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Western Civilization Final
HI 205 Dunstan
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04/28/2010

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liberalism
Definition
belief in the importance of liberty and equality
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nationalism
Definition
belief that an ethnic group has a right to statehood
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Hapsburg
Definition
Dynasty that ruled Austria.
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Tsar AlexanderI
Definition
From Russia. Drafted constitution for Russia, but found no honest officials to run Government. Liberalist.
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Constantine
Definition
Alexanders brother and successor. For unknown reasons renounced the Throne.
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Nicholas I
Definition
becomes king after Constantine.
trained as soldier.
Kept police force (Third Section)
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Decembrists
Definition
Group of Russian army offices who began a revolt at St. Peters burg in December in favor of Constantine and Constitution.
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Third Section
Definition
Political police force.
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Tolstoi
Definition
one of 2 novelist who printed political issues throught novels.
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Dostoevski
Definition
second novelist who printed political issues throught novels.
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Spain
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Ferdinand VIII
Definition
Spanish king. feared, powerful and oppressive, cousin to Louis of France. wanted restore Absolutism.
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Portugal
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Greece
Definition
in Ottoman rule, ruled by Sultan
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Sultan
Definition
ruler of Greece
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Eucumencial Patriarch
Definition
also means head of greece along with sultan. lives in Constantipole
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Lord Byron
Definition
Goes to Greece to Fight for thier Independence and dies.
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Otto I
Definition
Selected by Greece as monarch of Greece.
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"Ultras"
Definition
Royalists. wanted to recover lost property.
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emigres
Definition
now compensated for thier losses. they received state annuities.
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Charles X
Definition
leader of the Ultras. who also becomes King when Louis Dies. also Loius Brother.
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State annuities
Definition
Given to emigres for thier suffering.
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Polignac
Definition
Chief Minister of France appointed by Charles X.
Attempts to boost Charles popularity by attacking Algiers.
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Algiers
Definition
Almost Attacked by France.
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July Ordinances
Definition
series of decrees set forth by Charles X and Polignac( minister) which suspended liberty of press, dissolved Chamber of Deputies of France, and introduced new voting qualification that disenfranchised the Bugiouse.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Definition
spoke to retain monarchy and brought own candidate (Louis Phillip) and tried to calm the violence the July Ordinance caused.
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Loius Philippe
Definition
"king of the french", last king to rule France.
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Tricolor
Definition
color of the flag or Russia.
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"citizen king"
Definition
given to the Louis Philippe because he was loved by everyone.
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July Monarchy
Definition
during his reign. Because the revolution that put him in power occurred in July.
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Belgium
Definition
official language is dutch but no one speaks it.
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Leopold I
Definition
King of Dutch, uncle of Queen Victoria.
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Poland
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Guizot
Definition
chief minister who was hate by French Liberalists, they wanted him dismissed
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Second French
Definition
2nd french republic Universal manhood suffrage.
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June Days
Definition
Radicals in Paris try to take control of national assembly by force when all males population voted.
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Loius Napoleon Bonaparte
Definition
elected first president, declared himself emperor.
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Italy
Definition
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Mazzini
Definition
leader of the Young Italy.
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Young Italy
Definition
group of liberals who wanted united free Italy. advocated revolts to make italy democratic republic.
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Charles Albert
Definition
king of Sardinia, leader of unificiation of italy momevent.
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Victor Emmmanuel II
Definition
king of Sardinia, when italy was unified.
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Berlin, Prussia
Definition
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Fredrick Williams IV
Definition
forced into a ceremony of saluting the corpses.
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Frankfurt Assembly
Definition
assembly called to draw up a Constitution for a united Germany. In this assembly it split into 2 groups. Biger germans and little germans.
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Big Germans
Definition
Wanted to include Austria and Bohemia in Germany.
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Bohemia
Definition
Bohemia and Austra wanted in Germany by Big Germans.
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Little Germans
Definition
Did not want Bohemia or Austria in Germany.

