarism

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Strong nationalistic military support

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maximillen robespierre

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tyrannical leader of the Committee for Public Safety

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Montesquieu

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Created the enlightenment idea of the three branches of government

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liberia and abyssinia

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only African countries to remain politically independent following the “scramble of Africa”

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scientific revolution

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changed intellectual

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reign of terror

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used execution and violence to eliminate opponents

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redshirts

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Giuseppe Garibaldi’s volunteer army

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realpolitik

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Otto von Bismarck’s political policy that power is more important than ideology

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nationalism

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pride in national identity, main cause of WW1,

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sepoy mutiny

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result was British government took direct command of India

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Open door policy

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The United States pursued this policy for trade with East Asia

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opium wars

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loss to British forced China into unequal treaties

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Principle of Legitimacy

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the belief that monarchies are the rightful leaders of Europe

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Spanish American War

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Allowed the US to control Quam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

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Sphere’s of Influence

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China divided up by the Western Imperial powers

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The wealth of nations

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Explained Adam’s Smith’s idea of capitalism

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social Darwinism

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ideology used by Europeans to justify imperialism adapted from evolution

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social contract theory

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Locke’s idea that citizens give their rights to government to protect– AKA “consent of the governed”

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social contract (book)

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outlined Rousseau’s ideas of government protection rights

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tenements

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poorly built and crowded apartments for industrial workers

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storming of bastille

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represents the beginning of the French Revolution

59
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tennis court oath

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signed to propose a new French constitution

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steam engine

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powered several industrial inventions

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total war

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all parts of society involved in war

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thomas hobbes

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believed people are naturally evil and need strong government

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whites mans burden

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Bismarck’s economic alliance between German states

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trench warfare

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created stalemates during WW1

65
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Triple Entente

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England, France, and Russia later known as allied powers

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Woman’s March on Versailles

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Forced Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette out of Versailles

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary

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Treaty of Versailles

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Included these punishments for Germany: $30 in reparations, demilitarization, decolonization

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Urbanization

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movement of people to cities

70
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Zollverein

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Poem written by Rudyard kipling

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Zimmerman Telegram

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proposed military alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US

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