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congress of vienna
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representatives of the "great powers" (Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia) who defeated Napoleon attempted to restore prerevolutionary order, dimantled empire. Metternich (leader) wanted to suppress national consciousness (threatening to multi-cultural Austria) attempted restoration of ancien regime
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balance of power
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what they tried to achieve at the congress of vienna, prevented any one state from dominating the others
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nationalism
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the beliefe that the nation should be the primary focus (of political loyalty), fueled by national identity, often created unification and distinctions between groups of people
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otto von bismarck
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german prime misister, master of Realpolitik, "the great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or majority votes-- but by blood and iron", reformed and expanded Prussian army
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Realpolitik
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"the politics of reality" Otto von Bismarck's belief in using militarism to get what he needed, "blood and iron"
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Franco-Prussian War
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war b/t France and Germany in which Alsace-Lorrain was taken from France by Germany, French humiliated
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balance of power
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the idea (aspired to in the Congress of Vienna) that no one country would dominate in Europe
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Russo-Japanese war
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Russians humiliated by their defeat by Japan in 1904, great civil unrest caused at home, some loss in support for Tsar Nicholas
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"white man's burden"
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the idea that it is the duty of Europeans and Euro-Americans to bring civilization and enlightenment to distant lands
from Rudyard Kipling's poem |
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hegemony
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complete dominance or influence over another group
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