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MEH
Unit 12 and 13
38
History
10th Grade
04/22/2007

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Otto Von Bismark
Definition
Prime Minister of Prussia appointed by William I.
He unified Germany by going to war with France.
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Austria-Hungary
Definition
Had a parliamentary system that was ignored by the Prime Minister, Francis Joseph. He did whatever he wanted when he wanted. The different controlling groups were always fighting as well.
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Kaiser William II
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Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia
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Alexander II
Definition
“king” of Russian who emancipated the serfs
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Queen Victoria
Definition
England's greatest queen: The Victorian Age
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Wordsworth
Definition
Poet who Love of nature caused him to criticize 18th century science with its logic and empirical studies
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Charles Dickens
Definition
Focused on the British lower and middle class during the industrial revolution
b. David Copperfield
c. Oliver Twist
d. A Tale of Two Cities
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Crimean War
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The result of a long standing srtuggle with the Ottoman Empire and Russia that destroyed the Concert of Europe.
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Austro-Prussian War
Definition
In 1866
Prussians won and gained control of Ventia
The new Italian state became an ally of Prussia
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Realpolitik
Definition
"The polotics of reality"
What Bismarck used
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Legitmacy
Definition
rulers and their families, before Napoleon, would be restored to their throne in order to keep stability and peace in Europe
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Militarism
Definition
reliance on military strength
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Revisionist Marxist
working class
Definition
argued that workers must continue to organize in mass political parties and even work with other parties to gain reforms
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Socialism
Definition
system in which society, usually in the form of government, owns and controls the means of production
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Romanticism
Definition
A rebellion/ reaction to enlightenment and rationalism
idea that you can feel your emotions and your imagination are appropriate ways of knowing
You don't have to use science to figure it out- your feelings/imagination will work just fine
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Einstein
Definition
German born scinetist with new theories on relativity
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Trade Unions
Definition
Mass labor parties that were a force of reform in Britain
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Cavour
Definition
United Italy
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Ministerial Responsibilty
Definition
the idea that the prime minister is responsible to the popularly elected executive body and is not to the executive officer
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Triple Alliance
Definition
Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy
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Conservatism
Definition
Church + State = good
Change is bad
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Social Darwinism
Definition
Darwin's theory inappropriately applied to human society
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Realism
Definition
the idea that the world should be views realistically- breaking away from the mystical, imaginative romantic period
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Renior
Definition
A modern imppresionist painter
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Compromise of 1867
Definition
Created the dual monarch of Austria Hungary
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Triple Entent
Definition
Great Britain, France, and Russia
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Dual Monarchy
Definition
In Austria-Hungary
Each "place" had their own government, constitution, and legislature
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
Definition
Italian patriot who created the Red Shirts
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Mary Shelley
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Gothis author who wrote Frankenstein in Britain
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Sir Walter Scott
Definition
Gothic author who wrote the novel Ivanhoe, set in medieval England
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Communism
Definition
When the government owns and controls everything
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Franco-Prussian War
Definition
French troops withdrew from Rome enabling the Italian army's annexation of Rome
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Impressionist
Definition
The rejection of studios to paint in and go out into the country to pain to get the "real" view of nature
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Van Gogh
Definition
Modern impressionist painter who cut off his ear
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Why was Great Britain first to develop industrially?
Definition
agricultural practices, more food, more money, more natural resources, and more markets
Term
What were the arguments for public education?
Who supported public education?
Definition
To run the factories, skilled workers were needed. To be a skilled worker you had to go to school. Better educated voters came out of schools. Nationalism from school was an added bonus.
Western nations and women supported this.
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What were the first goals of the feminists?
Definition
The right to divorce and own property
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Name the characteristics of a political democracy
Definition
People voted for who they wanted in power and the government listened
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