The 2 groups also split up in who would rule Germany.
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Hapsburg
Definition
Hapsburg of Austria to rule Germany.
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Hohenzollerns
Definition
Hohenzollerns of Russia to rule Germany.
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Great Britian
Definition
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Oligarchy - democracy
Definition
Ruled by a few, went from oligarchy to democracy
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crown
Definition
executive ruler of Great Britian. did not exercise public power, but has vast amount of influence behind the scenes.
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Parliament
Definition
Parliament of Great Britian, has 2 houses. House of Lords and House of commons. Has same power as house of commons except money bills from HOC.

House of lords has small class of peers.
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Peers
Definition
2 groups of 1814 were heridtary nobles and clergy/bishops.
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gentry
Definition
One member of House of commons. aristocratic class below nobles.
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Lord Grey
Definition
Prime Minister of GB who was also a whig, who helped to pass a law that allowed to widen the vote.
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William IV
Definition
King William IV threatened to decrease prestige of nobles in the house of Lords if they didnt sign the bill.
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Reform Bill of 1832 (First Reform Bill)
Definition
most middle class males can vote, but working class couldnt. It also gave seats in House of Commons to 40+ unrepresented cities.
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rotten boroughs
Definition
election districts.
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Catholic Emancipation Act
Definition
restore civil rights to Roman catholics and allows them to be elected into Parliament.
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Second Reform Bill (1867)
Definition
came by becuase of Tory Party. This bill doubled the numbers of voters in Britian, now more than a Third of adult population can vote.
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Tory Party
Definition
Traditional resisting widening the vote
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Whig Party
Definition
Liberal Party
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Benjamin Disraeli
Definition
Helped Tory party get the credit for the 2nd reform bill becuase he knew it was coming up anyway.
conservative.
Against laissez faire

pro empire, made Queen Victoria Emperoress of India.

prime minister for a while
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William Gladstone
Definition
pushed for new reform bill for women to vote. leader of Whig party.

liberal. son of a jew, pro laisse faire.

anti empire.

took out troops from afgan and monopolized control of alexandria, Egypt.

