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20 Cards in this Set
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Crimean War
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dispute between Russian Christians and French Christians over privileges in Holy Land
Nicholas: Russia occupies Turkish controlled provinces along Danube, Turks declare war, Britain and France join Ends in Four Points: Russia denounce claims to provinces on Danube, etc. |
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Florence Nightingale
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1820-1910
British nurse, pioneer in modern nursing More men died of disease than wounds "Light Brigade" tended to troops |
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Second Frnech Republic
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1848-1852
Unicameral legislature Universal male suffrage popularly elected, strong executive vote Louis Napoleon |
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Louis Napoleon
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Second French Republic
voters saw symbol of stability and greatness, lived outside of France, made concessions to conservatives, including Falloux Law made Emperor in 1852, with plebiscite |
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Falloux Law
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France
control of education given to Church for its support (by Louis Napoleon) |
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Syllabus of Errors
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Pope Pius IX issues, condemning Liberalism EVERYWHERE in response to Louis Napoleon returning education to the state
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King Victor Emmanuel
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of Sardinia Piedmont
Italian Unification |
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Il Risorgimento
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propaganda newspaper in support of Emmanuel, unified Italy
written by nationalist Cavour |
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Garibaldi
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liberated Southern Italy and Sicily with 1000 Red Shirts, allowed conquest to be absorbed into Sardinia-Piedmont
Italian Unification |
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Otto von Bismarck
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led one for Prussian unified Germany
Junker background obsessed with power issued Gap theory |
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Gap theory
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gained Bismarck favor with King: if king and legislature came to a stalemate, then king gets to decide since he granted the constitution
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Prussian-Danish War
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1863
Germany defeat Denmark, take control of Schleswig and Holstein jointly administered by Austtria and Prussia led to conflict |
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Austro-Prussian War
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precipitated by Danish-Prussian war
German Civil war Bismarck got France, Italy, Russia noninterference, used superior army to beat Austria |
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Reichstag
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bicameral German parliament, made up of Bundestag and Bundestrat
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Bundestag
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lower house elected by universal male suffrage
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Bundestrat
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upper house, a representative from each state shared power equally. Of Reichstag, German parliament
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Franco-Prussian War
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1870-71
Bismarkc provoked war with Ems Dispatch France easily defeated, Paris falls, Napoloeon III captured |
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Ems Dispatch
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bismarcks note to make France go to war with Prussia
telegraph: his version of meeting between King and French minister: LIES |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Czech and Hungarian want autonomy, given comproise through Ausgleich
Hungary and Austria cooperate |
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Ausgleich
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creation of Austro-Hungarian Empire
Hungarians get own assembly, cabinet, administrative system |
