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World War 1 Flashcards

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Nationalism

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patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts

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Risorgiment

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was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century.

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Young Italy Movement

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was a political movement for Italian youth

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Giuseppe Mazzini

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was an Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy

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Liberal

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open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.

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Unification

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the process of being united or made into a whole

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Otto Von Bismarck

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was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890

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The Zollverein

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coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories

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The Junkers

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Junkers were the members of the landed nobility in Prussia.

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Franco Prussian war

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was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia

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Realpolitik

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is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors

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Emancipation

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the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation

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Serfs

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an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate

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Social Democratic party

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is a social-democratic political party in Germany.

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Autocrat

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a ruler who has absolute power

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Pogroms

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to wreak havoc, to demolish violently

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Nihilist

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a person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principle

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Dumas

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was a French writer

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Tanzimat reforms

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a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876

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Dual monarchy

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two separate kingdoms are ruled by the same monarch, follow the same foreign policy, exist in a customs union with each other and have a combined military but are otherwise self-governing

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Crimean war

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a military conflict fought from October 1853 to March 1856

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Treaty of sanstefano

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peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire

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Militarism

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the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

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Triple alliance

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secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War

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Triple entente

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was the understanding linking the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain

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Reichstag

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a historical edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet, of the German Empire

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Treaty of Prague

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a peace treaty signed between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire at Prague on 23 August 1866, ending the Austro-Prussian War

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Francis Joseph I

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Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

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Revolution of 1905

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a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government.

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Mobilization

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the action of a country or its government preparing and organizing troops for active service.

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Treaty of Prague

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a peace treaty signed between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire at Prague on 23 August 1866, ending the Austro-Prussian War

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