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Hall of Mirrors January 18, 1871 |
Famous room in Versailles, France. Second German republic(reicht) proclaimed under Emperor William I. |
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Crimean War |
Russia vs England, France, and Ottoman Empire. Fought around Crimean peninsula. Russians suffered a heavy blow to their prestige after their loss, stayed out of international conflict for rest of 19th century. |
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Treaty of Paris 1856 |
Aftermath of Crimean War. Russia surrenders land at mouth of Danube river, and renounce it's claims as protectors of Orthodox Christians in Ottoman Empire. |
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Tanzimat |
Reorganization and liberalization of the economy. Ended tax farming, attempted to end corruption, and granted civic equality to all persons on Ottoman lands. |
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Young Turks |
Reform officers in charge of the Ottoman government during World War I. |
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Romantic Republicanism |
New approach on Italian Unification. Embraced Romanticism and mended it into a Republican government's framework. Secret societies formed, radical nationalists rose. |
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Guiseppe Mazzini |
First to try and unify Italy. Wanted a democratic republic based on universal suffrage and will of the people. Was too radical for the people of Italy, movement smashed by Austria in 1848. |
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Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Italian patriot who led conquest of Sicily and Naples, led the revolutionaries in southern Italy. Helped the formation of the United Italian state. |
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Camillo Cavour |
Sardinian. Chief leader in Italian Unification. Led Sardinia into a powerful position, acquired condolenses and help of Napoleon III through helping France in Crimean War. Eventually led to Italian unification. |
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War with Austria |
Also known as second Italian war of independence, as well as Franco-Austrian war. With the help of Napoleon III, Italy broke free of Austrian control and were able to unite as one nation. |
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Victor Emmanuel II |
King of Sardinia, later named first King of the United Italian State, r. 1861-1878. |
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Transformismo |
System after Cavour, political opponents were turned into supporters through bribery and favors. |
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Italia Irredenta |
"Unredeemed Italy". Desire to liberate thus was key reason of Italian support of Allies against Austria and Germany in WWI. |
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German Confederation |
Consisted of 38 sovereign states recognized by Vienna Settlement, dominated by Austria and Prussia. Had little power and needed consent of all 38 states to take action. |
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Zollverein |
Prussian economic union that presented free trade within German States, steps towards unification. Austria was excluded. |
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William I |
First proclaimed emperor of the Second German Empire. |
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Otto von Bismarck |
Chancellor of Prussia 1862-1871. Conservative nationalist, led Prussia to victory against Austria and France, responsible for creation of Second German Empire. |
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Kleindeustch |
Plan supported by Bismarck for German Unification. Means "small German". German speaking portions of Habsurb empire excluded from a United Germany. |
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Seven Weeks War. |
Austro-Prussian War. Caused by Bismarck's offenses against Austria, Austria crushed by Prussia. |
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Bundesrat and Reichstrag |
Bundesrat - federal council and upper house of legislature of Northern German Confederation. Reichstrag - lower house of legislature of Northern German Confederation. Chosen by male suffrage. |
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Franco-Prussian War |
War which sealed Bismarck's plan of complete German unification. Resulted in fall of Napoleon III and Second French Empire. |
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Dreyfus Affair |
Jewish Captain convicted of treason due to anti-Semetic (anti-Jewish) ideals, divided country, eventually Dreyfus was released but still caused controversy. |
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Emile Zola |
Realism movement in literature, focused on middle and working class. Rejected romantic search, stated human action was caused by unalterable natural laws. Environments determined human behavior. |
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Alexander II |
Russian Tzar who attempted to reform, but the discontent of public lead to his assassination. |
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William Gladstone |
Liberal British Prime Minister, gave concessions to parties, ultimately acted on bills for Irish self-governing. |
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Bessemer Process |
New way to refine and manufacture steel at a far cheaper price. |
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Gottliab Daimier |
Invented the first car prototype in France. |
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Henry Ford |
Created cheaper, more enticing cars affordable to middle class. |
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Petite Bourgeoisie |
The lower Bourgeoisie, industrialists, merchants, and professionalists who demanded stability and security from government. |
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Baron Georges Haussmann |
Rebuilt Paris, created larger roads so that revolts can't block an entire street, parks made. Sewage systems improved. |
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Louis Rene Villerme |
French doctor who became an economist, wrote about social issues. Wrote "Study of Physical Conditions of Cotton, Wool, and Silk workers". |
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Britain's Public Health Act 1848 |
Government to pass building, animal, public sanitation codes. Housing inspectors, removed filth. |
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Louis Pasteur |
French Chemist, discovered Heat kills Bacteria, which would otherwise spoil milk, wine, beer, etc. |
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1882 Married Women's Property Act |
Act of Parliament of England, altered English law, allowed married women to own and control property in their own rights. |
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Putting-Out system |
Boss/Manufacturer gives raw material to worker at home, would produce consumable goods, and give back for payment. |
