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Ch. 10 & 11
HWs 46A - 53A
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02/08/2005

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Anarchist
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-people who wanted to abolish all government, generally turning to violence. Some people turned this way in Italy in the early 1800's
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Austro-Hungarian Empire
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United under the Dual Monarchy in 1867, but each country had its own parliament
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Bismarck
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Prussian Prime Minister who helped to create a united Germany under Prussian rule. Caused wars with Denmark and Austria, annexed other German states, and instegated Franco-Prussian War.
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Cavour
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Prime Minister of Sardinia who reformed the economy and helped to unite Italy. Land annexed: Lombardy, Venetia, Naples, Sicily, and Rome.
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Chartists
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1830's English protester who called for many reforms. Chartists were put down, but many reforms were added, including secret ballot.
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Duma
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A Russian elected national legislature. Created in 1905 by Nicholas II, but disbanded it, and then made it again, but voting laws kept it conservative.
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Garibaldi
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Itallian nationalist who led the Red Shirts and captured Sicily and Naples.
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Hausmann
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Redesigned Paris in 1850. Added boulevards and public works.
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House of Lords
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Upper house in Parliament that could veto House of Commons. In 1911, commons passed laws to limit lords' power.
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Krupp
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Controlled everything that had to do with steel in Germany, including mining and steel shipping lines.
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Manifest Destiny
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American belief that god gave Americans the right for the borders to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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Mazzini
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Founded Young Italy nationalist movement in 1830. Set up republic in Rome, but republic was crushed by French.
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Napoleon III
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Elected President of France under second rebpulci, and then made himself Emperor.Tried to rebuild French empire that the first Napoleon had, but failed. Lost his position of power after Franco-Prussian War.
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Paris Commune
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A group set up in 1871 to save republic from royalists. The government ordered the commune to disband, but they refused, so they had a fight and the government slaughtered 20k of them.
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Pogroms
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Groups in Russia that killed minorites, specifically Jews.
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Queen Victoria
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Symbolic English queen who the Victorian age is named after. Values of the time were thrift, honesty, hard work, and respectability.
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Realpolitek
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Realistic politics that rely on the needs of the state, and power is more important than principal. Bismarck and Cavour believed in this.
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Reich
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The name of the German empire set up under Prussia. Ruled by William I, who took the title of Kaiser.
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Red Shirts
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People who helped Garibaldi capture Sicily.
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Reform Bill of 1876
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Passed under conservative Parliament, led by Disraeli.Expanded voting rights to working class men, almost doubling the electorate.
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Reichstag
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Lower house of German legislature, elected by universal male suffrage. The upper house couald veto anything they did, so they had no real power.
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Rotten Borough
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A part of England with no major population, but a few rich people. These places had better representation in parliament than the highly populated cities.
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Victor Emmanuel
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King of Sardinia who later ruled over all of Italy. Made Cavour Prime Minister and made Italy a constitutional monarchy with a two house legislature.
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William I
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Ruler of Prussia who eventually controlled all of Germany. Took the title of Kaiser. Appointed Bismarck as Prime Minister, who did all the dirty work to craete a united German state for William to rule.
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William II
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Made Bismarck resign because he felt that Bismarck threatened his power.
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Zionism
Definition
Movement started by Hertzl that believed that Jews should have a nation.
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Zollverein
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Prussian created economic union that removed tariffs between German states.
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