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43 Cards in this Set
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Peninsulares
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member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in Americas |
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Creoles
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descendants of Spanish-born BUT born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status
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Mulattos
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persons of mixed European and African ancestry |
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Simon Bolivar |
Venezuelan statesman known as ‘the Liberator” who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule frees Venezuela,, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia
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Dom Pedro
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became the emperor of an independent Brazil
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Juan Morelos
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Creole priest who continued Hidalgo’s movement, Improve Mexican conditions, abolish slavery, and give universal male suffrage Captured and shot.
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Toussaint L'Overture
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a self-educated former slave was a brilliant general and inspiring commander during Haiti's rebellion
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Father Hidalgo
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creole priest in Mexico that raised his voice for freedom
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El Grito de Dolores
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Father Hidalgo's speech meaning "The Cry of Dolores," it called for Mexicans to fight for "Independence and Liberty"
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Jose San Martin
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southern South America -1816-wins independence of Argentina -1822-gives up army to Bolivar
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Nationalism
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the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation-to the people with whom they share a culture and history-rather than to a king or empire
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Nation-states
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an independent geopolitical unit of people having a common culture and identity.
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Louis-Napoleon
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nephew of Napoleon, wins presidential election, strong ruler four years after election takes the title of Emperor Napoleon III. His strong rule was welcomed-he built railroads and encouraged industrialization.
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Alexander II
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son of Czar Nicholas I, moves Russian towards modernization and social change. Freed all the serfs in 1861
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Russification
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the process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian Empire.
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Camillo Cavour
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Lead figure in the unification of Italy. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Italian nationalist whose "Red Shirts" freed Sicily and southern Italy and then united it with northern Italy.
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Otto Von Bismarck
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Prime Minister of Prussia, founder & first chancellor of a united Germany. Bismarck was the most influential in helping Germany to unify. Chancellor of Prussia who was responsible for the unification of German states
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Blood & Iron Speech
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Blood and Iron speech made up Bismarck to encourage the unification of the German states by using war.
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Junkers
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very conservative members of Prussian wealthy landowning class. Otto von Bismark was a Junker.
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Realpolitik
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realistic politics based on the needs of the state. Both Bismarck in Germany & Cavour in Italy were masters of this policy.
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Franco-Prussian War
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War between France & Prussia, started over Bismarck created the impression that the French ambassador had insulted the Prussian king. France declared war, but Prussia won - This was was the final stage in the German Unification process.
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Kaiser
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German emperor-similar to Roman Caesar
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Radical
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Group on the political spectrum that want changes and will use violence to get them
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Liberal
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Group on the political spectrum that want changes, but use legal means to get them
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Moderate
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Group on the political spectrum that are middle of the road; favor compromise
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Conservative
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Group on the political spectrum that like the "Status quo" or keeping things the way they already are.
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Reactionary
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Group on the political spectrum that want to go back to the "good ole days" and will use violence to do so.
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goals of Conservatives in the first half of the 1800s after the Congress of Vienna
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Wanted to continue to support the kings who had ruled Europe for centuries. These were nobles and other people who owned large amounts of property.
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goals of Liberals in the first half of the 1800s after the Congress of Vienna
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Wanted to give more power to elected legislatures. They were typically middle-class merchants and business people.
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goals of the Radicals in the first half of the 1800s after the Congress of Vienna
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Wanted to end rule by kings and full voting rights for all.
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Romanticism
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an early 19th-century movement in art and thought, which focused on emotion and nature rather than reason and society.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German romantic writer who wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther - celebrated the German spirit.
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William Wordsworth
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British romantic poet – honored nature as the source of truth and beauty.
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Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)
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was a Gothic horror story writer- novles filled with fearful, violent, sometimes supernatural events. The novel told the story of a monster created from the body parts of dead human beings.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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German composer was the most famous of the Romantic composers.
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Realism
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Middle 1800, the grim realities of industrial life made the dreams of romantics seem silly; therefore this movement emerged. Artists & writers tried to show life as it really was. They used their art as to protest unfair social conditions.
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Charles Dickens
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English realist writer who wrote novels that showed how people suffered in the new industrialized economy.
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The Camera
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new device was developed in this period – Photographers used them to capture realistic images on film.
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Impressionism
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New art style, used light and light-filled colors to produce an impression of a subject or moment in time. Artists glorified the delights of the life of the rising middle class in their paintings.
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Impressionism Composers
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created music that set the mood by using different music structures, instruments, or patterns.
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Claude Monet
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Impressionist artist who often painted water because of its reflective nature.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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one of the leading impressionist artists
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