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Chapter 10 Section 4
The Republic in Crisis
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Social Studies
6th Grade
03/06/2023

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Term
reforms
Definition
changes to make things better
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Civil war
Definition
A war between groups in the same country
Term
Poverty and unemployment were a result of what?
Definition
After the expansion following the Punic Wars, the wealth was not evenly distributed among the people. The rich ignored the problems of the poor.
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Name the two Roman generals that had extraordinary powers given by the Senate to put down a slave rebellion?
Definition
Pompey and Crassus
Term
Who argued for reducing the army's powers and restoring the system of checks and balances to repair the damaged republic??
Definition
Cicero
Term
First Triumvirate
Definition
a sharing of power between three people IE: Caesar passing Pompey and Crassus' legislation.
Term
To whom did the Senate turn when its power was taken by the consuls?
Definition
Julius Caesar
Term
Julius Caesar was popular with the people, but ______by the Senate.
Definition
was assassinated
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Why was the Senate resistant to Julius Caesar's reforms?
Definition
He introduced reforms that were popular with the people, such as creating jobs for the poor.
Term
What did Roman leaders want people to remember about Caesar when they saw the commemorative coin?
Definition
They wanted to remember that his friend Brutus killed Julis on the 15 of march.
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What does the violence of Caesar's death tell about liberators' view of Caesar?
Definition
They didn't like the fact he declared himself dictator. The senate hated that he was for all people and not just the rich.
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According to Mark Antony, why was Caesar assassinated?
Definition
He become too power hungry
Term
What factors contributed to the end of the Roman Republic?
Definition
Crassus died and the triumvirate collapsed. The senate tried to appoint Pompey but it became a power struggle between him and Julis Ceasar. Ceasar wanted to help the people felt the only way was to become a dictator since his own senate hated his reforms.
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What happened on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.
Definition
Caesar's assassination
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