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History
10th Grade
06/03/2009

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Von Metternich
Definition
German politician, lead Congress of Vienna, foreign policies
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Mazzini
Definition
Italian patriot, started modern Italian state, modern Europe movement for popular democracy
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Congress of Vienna
Definition
brought ambassadors of European countries, to improve continents political map and politics of countries, settle issues from French Rev, Napoleonic wars and decline of Holy Roman Emp
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Legitimacy
Definition
power to monarchs
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Balance of Power
Definition
prevent a country from becoming too powerful-equilibrium
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Concert of Europe
Definition
Quadruple Alliance=UK, Austria, Russia, Prussian...PEACE by European nations agreement
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Utopian Socialism
Definition
help poor in France, Blanc, national workshops
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Count Camillo de Cavour
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Italian unification, liberal party, beat Garibaldi
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Guiseppe Garibaldi
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German prime minister, real poltik, Iron chancellor, Congress of Berlin
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Queen Victoria
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GB, Victorian Era, hight of industrial revolution
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Karl Marx
Definition
German socialist, exiled a lot, said capitalism would produce internal destruction, Communist Manifesto
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Frederick Engles
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Communist Manifesto, socialism=best rout 4 government
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Communist Manifesto
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MARX + ENGELS, conflict between master/slave, lord/serf, bourgeois/proletariat...capitalism wont work and workers seize state through coup't de aute
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Darwin
Definition
english naturalist, Origin of Species...faheflhusfjidfsd DUH
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Ottoman Empire
Definition
Modern Turkey, center of interaction btwn eastern and western worlds, capital=Constantinople, great trading economy
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On the Origin of Species
Definition
darwin, survival of the fittest
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Einstein
Definition
theory of relativity
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Alfred Dreyfus affair
Definition
Jewish/French captain accused of selling military secrets to Germany, deported, Picquart questioned that trials were lies, followers stood for JUSTICE against PREJUDICE.....gov't accused of forgery
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Emperor William II
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German emperor during WWI
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Theory of Relativity
Definition
Einstein
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Bloody Sunday
Definition
Russia, peaceful ppl marched to present petition to Czar Nicolas II, gunned down by Imp. Guard! massacre
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White Man's Burden
Definition
Rudyard Kipling poem, white ppl obliged "help" needy
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Boer War
Definition
btwn Britain+Dutch, B took over Cape colony, trouble, Dutch fled, moved to 2 knew places that found gold, Brit dec war and won
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Congress of Berlin
Definition
meeting of great European powers in Ottoman Emp, to reorganize European coutries, Bismark led it, balance the intrests of overtaking Brit, Russ, Austria, and Hungry, revision of improving the keeping of treaties and keeping Constantinople
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Triple Alliance
Definition
military alliance btwn Germ, Austria, Italy...support during bad times
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Triple Entente
Definition
GB, France, Russia... later had Japan, US, Spain...counter triple alliance
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Hindenburg
Definition
Germ army, Hindenburg plan=pricing and profit margins set by individual industrialist
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Clemenceau
Definition
France, Treaty of Versailles
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Tsar Nicholas II
Definition
King of Russia, started Bloody SUnday
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Archduke France Ferdinand
Definition
assasinated, started WWI
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Rasputin
Definition
spy, corrupted
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Lenin
Definition
Russian Revolutionary, Communist, October Revolution, 1st leader of USSR, leader of Bolsheviks, New Economic Policies
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Leon Trotsky
Definition
led red army, Petrograd soviets, wanted world revolution, criticized Stalin, assasinated, worked with Lenin
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
28th pres of US, wanted to win WWI, drafted
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No Mans Land
Definition
btwn 2 trenches, die
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Black Hand
Definition
terrorist group, started WWI (assasinate Ferdinand)
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Sarajevo
Definition
Capital city of Bosnia, site of Ferdinands assasination, started WWI
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Central Powers
Definition
triple alliance= Germ, Austria-hungary, Ottoman, Bulgaria, a group of WWI
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Lusitania
Definition
Brit ship shot by Germ, US join WWI
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Peace Land and Bread
Definition
Lenin's motto, what tehy wanted to hear
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Soviets
Definition
small worker councils, end to war, peace w/ Germ
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Bolsheviks
Definition
part of Marxist russian social democratic labor, took power of Russ during October Rev, Lennon
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Mensheviks
Definition
minority of revolutionary movement, Marktoff
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Treaty of Breast Ltvost
Definition
Russia out of WWI, gave territory to them
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Reds/Whites
Definition
R-Bolsheviks, W-Mensh., civil war, red wins
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Germ disarmed, loses money and have to pay back France, loses territory, responsibility of war
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League of Nations
Definition
result of treaty of Versailles, uphold rights of men, prevent war, settle disputes, FAIL..."peace of our time"
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Mussolini
Definition
il Duce, Italian totalitarian, fascism
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Hitler
Definition
Nazi, Mein Kampf, totalitarian
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Stalin
Definition
SU, com, social equality, supply basic needs, totalitarian
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Francisco Franco
Definition
led spanish civil war opposition, facist dictator, authoritarian
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Weimer Republic
Definition
democratic/reepub period of Germ, new constitution written for Reich, coalition of Socialist, liberalism
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Lebensraum
Definition
germ phrase: Living Space, excuse 2 gain more land
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Spanish civil war
Definition
testing group 4 germ and soviet weapons
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Neville Chaimberlin
Definition
English, approached Hitler trying to make peace, FAIL
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Winston Churchill
Definition
gave Britain radio talks, gave hope, part of BIG 3, helped end WWII
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Munich Conference
Definition
hitler agreed to stop attacking, given Sudetenland
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Rhineland
Definition
first to be conquered by Germ, wake up call---Germ has power!
