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19 Cards in this Set
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Charles Dickens
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wrote about the negative aspects of the Industrial Revolution
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Leo Tolstoy
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described the difficulties lf life in Russia; wrote novel called WAR AND PEACE
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sunday school
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began as an effort to teach poor children how to read; the goal was to be able to read the Bible and learn God's Word
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Prussia
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became one of the first European states to provide free primary education for all children
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Jules Ferry
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required all children to attend school until the age of 15
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socalism
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as a philosophy it emphasizes the wellfare of the group
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Karl Marx
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wrote COMMUNIST MANIFESTO with Engels
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proletariat
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laborers
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bourgeoisie
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capitalists
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communism
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common ownership of property
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suffrage
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privilege to vote
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temperance
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drinking in moderation
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abstinence
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no drinking of alcohol
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Prime Minister of Britain who succeeded in doubling the # of men who could vote; he and Parliament granted voting privileges to all male homeowners
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Louis Napolean Bonaparte
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elected as president of the newly formed 2nd Republic; declared himself president for life; gave himself the title Emperor of France, as Napolean the 3rd; establlished the 2nd Empire
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anti-semitism
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hostility toward Jews
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Richard Wagner
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german composer who opposed Jewish influence on German culture
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Alfred Dreyfus
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Dreyfus affair; a Jew, who served as an artillery captian in the French army; the French government accused him of passing military secrets to the Germans
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pogroms
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refers to the sweeping, targeted, and repeated attack on the Jews in Russia
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