prime minister for a while
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Parliamentary Act of 1911
Definition
removed the lords right to absolute veto and left them with the delaying veto. done because of Gladstone.
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Whigs -Liberals
Definition
liberal party
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Tories - Conservatives
Definition
Traditional resisting widening the vote
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Victoria
Definition
Queen, "empress of india"
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Afghanistan
Definition
Gladsonte pull troops out of here
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Alexandria
Definition
Gladstone took troops out of Afgan and put them into here________, Egypt.
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Ireland
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Ulster
Definition
Northern Ireland.
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Orangemen
Definition
all the emigrates who went to ulster.
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Charles Parnell
Definition
becomes leader of Irish Nationalists in British Parliament.
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Home Rule Bill
Definition
Where Ireland would be separate of Great Britain
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rider
Definition
home rule passes house of commons but didn't go into effect because bill carried this.
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Easter Rebellion
Definition
revolt in Ireland in 1916, lead to gorilla warfare with British.
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Irish Free State
Definition
1949, Ireland becomes completely independent.
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autonomous
Definition
independent, but still had ties to GB.
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Northern Ireland
Definition
part of Great Britian still to this day.
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dominion
Definition
northernireland still part of GB
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Labour Party
Definition
formed becuase of the split of liberal party into labor party and conservative party. cause was Gladstones fight for home rule
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Herbert Asquith
Definition
Irish Liberalist, who helped pass the bill to lower house of lords power.
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Lloyd George
Definition
last liberal to be Prime minister
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George V
Definition
New King of Great Britain who help passed peoples budget.
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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Definition
President of France, always violated the constitution, proclaimed himself emperor. now called Napoleon III
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National Assembly
Definition
split into 2 groups, one who supported descendents of Charles x (Barbouns) and those of Loius Phillip(orleanists)
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Coup of 1851
Definition
dissolution of the french national assembly.
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Napoleon III
Definition
aka Loius Napoleon Bonaparte
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Suez Canal
Definition
canal in Egypt, supported by Napoleon III.
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House of Savoy
Definition
Unified rest of Italy
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Mexico
Definition
Napoleon III sent Austrian prince to become emperor of this place.
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Maximillion
Definition
Austrian prine who became emperor of mexico.
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Otto Von Bismark
Definition
Prussian chancellor who directly provoked napoloen in declarwing war with Prussia.
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Franco-Prussian War
Definition
War between France and Prussia.
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Third Republic
Definition
proclaimed by the mob. majority of national assembly was monarchist.
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Alsace
Definition
given to Prussia after Franco Prussia war
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Lorraine
Definition
given to Prussia after Franco Prussia war
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Borbouns
Definition
descendants of Charles X
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Orleanists
Definition
descendants of Loius Phillilp
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Count of Chambord
Definition
person who was claiming that he should be the king, could have been king, father was king henry V, if he had accepted the tri color flag.
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King Henry V
Definition
Commits suicide after they discover he tried to hide that Major Esterhazy was the traiter.
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Dryfus
Definition
Jew and capatin in army, falsy accused to selling military secrets to Germany. sent to life in prison.
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anti-Semitism
Definition
dryfus affair, good example.
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Devil's Island
Definition
prison where Dryfus was sent to.
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Colonel Picquart
Definition
discovers that the major traitor was Major Esterhezy. sent to Nroth Aftrica so he doesnt reveal it.
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Major Esterhazy
Definition
Major Tratier who is discovered by Dryfus's brother, and is finally acquitted.
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Zola
Definition
french novelist. publishes I accuse naming milatary leader convicting innocent man to false testimony.
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"I accuse" ("J accuse")
Definition
novel naming milatary leader convicting innocent man to false testimony.
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Colonel Henry
Definition
forged the documents to convict Dryfus.
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Italy
Definition
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Cavour
Definition
architect of Italian Unification. Chief minister under Victor Emmanuel II of sardinia. Signs a secrete deal with Napolean III, where France would help Sardinia if they declare war on Austria.
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Victor Emmanuel II
Definition
King of Sardinia
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Lombardy
Definition
Austria controlls this place but given to Sardinia from Peace Treaty, along with many other northern Italy states.
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Venetia
Definition
Controlled by Austria. given to Italy because Italy sided with Prussia in brief war with Austria.
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Garibaldi
Definition
radical republic(wears red shirts)
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redshirts
Definition
worn by Garibaldi
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Trieste and Trent
Definition
controlled by Austria which infuriated Italians, causing Italy towith fight against Austria in WW1.
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Germany
Definition
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William I
Definition
became King of Prussia in 1851, wanted unification of germany under prussian leadership. Believed in governing by military force.
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Chancellor
Definition
Otto Von Bismarck is his chancellor, and he had 7 steps for German Unification.
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Denmark
Definition
War against Denmark becuase they had 2 large cities with large poopulation.
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Schleswig
Definition
One of the 2 cities that Bismarck wanted.

Prussia controls this after war.
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Holstein
Definition
Other city that Bismark wanted.

