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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
Discovered the Law of Gravity
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Jean- Jacques Rousseau
He said people are naturally good but corrupt by society
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Guillotine
method of execution used during reign of terror
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Kulturkampf
Otto von bismarcl's anti-catholic policies
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Klemens von Metternich
strong conservative leader at the Congress of Vienna
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India
"Brightest Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire"
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Laissez Faire
"Hand off" government in economy
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National Assembly
Created by the third estate to draft a French constitution
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Meiji Restoration
Era of modernization and westernization in Japan
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Napoleonic code
Established freedom of religion, public school system, enlightenment ideas supported
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Louis XIV
Executed by French revlutionaries
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Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy to protect the western hemisphere from foreign influence
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League of Nations
Peace organization created after WW1; ultimately failed
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militarism
Strong nationalistic military support
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maximillen robespierre
tyrannical leader of the Committee for Public Safety
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Montesquieu
Created the enlightenment idea of the three branches of government
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liberia and abyssinia
only African countries to remain politically independent following the "scramble of Africa"
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scientific revolution
changed intellectual
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reign of terror
used execution and violence to eliminate opponents
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redshirts
Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteer army
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realpolitik
Otto von Bismarck's political policy that power is more important than ideology
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nationalism
pride in national identity, main cause of WW1,
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sepoy mutiny
result was British government took direct command of India
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Open door policy
The United States pursued this policy for trade with East Asia
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opium wars
loss to British forced China into unequal treaties
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Principle of Legitimacy
the belief that monarchies are the rightful leaders of Europe
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Spanish American War
Allowed the US to control Quam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
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Sphere's of Influence
China divided up by the Western Imperial powers
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The wealth of nations
Explained Adam's Smith's idea of capitalism
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social Darwinism
ideology used by Europeans to justify imperialism adapted from evolution
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social contract theory
Locke's idea that citizens give their rights to government to protect-- AKA "consent of the governed"
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social contract (book)
outlined Rousseau's ideas of government protection rights
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tenements
poorly built and crowded apartments for industrial workers
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storming of bastille
represents the beginning of the French Revolution
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tennis court oath
signed to propose a new French constitution
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steam engine
powered several industrial inventions
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total war
all parts of society involved in war
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thomas hobbes
believed people are naturally evil and need strong government
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whites mans burden
Bismarck's economic alliance between German states
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trench warfare
created stalemates during WW1
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Triple Entente
England, France, and Russia later known as allied powers
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Woman's March on Versailles
Forced Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette out of Versailles
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Triple Alliance
Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary
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Treaty of Versailles
Included these punishments for Germany: $30 in reparations, demilitarization, decolonization
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Urbanization
movement of people to cities
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Zollverein
Poem written by Rudyard kipling
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Zimmerman Telegram
proposed military alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US

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