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39 Cards in this Set
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political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution
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Old Regime
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one of the 3 socials classes in France before the French Revolution
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estate
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French king and weak leader
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Louis XVI
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most famous victim of Reign of Terror-was decapitated
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Marie Antoinette
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assembly of representatives from all 3 of the estates or social classes in France
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Estates General
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French Congress established by representatives of the 3rd estate to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people
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National Assembly
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pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
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Tennis Court Oath
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machine for beheading people, used as means of execution in French Revolution
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gullotine
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statement of revolutionaty ideals adopted by France's National Assembly
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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French Congress with power to create laws and approve declarations of war
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Legislative Assembly
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ppl who leave their native country for political reasons, like the nobles and others who fled France during the French Revolution
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Emigres
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in the French Revolution, a radical group made up of Parisan wage earners and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in the government, lower prices, and an end to food shortages
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sans culottes
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dictator during french revolution
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Robespierre
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period from mid 1793 to mid 1794 when Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and 1000s of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed
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Reign of Terror
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controlled vast empire
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Napolean Bonaparte
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use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region
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blockade
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Napolean's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe; intended to destroy great britain's economy
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Continental System
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member of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy trooops occupying his or her country
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Guerilla
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Napolean's last stand
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Waterloo
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brief period during 1815 when Naploean made his last bif for power, deposing the French king and again becoming emperor of France
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Hundred Days
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political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others
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Balance of Power
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hereditary right of monarch to rule
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Legitimacy
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league of European nations formed by the leaders of Russia, Austria, and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna
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Holy Alliance
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agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another
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nonaggression pact
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"lightning force of the war" form of welfare in which surprise attacks with fast moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces
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blitzkreig
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French general during WWII
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Winston Churchill
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Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attacked Hawaii
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Pearl Harbor
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a 1942 sea and air battle of WWII in whivh German forces were defeate in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union
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Battle of Midway
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commander of the allied land forces in Pacific
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Douglas MacArthur
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1942-1943 battle of WWII in whivh allied troops drove Jap forces from the Pacific Island of Guadalcanal
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Battle of Guadalcanal
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to the Nazis, Germanic people who formed a master race
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Aryans
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mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians carried out by the Nazi government of Germany before and during WWII
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Holocaust
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city neighorhoods in which European Jews were forced to live
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ghettos
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systematic killing of an entire group of people
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genocide
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German officer in the plot to assassinate Hitler
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Rommel
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took control of British forces in north africa
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Montgomery
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American general
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Eisenhower
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1942-1943 battle of WWII in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad
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Battle of Stalingrad
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June 6, 1944 day on which tyhe allies began their invasion of the European mainland during WWII
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D-Day
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