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causes of French Revolution |
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France was split up into states; caused some to pay taxes and others were exempt; inflation; disgust for upper class and its privileges |
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July 1795; succeeded the terror; it was a reaction to the chaos and extreme policies under Robespierre |
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Why was Napoleon good? Why was he bad? |
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good: reinstated Catholicism, pressed for religious toleration of Jews, Napoleonic Code-----bad: set up a police state, big on censorship, nepotism, he attacked Egypt, women's rights were still substandard |
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motto of french revolution |
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fraternity, equality, and liberty |
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difference between romanticism and realism |
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romanticism-about feelings, emotion, and imagination (Edgar Allen Poe)----realism-more realistic, could really happen (Dickens) |
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What did Shelley, Pasteur, Darwin, and Dickens do? |
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Shelley- wrote Frankenstein.......Pastuer-proposed germ theory of disease.....Darwin-published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection....Dickens- wrote Great Expectations and Oliver Twist; very successful novelist |
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What did Bell, Edison, Marconi, Wright Bros, and Nightingale do? |
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Bell- invented the telephone....Edison- created the light bulb....Marconi- sent the 1st radio waves....Wright-created first ever flight....Nightingale- famous army nurse in Crimean War |
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What did Baton, Curie, Einstein, Freud, and Herzl do? |
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Barton- famous Civil War nurse....Curie- founded the element radon....Einstein- speical theory of relativity.....Freud- proposed theories of human nature......Herzl- key figure in political zionism |
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What did Monet, Van Gogh, Eastman, Picasso, and F. Llyod Wright do? |
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Monet- famous painter......Van Gogh- painted Starry Night....Eastman-created Kodak camera.....Picasso-abstract artist, cubanism.....FLW- famous architect |
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Totalitarianism, Nationalism, Imperialism, Treaty of Versailles, Appeasement |
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Was the League of Nations effective? Why? why not? |
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No, the US, the country who proposed the plan, did not even take part in the League. Also, there was no enforcement on the Treaty, and no one wanted to be involved. |
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Name the course of action leading up to WWII. |
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- Germany declares a draft
- Italy gets new dictator: Mussolini
- Hitler takes over Rhineland
- Rome Berlin Axis is formed between H and M
- Hitler occupies Sudetenland
- Stalin and Hitler sign non-agression pact |
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When does Hitler invade Poland? |
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Who was the ruler of Japan during WWII? |
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Who were the axis powers during WWII? |
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What countries in Africa belonged to Britain during 1914? (imperialism in Africa) |
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South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda |
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What countries belonged to France during imperialism in Africa? |
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Algeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Madagascar |
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What countries belonged to Italy during the imperialism in Africa? |
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What countries belonged to Germany during imperialism in Africa? (1914) |
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What countries belonged Belgium during Africa's imperialism? |
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