First given to Austria, then
Given to Prussia after Germany's with Austria.
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Seven Weeks War
Definition
War against Austria which Bismarck deliberately provoked. Prussia and ITaly vs. Austria and several German states. Austria defeated and Holstein now given to Prussia.
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North German Confederation
Definition
20 smaller north german states form into this. supposed to be headed by king of Prussia
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Kaiser (emperor)
Definition
word for emperor, King William I (kasier of Prussia) now kaiser of Germany.
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William II
Definition
Fires Bismarck when he comes to thrown. autocrat, believed King's rule was God given. Makes Germany economic Power house.
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Francis Joseph
Definition
emperor of Austria during this whole ordeal. sets up dual monarchy. Ruled as King of Hungary and emperor of Austria.
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Dual Monarchy
Definition
King of 2 places.
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Austria-Hungary
Definition
very poor nation becuase of national autonomy. discontent of large minorities, enters WW1 as weak state.
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Ottoman Empire
Definition
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Young Turks
Definition
group of educated Turks disgusted by sultans rule. rebelled and forced sultan to grant constitution.
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Russo-Turkish War
Definition
caused by sultans repression of national groups in Balkans.
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Balkans
Definition
city where Russo-Turkish war was pretty much started because of repression of national groups.
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Russia
Definition
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Nicholas I
Definition
Czar who ruled in Cruelty in which Russia was a police State.
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Alexander II
Definition
saw need for moderate reform. issued a empirical decree providing a gradual abolition of serfdom.
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Serfs - serfdom
Definition
person born in thier land who are pretty much slaves to that land.
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Abolition of serfdom
Definition
abolishing Serfs.
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Alexander III
Definition
reverts back to Nicholas I repression tactics.
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Nicholas II
Definition
well meaning. secret police who struck at opponents of govt.
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Social Democrats
Definition
opposition to Nicholas II (followed Marxism) who split into 2 wings, Mensheviks and Bolsheviks
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Mensheviks
Definition
moderates who favored gradual and peaceful methods of achieving socialism.
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Bolsheviks
Definition
extremists led by Lenin. wanted to create small groups of professional revolutionaries who will lead Proletariat to forceful seizure of power and then led government to communist Party.
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Lenin
Definition
lead Bolsheviks
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Proletariat
Definition
working class, lowest class.
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Communist Party
Definition
wanted by the Bolsheviks.
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Russo-Japanese War
Definition
caused over interest in China and Korea. Russia is defeated and completely screws up Russia.
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Revolution of 1905
Definition
starts because of Bloody Sunday
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Bloody sunday
Definition
Soldiers fire upon civilians outside of Czar house who tried to petition
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St. Petersburg
Definition
Term
Duma
Definition
summoned by Czar. this goup is a newly elected national assembly of very little power.
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Romanovs
Definition
Dynasty who remained a backward state
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Tsarina (empress)
Definition
Czars wife, came under the power or Rasputin.
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Rasputin
Definition
powerful figure in the government. caused the fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Term
World War 1
Definition
Term
League of the Three Emperors
Definition
Germany, Russia, Austria formed to isolate France, but falls apart.
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Dual Alliance
Definition
Germany and Austria
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Triple Allaince
Definition
Germany, Austria, and Italy.
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Dual Entente
Definition
France and Russia becuase France decided to rebuttal against them.
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Entente Cordiale
Definition
Britain signs with France but becuase France is with Russia they also become allys with Russia.
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Armaments
Definition
race between Britian and germany involving Naval contest. they both spent huge sums on new weapons of war and increasing the size of their standing armies.
Term
Bosnia
Definition
Annexed by Austria
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Herzegocinia
Definition
Also Annexed by Austria.
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Serbia
Definition
Wages war with Ottoman Empire along with 2 other Balkan states.
Term
Bulgaria
Definition
Wages war with Ottoman Empire along with 2 other Balkan states. After they win the war, they are angry with their share of win, so they go to war with their previous Allys, and are defeated.
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Greece
Definition
Wages war with Ottoman Empire along with 2 other Balkan states.
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Rumania
Definition
balkan countries with ottoman empire in 1912.
Term
poweder keg of Europe
Definition
Balkans known as this after they defeat Ottoman empire.
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Duke Francis Ferdinand
Definition
duke of Austria who was assassinated, his wife was also assassinated
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ultimatum
Definition
Austria gave this to Serbia demanding their IMMEDIATE end to anti Austrian propaganda.
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mobilazation
Definition
Russia begins the ________ of its army to protect Serbia, and France assures them its support. Germans want russ and france to stop mobilazation and they decline. Germany declares war with them.
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neutrality
Definition
not on any side.
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Belgium
Definition
Germany enters this neutral country after Britain warns them not to, so Britain declares war with this country.
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Battle of the Marne
Definition
Between German and France/Britain. three day battle. forced German to retreat on western front.
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trench warfare
Definition
warefare where they are under bunkers to protect them from small opposition.
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tsar
Definition
Russian Ruler.
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abdication
Definition
give up with no chance of coming back.
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Bolsheviks
Definition
they take over the government.
Term
Versailles Peace Conference
Definition
allied nations included, not defeated nations. 4 principle decision makers.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
from USA, idealist. came up with Fourteen Points.
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Clemencuau
Definition
from France, wanted to obtain sufficient reparation funds from war.
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LLoyd George
Definition
From Britian, also wanted to obtain sufficient reparation funds from war.
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Orlando
Definition
from Italy.
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Fourteen POints
Definition
Wilsons proposition
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League of Nations
Definition
part of wilsons proposition.

formation of associations of nations.
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Saar
Definition
industrialized region in western Germany which France would control for 15 years.
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