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1848 French Revolution

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Led to second republic which was uneffective

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Louis Phillips

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Leader of France that gave up throne before second French Republic

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National workshops

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Public works projects to give people jobs-shut down

French Revolution 1848

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Credit mobilizer/suez canal company

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Investment banking

Europe->Asia

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Remaking Paris/Haussmann

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Making paris a beautiful cultural city

Haussmann led this

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Italian unification

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Giuseppe Mazzini vs Victor Emmanuel

Each took control of half of Italy

Negotiated to unify

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Major figure in italian unification

Wants democratic italy (republican/liberal)

SOUTH

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Count Camilo di Cavour

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Key figure in u uniting Italy CONSERVATIVELY

With emmanuel

NORTH

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German unification

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Austria and Prussia feuding

Shifty diplomacy to unite Germany

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William I of Prussia

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New king of Prussia

Puppet of Otto von Bismarck’s

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Franco-Prussian war

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France defeated and humiliated

Shifty diplomacy to unite Germany

Led to united Germany!!!!!!

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Prime minister of Britain (works with Queen)

Conservative

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John Stuart Mill

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Philosopher and huge supporter of women’s rights

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“New Imperialism”

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Expand power and influence of the West

Competition among nation states

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“Colonizer” vs. “colonized”

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Colonizer were like the owners of the colonized

Pushed their western ideas on them

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Informal rule

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Stronger states let weaker states maintain independence. Has lots of influence over it.

Indirect-colonizing nation governs w/ assistance of local rulers

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British east India company

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Trade monopoly over India

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Sepoy rebellion

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Indians heard guns were greased with pig fat -> unclean based on religion

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Chinese Qing Dynasty

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Last imperial dynasty of China

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Opium wars

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British get Chinese addicted to opium

War on trade->British win and get lease on Hong Kong

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Treaty of Nanjing

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British win trading privileges in China & lease on Hong Kong

(After opium wars)

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Sino-Japanese war

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Chinese humiliated by Japanese

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Taiping rebellion

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People of China want the gov’t to keep Europeans out

Rebellion against Qing Dynasty

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Cecil Rhodes

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British investor searching for riches in interior of Africa

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Belgian Congo
After Congo is taken from King Leopold’s violent hands by Belgian government
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Arthur de Gobineau’s “The inequality of the races”
“Purest white bloodline is superior” Biology/blood/race determines this
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Herbert Spencer
British philosopher that believed in the evolution theory and applied it to philosophy and psychology
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Scientific racism
Social Darwinism Manipulates Darwin’s ideas
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London Pan-African Conference
Conference arguing for the rights of black people
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Fashoda incident
Cold War between French and Britain over African territory Britain gets egypt and fashoda but France gets everything else
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Menelik II
Very strong Ethiopian leader
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Union of South Africa
British and Boers(Dutch) become friends after the war and work together
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Cuba/Platt Amendment
U.S has influence politically and economically over Cuba
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Philippine Insurrection
The Philippines revolt against U.S, but lose American colony
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Marx’s Das Kapital
Anti-capitalism pro-communism
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German social democrat party
Most organized socialist party
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Syndicalism
Worker organizations working together to overthrow capitalism (socialist)
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“New women”
Educated, job, dress how she wants, non conformity!
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France-Third Republic
Ruling body of France after Franco-Prussian war.
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Paris commune
Radical socialist/communist government after the defeat in Franco Prussian war before third French Republic
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Zionism
Wanting to create a new Jewish nation state in the holy-land
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Reichstag
Parliament of Germany 1871-1918 “House of representatives”
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Bismarck’s Kulturkampf
The Catholic church vs. the State Bismarck declares support for the Protestants but goes back and forth
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David Lloyd George/people’s budget
High ranking liberal gov’t official Tax on rich to pay for poor welfare programs
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Czar Nicholas II
Last czar of Russia
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Mir
Self governing community of peasants in Russia after serfdom abolished
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Russian socialist Democratic Party
Wanted to abolish the capitalist system and move to a communist one Revolutionary socialist political party (wanted to unite various revolutionary organizations into one)
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Mensheviks
Faction of Russian social democratic workers party Wanted gradual change unlike the Lenin led bolsheviks
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1905 Russian revolution
Uprising that convinced the czar to attempt to transform the government (Unemployment, poverty, etc.)
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Bloody Sunday
Workers march to czar palace to demand reforms Military opens fire-kills many
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October manifesto
Pre-cursor to Russia’s first constitution - civil liberties - democratic legislative body
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Duma
Lower house of the legislative assembly
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Peter Stolypin
3rd prime minister of Russia
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Young Turks
Turkish national party (students/civil servants) that wanted to replace the ottoman empires monarchy with a constitutional government
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher that believes westerners were dominated by perception You should create your own morals and values-life is purposeless
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Modernist art
Creepy, violent, blended colors/not realistic Evoke emotional response “Revolt on canvas”
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French impressionists/Monet
Captures the image of an object as if you just caught a glimpse of it (first impression) Small visible brushstrokes Bright and vibrant
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Expressionism/Munich
Seeks to express emotion Distorted, creepy, violent, wild
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Albert Einstein
Relativity- laws of physics -gravity, speed of light Uncertainty!

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