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33 Cards in this Set
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Which Emperor was most responsible for WW I and how was he related to Wilhelm I?
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William II took the throne of Germany in 1888. He was the grandson of Wilhelm of William I. Remember Wilhelm and William are used interchangeably.
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Why was William II called Kaiser William II?
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It is the German version of Caesar.
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Why was firing Bismark a mistake?
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Because Bismark was a master strategist and Germany had faired well under his guidance but he was fired cuz Kaiser william II wanted to run the country totally by himself
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When did Bismark die?
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1898
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Where did the population of Germany mostly reside by 1914?
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By 1914 Germany was becoming industrialized with 60% of its population living in cities
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What did Germany manufacture a lot of?
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arms for wars
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Tell about Kaiser's personality
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Kaiser was a "manly man." He is bright and boastful. He had a middle school sense of humor, liked soldiers, and admired England. He gave a lot of speeches.
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What did Kaiser do to make England nervous?
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He began building a big new navy
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What was the German Dreadnought (
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a new class of battleship which made the ships in the English navy obsolete. There has been a naval revolution which make the old ships look like nothing. The new ships had revolving gun turrets on deck.
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What is Imperialism in the early 1900's?
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(desire to capture colonies, thereby making a country an "empire"–this is the political system in which a mother country has colonies) is the system at this time period.
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What was the old imperialism?
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The old way was when a country would go out and catch some colonies. They picked up fast profits but looked bad in the long run.
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Which continents broke away from their mother countries?
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North America and South America
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Who were France's colonies and did France make any money off of them?
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France never made money on their colonies (Canada)
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Around the 1870s why was colonial fever on the rise?
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for new markets for the mother country's goods and to acquire much-needed raw materials from captured nations. Loser nations want a nice image and having colonies brings a bit of prestige. . Everyone is trying to snatch up and colonize "lesser" (Read: non-European) countries.
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Were idealists in favor of new colonies?
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Yes they were cuz they wanted to make the citizens better. Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish physician/missionary/explorer who wanted to preach the gospel to try to uplift the African peoples and stop the slave trade. Henry Stanley was the journalist/explorer made famous for finding Dr. Livingstone in 1871 (who was presumed lost) in East Africa and greeting him with, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Livingstone and Stanley's activities lead to what comes to be called the "Scramble for Africa."
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Scramble for Africa
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The race to colonize Africa
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Why did loser nations try to get colonies?
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Loser nations were trying to get colonies to make themselves look better.
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Did private citizens claim colonies?
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Private citizens were claiming territories for their mother countries (Cecil Rhodes claimed Rhodesia, which was named for him in 1894–he is the guy who brought about the Rhodes Scholarship, by the way
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How did countries decide where to get colonies?
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Countries were looking at maps, trying to decide where they could conquer to get manpower and natural resources.
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Was imperialism a good thing?
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Imperialism wasn't so neat. Africa was totally explored and cut up into pieces in 20 years (approximately 1880-1900). The Europeans really messed up the tribes. They split tribes and kept warring tribes in the same colonies, which is just asking for trouble. New diseases killed Europeans.
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What did countries colonize and collect in the Pacific?
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Islands are neat to keep people away from your country. Navies want islands for coaling stations for wartime (the hold of warship is all coal to boil water for power–takes a lot of coal to boil water, so they need stations to keep coal so they won't have to turn around). Islands are also neat because of coconuts.
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Why are Russia and the United STated superpowers by the 1950s
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Russia and the United States are the two superpowers by the 1950's because both nations are so large and rich in resources.
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"What is meant by the Flag Follows the Cross?
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is what happens when missionaries go into an area to try to convert the vulnerable native peoples (native children, vulnerable natives, etc.). Parents get upset and the government throw the missionaries in jail. The missionary's mother country gets mad and declares war on the nation, wins the war (inevitably the mother country has more sophisticated weaponry, etc.), and has a new colony!!
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How did France come to own all of southeast Asia
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the French Catholic missionaries leading the Cross in. A missionary would impose his lifestyle messing up the culture of the "heathens." pagan governments eventually tire of the missionary making trouble and jail or kill him. The home government finds out and sends in a few Marines who just happen to conquer the entire country (oops!).
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Why is imperialism good for newspapers
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it makes exciting news storie
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Why is imperialism good for the home country?
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need to build weaponry, make uniforms improves the economy of the homeland
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Was imperialism ultimately good for this period? When was this period of Imperialism over?
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Imperialism in this time period is pretty much a bust. By about 1900, Imperialism was over
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Did Japan welcom foreigners in the periods after the 17th Century? (The 1700s and 1800s)
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No, Japan was a very isolationist country. They had been closed to foreigners since the 17th Century. They were not receptive to Christianity or Western ways and eventually kicked out all foreigners.
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In 1853 and 1854 what happened to make Japan open up?
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Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States "opened up" Japan in 1853-1854 by threatening to blow Japan away if they refused to trade with us.
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What is Japan's course of action once they allow the U.S. to trade with them?
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Japan started copying Western ideas and started collecting colonies like mad. They captured Manchuria and Korea. This starts to make the U.S. nervous. We made a monster of Japan by forcing our ideas on them.and they bought into Western imperialism.
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Triple Alliance
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Is made up of Germany, Austria, and Italy, which makes up the strip in the middle of Europe
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Triple Entente
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Is made up of England, France, and Russia. "Entente" means "agreement" in French.
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What makes Europe so ready for WW I?
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bottom of page on computer notes of background of WW I. Mostly it is just because there are so many countries with grudges against other countries or fears of being taken over by others so alliances are formed, Evehy country just made other countriwd for various reasons?
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