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Hall of Mirrors January 18, 1871

Famous room in Versailles, France. Second German republic(reicht) proclaimed under Emperor William I.

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.

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.

Tanzimat

Reorganization and liberalization of the economy. Ended tax farming, attempted to end corruption, and granted civic equality to all persons on Ottoman lands.

Young Turks

Reform officers in charge of the Ottoman government during World War I.

Romantic Republicanism

New approach on Italian Unification. Embraced Romanticism and mended it into a Republican government's framework. Secret societies formed, radical nationalists rose.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Victor Emmanuel II

King of Sardinia, later named first King of the United Italian State, r. 1861-1878.

Transformismo

System after Cavour, political opponents were turned into supporters through bribery and favors.

Italia Irredenta

"Unredeemed Italy". Desire to liberate thus was key reason of Italian support of Allies against Austria and Germany in WWI.

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.

Zollverein

Prussian economic union that presented free trade within German States, steps towards unification. Austria was excluded.

William I

First proclaimed emperor of the Second German Empire.

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.

Kleindeustch

Plan supported by Bismarck for German Unification. Means "small German". German speaking portions of Habsurb empire excluded from a United Germany.

Seven Weeks War.

Austro-Prussian War. Caused by Bismarck's offenses against Austria, Austria crushed by Prussia.

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.

Franco-Prussian War

War which sealed Bismarck's plan of complete German unification. Resulted in fall of Napoleon III and Second French Empire.

Dreyfus Affair

Jewish Captain convicted of treason due to anti-Semetic (anti-Jewish) ideals, divided country, eventually Dreyfus was released but still caused controversy.

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.

Alexander II

Russian Tzar who attempted to reform, but the discontent of public lead to his assassination.

William Gladstone

Liberal British Prime Minister, gave concessions to parties, ultimately acted on bills for Irish self-governing.

Bessemer Process

New way to refine and manufacture steel at a far cheaper price.

Gottliab Daimier

Invented the first car prototype in France.

Henry Ford

Created cheaper, more enticing cars affordable to middle class.

Petite Bourgeoisie

The lower Bourgeoisie, industrialists, merchants, and professionalists who demanded stability and security from government.

Baron Georges Haussmann

Rebuilt Paris, created larger roads so that revolts can't block an entire street, parks made. Sewage systems improved.

Louis Rene Villerme

French doctor who became an economist, wrote about social issues. Wrote "Study of Physical Conditions of Cotton, Wool, and Silk workers".

Britain's Public Health Act 1848

Government to pass building, animal, public sanitation codes. Housing inspectors, removed filth.

Louis Pasteur

French Chemist, discovered Heat kills Bacteria, which would otherwise spoil milk, wine, beer, etc.

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.

Putting-Out system

Boss/Manufacturer gives raw material to worker at home, would produce consumable goods, and give back for payment.

Bon Marche

"Good market". First department store founded in Paris.

Suffragettes

People who campaigned for women's right to vote.

Prime Minister Herbert Asquith

Leader of liberal party, restored protection of unions.

Hubertine Auclert

French woman who campaigned for right the vote.

BDFK

Union of German women's organizations. Supported right to vote, concerned to improve women's social conditions.

Pogroms

Government supported attacks on Jews in Russia.

Karl Marx

Wrote Communist Manifesto with Engel. Put workers ahead of everything. Idealogy of proletariat vs bourgeoisie clash.

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.

David Lloyd George

Britain's prime minister at end of WW1. Wanted to make Germany pay for other countries' losses.

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.

Revisionism

German socialist ideals of achieving humane socialist society through democratic institutions over revolutions.

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Railroad connecting Moscow to the far East borders of Russia.

Kulaks

Rich Russian peasant farmers. Other peasants with too little land had to work on estates owned by Kulaks.

Zemstvos

Instutions of local government whose members were elected by a 3- class system of peasants, noble landowners, and whole towns.

Vladimir llyich Ulyanov

Also known as Lenin, most active Marxist leader in Russia, leader of Bolshevik revolution in 1917.

Bolsheviks

"Majority" group of Russian social democratic party, wanted centralized leadership of working class.

Mensheviks

"Minority" group of Russian social democratic party, wanted a party with mass membership that would function democratically.

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.

Soviet

Russian council who's representatives were workers and soldiers.

Gregory Efimovich Rasputin

Healer who could heal Nicholas II's hemophilia, who tried to take political position, murdered by group of aristocrats.

Positivism

Philosophy of Auguste Comte that science is the final, most true voice and meaning, as everything is proven, rather than spiritual.

Charles Darwin

English scientist who proposed natural selection, published "On the Origins of Species", rejected by the church and the masses.

Natural Selection

Organisms with traits best suited to their environment will survive and reproduce, others will die.

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.

Kulturkampf

"Battle for culture", conflict between Roman Catholic Church and German Empire.

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.

Relativity

Scientific theory associated with Einstein that time and space is a combined continuum based on the observer and the entities that he observes.

Realism

Style of art and literature that seeks to depict the real natural world with science, portrayed dark side to life.

Gustave Flaubert

Wrote "Madame Bovary". Tells story of middle class housewife who has adventurous love affairs and betrayed by her lover.

Modernism

Movement in arts and literature to portray more beauty and aesthetics than in the natural world.

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.

Impressionism

Lots of light and color, representation through the painting through visual experience.

Post-Impressionism

Followed impressionism, focused on form and structure of the painting rather than the impression of color and visuals.

Cubism

Paintings with an autonomous realm, 2D and geometric shapes. Weird.

Friedrich Nietzche

German philosopher who said that "God is dead", all religion is a "slave morality". Urged to accept that life was meaningless.

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).

Zionist

Those who wanted to develop a homeland for Jews in Palestine.

Virginia Wolf

Argued that women should have separate intellectual and psychological philosophies in comparison to men.

ID

Unconsciousness that focuses to satisfy sexual and aggressive drives.

SuperEgo

Part of uncouscious mind that acts as a conscience, what the most moral thing to do is, etc.