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24 Cards in this Set
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The Haitian Revolution
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• Who: African Slaves
• What: the slaves in the French colony demanded freedom. • When Followed the French Revolution • Where: Island of Saint Domingue • How: Outnumbered by the enslaved |
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Enlightenment
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• Who: French & British
• What: Ideas about freedom of conscience & freedom of religion & separation of power • When: 18th century • Where: The center of the movement was in Paris, France |
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Science of Man
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• Who: Hume wrote it.
• What: To study man. Social science • When: 18th Century • Where: in Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature |
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Reign of Terror
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• Who: French
• What: The period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French revolution • When: after the French revolution • Where: France |
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Factory System
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• Who: Wage workers
• What: Method of manufacturing where every worker created a separate part • When: 18th century at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution • Where: England |
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Meiji Restoration
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• What: Chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan
• When: Mid-19th Century Japan • Where: Japan |
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Mass Society
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• Who: Karl Marx
• What: A society in which prosperity and bureaucracy have weakened traditional social ties. • When: Industrial Era |
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Wealth of Nations
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• Who: Adam Smith wrote it.
• What: Argues that free market economics are more productive and beneficial to their societies. • When: 18th Century 1776 • Where: Scotland |
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The Communist Manifesto
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• Who: Karl Max
• What: Presents an analytical approach to the class struggle and the problems of capitalism. • When: 1848 19th century • Where: Germany |
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The Opium War
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• Who: China Qing Dynasty & British Empire
• What: The climax of disputes over trade & diplomatic relations between China and the British • When: Mid-19th Century • Where: China |
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Treaty of Nanjing
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• Who: China, United Kingdom, and Ireland
• What: Marked the end of the Opium War. • When: mid 19th at the end of the Opium War |
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European Revolution of 1848
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• Who: Europe
• What: The first European wide collapse of traditional authority • When: 1848 • Where: Began in France, Western and Central Europe |
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Lousiana Purchase
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• Who: between United States and France.
• What: The acquisition by the U.S. of part of France’s claim to the territory of Lousiana • When: Early 19th Century • Where: United States |
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Social Darwinism
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• Who: England & United States
• What: Refers to notions of struggle for existence being used to justify social policies which make no distinction between those able to support themselves and those unable to support themselves. • When: Late 19th Century • Where: England |
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Ghandi
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• Who: Political and ideological leader of india during the Indian independence movt.
• What: Father of the Indian Nation • When: 20th Century • Where: India |
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Nehru
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• Who: The first prime minister of independent India
• What: Neutralist • When: Mid 19th Century • Where: India |
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Total War
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• What: A war in which a belligerent engages in the complete mobilization of fully available resources and population.
• When: Mid 19th Century |
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Treaty of Versailles
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• Who: Germany & Allied Powers
• What: Peace treaty between Germany and the Allied Powers • When: Early 20th century at the end of WWI • Where: Versailles, France |
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Fourteen Points
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• Who: Woodrow Wilson
• What: Speech to a joint session of Congress intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. • When: Early 20th Century |
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Great Depression
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• Who: World
• What: Severe Economic depression in the decade preceding WWII. • When: After WWII • Where: Worldwide |
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Assassination in Sarajevo
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• Who: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• What: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand • When: Early 20th Century • Where: Austria |
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Central Powers
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• Who: Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria
• What: Fought against the Allied Powers, originated in the Triple Alliance • When: WWI |
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The Rape of Nanjing
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• Who: Nanjing
• What: Genocide that occurred during the six-week period following the capture of the city of Nanjing • When: During the Second Sino-Japanese War Mid- 20th Century • Where: Nanjing |
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Rwandan Genocide
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• Who: Rwanda
• What: Mass killing of majority Tutsi Rwandans • When: Early 90s • Where: Rwanda |
