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What type of rights did woman want? (4)
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- divorce rights
- education rights - rights to have a job - suffrage |
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where were women very militant
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GB
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Who were the first women to gain rights
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Australians
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When did women in the US gain the right to vote
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1918
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What were two new forms of jobs for women during the 1800s
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nursing and teaching
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what were women nurses known as
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women in white
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what class were these women part of
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middle
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where was amalie sieveking from
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germany
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where was florence nightingsdale from
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gb
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where was clara barton from
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us
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what were the two women groups in gb fighting for rights
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moderates and radicals
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what was the first us state with women suffrage
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wyoming
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what was the first state to have a female congress member
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montana
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what wree suffragettes
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women radicals
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who was a suffragette martyre
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emily davis
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when did all women gain suffrage in us
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1920
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who was a new woman, why?
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maria montessori. first woman in italy with a medical degree. opened a school for the disabled
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when did social darwinism come about
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late 19th century
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what was social darwinism?
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survival of the fittest for humans. the governemnt should not interfere. they should let the poor die so that rich people could reproduce. this would make the society more perfect.
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who liked social dariwnisim
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radicals and racists
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what did german volk believe
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that the german race was better than all other races. they believed that war was good because it would make them superior.
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who was houston stewart chamberlain
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british man who became a german citizen. said that german volk were true aryans. he thought germans were the creators of the wester culture. didnt like jews.
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what is imperialism
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to build an empire
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what do you need in order to build an empire
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you have to be rich and strong
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what are the causes of imperialism
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competition b/w nation states and social darwinism
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why are empires good
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- for economy (natural resources)
- stronger military - boosted nationalism - prestigious |
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why did social darwinism cause imperialism
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- the superior races took over the inferior races and made an empire
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what did the western world do to africa and asia (8)
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- changed religion (christian)
- government system - language - economic system - took raw materials - medicine - diseases - school |
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who didnt support imperialism
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marxists
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what did marxists say about imperialism
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by building an empire, wealthy nations become more welathy and poor become more poor
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who was vladimir lenin
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critic against imperilaism. big marxist
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what countries had colonies in africa during the early 1880s (6)
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britain, dutch, french, spanish, portugual, italy
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what did britian take from the dutch
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tip of south africa (cape town).
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where did the dutch go after cape town
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up to transvaal and orange free state
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what were the dutch known as
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afrikaners and boers
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how did the boer war start?
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when the british followed the dutch up north and tried to take over transvaal too
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why did britian move north
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cecil rhodes found out that there was a lot of gold in the north.
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what did cecil wan to make an empire out of
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from cape town to cairo
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what does cecil call transvaal once it was taken over by the british
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rhodesia
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why was cecil rhodes fired
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because he made the british government look bad... to much of a loud mouth
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what was the second boer war?
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caused by british trying to take over boer land.
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who won the second boer war?
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british.
transvaal became a domnion of the british. egypt become a protectorate of british. british wanted egypt because they had the suez canal, later british got egypt |
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what did the british get in the 1870s from the french?
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sudan
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what is the capital of liberia?
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monroevia
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how often does the us have a census?
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every 10 yrs
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how are the president people seated during the state of union address.
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obama in middle. biden on right. nancy pelosi on left.
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who is nancy pelosi?
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speaker of the hosue
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what are the two tribes in south africa
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zulu and xhosa
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what did the british and dutch do to the zulu and xhosa tribes?
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thy massacred tem
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who did the french own in afria?
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algeria, frenchwest africa, tunisia, morocco (protectorate)
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spain in africa
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owned part of morocco
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portugual in africa
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controlled angola and mozambique
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italy in africa
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libya
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belgium in africa
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central africa aka congo.
king leopold II. rubber plantaions massacered 15 mil natives in congo. pop of congo became slaves on plantations. |
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dutch in asia:
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netherlands
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spain in asia
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philippines
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french
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indochina
- cambodia - laos - vietnam |
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who owned most of asia
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british and russia
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british in afria
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australia, new zealand, india,
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who discovered australia
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james cook
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why was australia good for the british?
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used as a refueling station they discovered all the gold and land there.
used australia for gold mines and sheep raising |
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what did the british find in india?
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cotton.
east india company. india revolted because east india company was becoming to powerful and then the british military crushed the rvolt. |
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who became the empress of india
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queen victoria
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who sold alaska to the us
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russia for 7. 4 mill
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what was found in alaska?
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oil and gold
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when did russia take over the coast of the black sea?
