His 100 Exam 4 Part Ii

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Cavour

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first minister of Sardinia that understook liberal administrative measures; he was responsible for the alliance with France agaisnt Austria

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Garibaldi

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He undertook the defense of Rome and led the Red Shirts and tried to unite Italy, but failed

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Bismarck

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chancellor of the German Empire and developed parliamentary government

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Franco-Prussian War

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War between France and Prussia that lead to the unification of Germany

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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British leader that succeeded with her daughters in keeping women's sufferage before the British public adn brought the plight of British woment to international attention

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Zionism

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a program initiated by Theodor Herzl to establish an independent Jewish state in Palestine

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The Third Republic

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founded by Germans; successfully worked toward the creation of a national community based on a common identity of citizens

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Queen Victoria

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empress of India

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Beer Hall Putsch

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the Nazi's attempt to seize control fo the Munich municipal government, and it failed and Hitler went to prison

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Marie Curie

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discovered the elements of radium and polonium

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First Battle of the Marne

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French-British victory against Germany in WWI; each army tried to outflank the other in "the race to the sea"

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Battle of Verdum

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disaterous battle between French and Germans that resulted in 700,000 deaths and no military advantage

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the Locarno Treaties

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Streseman joined his Frenchand British counterparts to devise treaties wehre Germany France, and Belgium promised never again to go to war asgainst each other; Britain and Italy guaranteed the borders of all three countries

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March on Rome

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facist party taking over

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Weimar Republic

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German government founded at the end of WWI; used by German genral staff as scapegoat for GErman defeat and harsh peace terms; overthrown in 1933

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the Battle of Britain

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The British were alone in a war against the two Axis powers as Germany made plans for an invasion of the British Isles from across the English Channel. To preserve the way, the German air force under Reichsmarshal Hermann Goring launched series of attacks against England, which became known as this

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Francisco Franco

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general that led the revolt that began the Spanish Civil War

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Stalin

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Soviet Union leader that was responsible for millions of lives and was leader during WWII

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Appeasement

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British policy of making concessions to Germany in the 1930s in order to avoid war. It allowed Hitler to militarize the Sudetenland and eventually take all Czechoslovakia

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Blitzkrieg

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“Lightning War”; the rapid advance accompanied by armored vehicles that typified the German military during WWII

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Munich Conference

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agreement between Chamberlain and Hitler where Chamberlain met the demands of Hitler and assumed this meant temporary peace, but Hitler didn’t think so

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The Final Solution

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term used by the Third Reich to refer to the extermination of all people deemed unfit; resulted in the execution of 11 million men, women, and children, 6 million of them Jews

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Berlin Wall

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barrier built by East Germany in 1961 to halt an exodus of skilled professionals to the West; opened in 1989 as a prelude to the reunification of East and West Germany

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Marshall Plan

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The US economic aid program for Europeans countries after WWII; intended to establish US economic influence in European markets

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Khrushchev

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Soviet Union’s new leader after Stalin that looked to colonization for help in Cold War

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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where missile were being pointed at the US and the US was pointing back because Soviet and US both wanted control over Cuba, but Cuba was on its own with Fidel Castro

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The Common Market

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broadening and integration of markets across Europe; aimed to establish among its member states a free movement of labor, capital, the elimination of restrictions on trade, common investment practices, and coordinated social welfare programs

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Détente

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from the French word meaning a relaxation in tension, cooperation between the tow superpowers, the Soviet Union and the US. This policy was characterized by improved US-Soviet diplomatic relationships in the 1970s to lessen the possibility of nuclear war

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Gorbachev

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new leader of Soviet union in 1985 that would apply specialized technical knowledge to the problems of a stagnant Soviet economy; had bold plans for increased openness (glasnost) and a program of political and economic restructuring (Perestroika)