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1939 non-agression pact
Definition
w /russia
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
lightnening war, all planes and tanks at once
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Dunkirk
Definition
WW2, defense and evacuation of Brit and ALlied foreces in Europe, evacuated by sea
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Battle of Britain
Definition
Germ bombing of Britain
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Pearl Harbor
Definition
Dec 7th
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Grand Alliance
Definition
Austria, Bavaria, Brandenburg, England, Holy Rom Emp, Rhine, Portugal, Savoy, Saxony, Spain, Sweeden, United Provinces...by League of Augsburg
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Stalingrad
Definition
soviets v. nazis, part of key battles leading to end of the war
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Normandy
Definition
opening of a front during WW2
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Einsatzgruppen
Definition
Germ killing units
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Luftwaffe
Definition
germ air force
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Dresden
Definition
capital city of free state of germ, bombed by US and GB, controvercial decision
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D-Day
Definition
invade normandy
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Beaches of Normandy
Definition
opening of a new front on French territory
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Hiroshima
Definition
1st bombing of A-bomb, Aug 6, 1945
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Nagasaki
Definition
2nd a-bomb Aug 9, 1945
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Big Three
Definition
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
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Yalta
Definition
how 2 break up europe after war
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Potsdam
Definition
only conference after war, Russia got E and allied countries got W
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Iron Curtain
Definition
separation of W and E
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Truman
Definition
VP to Roosevelt, went 2 Potsdam, distrust led to no progress
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Marshall Plan
Definition
financial stimulus, recover from WW2, support democracy
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UN
Definition
save future generations from war, settle differences through discussion and mutual agreement to peace, health, welfare, advancements
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Treat Organization: US, W germ, Canada, GB, Norway, Portual, Italy, France, Greece, Belgium, Turkey, Netherlands
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Sputnik
Definition
Russian spacecrafts sent to space...#1
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Berlin wall
Definition
divided E and W Germ
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Korean War
Definition
period of military conflict btwn N and S Korea, part of the colonies from decolonization
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Korean War
Definition
period of military conflict btwn N and S Korea, part of the colonies from decolonization
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Cuban missile crisis
Definition
w/ Cuban and Russian nuclear missiles, relationship w/ US and russia grew weaker, resulted in Berlin Blokade conflict growing
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Vietnam war
Definition
failed effort 4 US
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6 Day War
Definition
Israelis attacked egyptians, jordan and syrian air forces end conflict
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Suez Crisis
Definition
France, GB, and Israel attack Egypt...nationalize Suez canal
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John F Kennedy
Definition
bay of pigs crisis, left CIA to fault
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Ronald Reagan
Definition
attacked Gorbachev on Berlin wall, led to peace after conflict of the cold war
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Gorbachev
Definition
leader of RUssia, NEP of perstroica and glassnot
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Brezhev
Definition
Soviet Union
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Yeltsin
Definition
1st pres of russia, economical collapse, socialist into free market, mic of comm and capitalism
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Slobodan Milosevic
Definition
arrested on suspission of corruption, genocide, embezzelment, abuse of power...
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Margaret Thatcher
Definition
prime minister of UK, Brit, reduce econonomical decline, free market
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Tony Blair
Definition
politician, minister of UK, minimum wage, Britian as US ally in war against terror
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Osama bin Ladin
Definition
led al Qaeda
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Evil Empire
Definition
term for Soviet Union
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Strategic defense initiative
Definition
Regan, use ground and space base systems to protect US from attack by strategic nuclear missiles
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Star War
Definition
competition 4 upperhand in space
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Gulf War
Definition
UN authorize military conflict btwn Iraq and coalition forces, expel Iraq forces from Kuwait
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Perstroika
Definition
economic restructure
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glassnot
Definition
intillectual openness intrroduced by Gorbechev
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World Trade center bombing
Definition
9/11/2001, by al Qaeda, (failed attempt in 1993 to basement)
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