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03/06/2014

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Louis XVL
Definition
Married marie antvinett:
built versailles
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French Revolution
Definition
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American Independance
Definition
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Napolean Bonaparte
Definition
French general:
Conquered much of Europe
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
Definition
Led the slaves revolution in Haiti:
Haiti won independence in 1804
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Simon Bolivar
Definition
A venezulea general:
Venezuela gained indpendence in 1811
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Dom Pedro
Definition
Son of Dom Juan:
Gained brazil's independence peacefull
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Nationalism
Definition
A felling of loyality for ones own land & people:
belief that ones greatest loyality should be able to ones country
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Imperialism
Definition
A policy that describes how a empire ruled and conquered other lands:
Britain ruled some lands directly and governed others indirectly
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Berlin Conference
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Panama Canal
Definition
Connectd Atlantic & Pacific oceans:
America finshed it
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Thomas Edison
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Greatest American inventor:
Invented electricity
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Alexander G. Bell
Definition
A scot who emigrated to the US:
Invented the telephone
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G. Marconi
Definition
Itialian inventor:
Invented the radio
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Karl Marx
Definition
father of communism:
Wrote "communist manifiesto"
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Charles Darwin
Definition
British scientist:
wrote "origin of species"
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Sigmund Frued
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father of psychology:
from vienna
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Slavic Groups
Definition
Serbia, Slovia , Czech :
Wanted to form own country
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Archduke Ferdinand
Definition
Heir to the throne of Austrie-hungary:
Was assinated during a visit to Bosnia
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Gavrilou Princip
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A serbian student who assinated Archduk:
Assination marked the beginning of world war I
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Triple Alliance
Definition
Formed by Austria/Hungary,Germany, Italy,Bulgaria,and the Ottoman Turks
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Triple Entant
Definition
Formed by Russia,Great Britain,Serbia,France:
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U Boats
Definition
German Submarines:
Broke the rules of warfare by attacking unarmed ships
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lusitania
Definition
British Passenger Liner:
Sunk by a German U Boat in 1915
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Arthur Zimmerman
Definition
German foreign minister:
Ther germans promised mexico land that America took from them after victory
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Woodrow Wilson
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President of America:
Didn't want to go to war
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Newton Baker
Definition
US Secratqry of War:
Was in charge of the draft
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Croix De Guerre
Definition
"Cross of War"
The 369th infantry of black soldiers won the highest prized French decoration
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