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when the ottoman empire fell apart
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what did russia take over by moving osuth?
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afghanistan and persia
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who was persia divided between?
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british and russians
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what does afghanistan become?
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a bufferzone to keep british and russia out of eachothers way
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who rules china?
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manchu dynasty
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what happened when the manchu dynasty fell apart?
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britain took over hong kong
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who is the "sick man of asia"
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china
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who owned china? (6)
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us, japan, russia, britan, germany, france
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who came up with the open door policy?
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John Hay
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what is the open door polciy?
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like balance of power.
set forth that no country would interfere in anothers. |
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t or f.. japan was strong
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true
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what did US do in order to force japan to trade with US
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they sent a fleet to tokyo. war or trade.
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who took over burma
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britain
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who took over malay states
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britain
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who took over indochina
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france
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who was siam a bufferstate fore? what is siam known as today?
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france and britian... thailand
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who did us own in asia
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hawaii and somoan island
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what was in hawaii
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pearl harbor, a military base for US to refuel.
sugar industry. |
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where was the spanish american war. how lng was it.
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cuba and philippines. 5 weeks long
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who won the spanish american war. what didthe winner get.
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us got puerto rico, guam, and philippines
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what caused the philippine american war?
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philippines helped us win the spanish american war because us told phillippines that if they halped they would help them get free. us betrayed them and philippines became a part of the us
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how long did the philippine american war last? who won?
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3 years. we did
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Who was the agressor nation in the time that the ottoman empire was falling apart?
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russia
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what was the last war before world war i
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franco prussian war
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what is the the bismarckian system
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it created a balance of power
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what did france want to do to germany after the franco prussian war
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they wanted alsace loraine
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what did bismarck do in order to avoid france from taking alsace and loraine back
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he created the three emperors leage
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who was in the three emperors league?
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germany austria-hungary and russia. they defended eahother
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why didnt the three emperors league last long?
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because austria and russia competed against eachother over land in the balkans
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what does russia create out of the area in the balkans that it takes over
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balgaria
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who was the leader of the congress of berlin
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bismarck
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what is the congress of berlin
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russia is humiliated, much of the ottoman empire is taken away
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why was the congress of berlin good for some (3)
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ottoman empire is freed from russia. austria go some land. serbia, romania, montenegro become independent
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why did countries create alliances
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they were still worried because everyone was fighting over land. they created them to avoid war
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what alliances were made?
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triple alliance (german, austria, italy) triple entente (britain, russia, and france)
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how many supreme court justices are there?
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9, 5 conservative, 4 liberal
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who is ruth betaginsberg
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liberal
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who is the newest supreme court justice
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soto mayor
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how long was joe biden senator for
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30 years
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what does michelle obama deal with
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child obesity
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who made the reinsurance treaty
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bismarck
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what was the point of the reinsurance treaty
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to keep france isolated and keep russia on germanys side
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who fired bismarck
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william II
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what does william II do after he fires bismarck
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he takes germany out of the reiunsurance treaty
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why did germany leave the reinsurance treaty
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because william II felt that germany was closer to austria then to russia but then russia and france became allies
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who were the counsins
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nicolas II, william II, George VI
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what is the bosnia crisis
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when austria annexes bosnia herzegovina, against the congress of berlin, to stop serbia from creating a large slav empire of all the people in the balkans
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what were the balkan wars?
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when the balkans fought against eachother (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro)
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which alliance was nown as the cental powers?
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triple alliances
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which alliance was known as the allies?
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triple entente
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who is picasso? Where did he live?
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a painter in gernica a town in nothern spain
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what did picasso paint?
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impressionism/ cubism
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how many died in wwi? how many wounded
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16 mil- died. 22 million- wounded
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what were the causes of ww i?
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nationalis, alliances, internal dessent, militarism
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what did germany want in the war
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part of russia and belgium
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what did france want
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alsace loraine
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what did austria want
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hungary to prevent serbia from expanding
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what did russia want
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to protect slavs/srbia
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what did britain want
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to protect/maintain its worldwide empire
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where was there internal dissent within countries? (3)
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slavs in austria, irish in britian, poles in russia
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how big was the russian army
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1.3 mil
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german army
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900,000 men
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how big is our army today
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500,0000
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where did the assasination take place
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sarajevo
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who is the black hand
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serbian terroists
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what was the blank check?
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germany agreed to defend austria when they fought agiant sebia
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what did the ultimatum say
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austria asked serbia to take responsibility
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