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Bon Marche |
"Good market". First department store founded in Paris. |
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Suffragettes |
People who campaigned for women's right to vote. |
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Prime Minister Herbert Asquith |
Leader of liberal party, restored protection of unions. |
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Hubertine Auclert |
French woman who campaigned for right the vote. |
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BDFK |
Union of German women's organizations. Supported right to vote, concerned to improve women's social conditions. |
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Pogroms |
Government supported attacks on Jews in Russia. |
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Karl Marx |
Wrote Communist Manifesto with Engel. Put workers ahead of everything. Idealogy of proletariat vs bourgeoisie clash. |
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Fabian Society |
British professors and writers, most influential socialist group. Democratic, anti-revolutionary, wanted some socialist control over quality of life things, water systems, etc. |
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David Lloyd George |
Britain's prime minister at end of WW1. Wanted to make Germany pay for other countries' losses. |
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SPD |
German Socialist Democratic Party. Divided those who advocated reform and revolution, Bismark repressed this party. Being a socialist in Germany meant sacrificing a respectable life and career. |
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Revisionism |
German socialist ideals of achieving humane socialist society through democratic institutions over revolutions. |
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Trans-Siberian Railroad |
Railroad connecting Moscow to the far East borders of Russia. |
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Kulaks |
Rich Russian peasant farmers. Other peasants with too little land had to work on estates owned by Kulaks. |
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Zemstvos |
Instutions of local government whose members were elected by a 3- class system of peasants, noble landowners, and whole towns. |
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Vladimir llyich Ulyanov |
Also known as Lenin, most active Marxist leader in Russia, leader of Bolshevik revolution in 1917. |
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Bolsheviks |
"Majority" group of Russian social democratic party, wanted centralized leadership of working class. |
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Mensheviks |
"Minority" group of Russian social democratic party, wanted a party with mass membership that would function democratically. |
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Father George Gapon |
Priest who led the mass group that went to petition the tsar to improve conditions, survived "bloody sunday" when the masses were gunned down. |
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Soviet |
Russian council who's representatives were workers and soldiers. |
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Gregory Efimovich Rasputin |
Healer who could heal Nicholas II's hemophilia, who tried to take political position, murdered by group of aristocrats. |
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Positivism |
Philosophy of Auguste Comte that science is the final, most true voice and meaning, as everything is proven, rather than spiritual. |
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Charles Darwin |
English scientist who proposed natural selection, published "On the Origins of Species", rejected by the church and the masses. |
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Natural Selection |
Organisms with traits best suited to their environment will survive and reproduce, others will die. |
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Darwinism |
Concept of Darwin's survival of the fittest. Poor are poor because they are unfit to survive. Against social reforms to help the poor. |
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Kulturkampf |
"Battle for culture", conflict between Roman Catholic Church and German Empire. |
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Papal Infallibility |
Doctrine that stated that the pope is infallible when pronouncing matters of faith and moral, as he is the head and leader of the church. |
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Relativity |
Scientific theory associated with Einstein that time and space is a combined continuum based on the observer and the entities that he observes. |
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Realism |
Style of art and literature that seeks to depict the real natural world with science, portrayed dark side to life. |
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Gustave Flaubert |
Wrote "Madame Bovary". Tells story of middle class housewife who has adventurous love affairs and betrayed by her lover. |
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Modernism |
Movement in arts and literature to portray more beauty and aesthetics than in the natural world. |
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Keynesian Economics |
Theory presented by John Maynard Keynes, that governments could spend their economy out of depression by running deficits to encourage employment and stimulate consumption and production. |
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Impressionism |
Lots of light and color, representation through the painting through visual experience. |
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Post-Impressionism |
Followed impressionism, focused on form and structure of the painting rather than the impression of color and visuals. |
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Cubism |
Paintings with an autonomous realm, 2D and geometric shapes. Weird. |
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Friedrich Nietzche |
German philosopher who said that "God is dead", all religion is a "slave morality". Urged to accept that life was meaningless. |
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Sigmund Freud |
Austrian Physician who said that human behavior is irrational, behavior is outcome between id(irrational uncousciousness driven by sexual, pleasure-seeking desires), ego (rationalizing conscious, what one can do), and superego (moral values, what one should do). |
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Zionist |
Those who wanted to develop a homeland for Jews in Palestine. |
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Virginia Wolf |
Argued that women should have separate intellectual and psychological philosophies in comparison to men. |
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ID |
Unconsciousness that focuses to satisfy sexual and aggressive drives. |
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SuperEgo |
Part of uncouscious mind that acts as a conscience, what the most moral thing to do is, etc. |