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06/01/2011

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Otto Von Bismarck
Definition

Blood & Iron

prussian military leader who united germany and turned on Austria in the Danish War

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Cavour
Definition

controlled northern Italy- "piedmont" 

more industrialized then the south

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Garibaldi

 

Definition

controlled southern Italy-"kingdom of two sicilies"

more rural then south

south unified and set up liberal government-gives north power

 

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Czar Nicholas II
Definition
had to resign due to Russian Revolution-over thrown by the Bolshaviks
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Napoleon III
Definition
French leader during Franco Prussian War
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Cecil Rhodes
Definition

wanted a railroad from capetown to Ciaro

easier to ship diamonds and gold 

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Woodrow Wilson
Definition

wanted to be involved in peace process during WWII

created 14 points to win peace and substain it

1. peace treaties should be open

14. will form a league of nations

3.remove economis barriors

5. open and free nogociations between colonies

 

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Vladimir Lenin
Definition

Russian dictator 

tries to establish country

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Leon Trotsky
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Russian dictator

tired to spread communism

Stalin seizes power and expels him from Russia

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Chamberlain
Definition

British prime minister 

said he achieved "peace in our time" through the Munich pact

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Hitler
Definition

Nazi

Gains support in Germany by critizinng the treaty of versallies and the league of nations 

Tries to overthrown the government but put in jail for 5 years

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Benito Mussolini
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Italian facist leader

believed in strong natinalism

created the first totalitarian state in Itlay

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Francisco Franco
Definition
leader of spain who allied with hitler and let him bomb his own people-Guernica 
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Winston Churchill
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British politician and member of parliment

warned the british of the nazi threat towards their country

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Joseph Stalin
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seizes power in Russia when Lenin dies

creates  a 5 year plan:

economic and military strength 

collectivize farms

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Tito
Definition

eastern european leader who risisted Hitler peacefully

united different ethnicities under communism showing that it isnt always bad

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Realism
Definition
artist that expose the true state of everyday life for individuals trying to survive during the industrial period
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impressionism
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artist that tried to epress the idea or sense of a place through the use of vivid light and color
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Imperialism
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a policy of extending a coutries power and influence through diplomacy or military force

Rule by an emperor

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Liberalism 
Definition
advocates for government change to include more rights and protections for more people in society
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Socialism 
Definition

organization of working class citizens in demand of more economic rights and equality of classes

people own means of production

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Fascism 
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glorify the state over the individual and is destructive to basic human rights 

example: Mussolini

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Appeasement
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the granting of concession to maintain peace and avoid war at all costs

Chamberlain introduces this when negotiating with Hitler-"Peace in our time"

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Holocaust
Definition

"War within a War" (Jews and WWII)

Nazi/Hitler trying to rid the world of non aryans and non Germans 

 

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Nuremberg Trials/Laws
Definition

Laws set by Hitler and the Nazi

jewish people are second class citizens

no intermarriage between Germans and Jews

outlawed black people coming into Germany

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Marshall Plan
Definition

US sent 12 billion dollars to Greece and Turkey in aid and industry

program for the reconstruction of Europe

to prevent the spread of communism

 

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NATO
Definition

north atlantic treaty organization

defend all nations in the pact from USSR

guaranteed protection from US weapons

military alliance

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Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition

Russia gave Cubavwarheads

MAD starts

US asks Russia to take offensive weapons out of Cuba(agreement to take their weapons out of Turkey if Russia takes theirs out of Cuba)

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Sputnik
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Soviet Union launch Sputnik I and II showing themselves supieror in technology to the US and that communism could work better then socialism 
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MAD
Definition

mutual assured destruction

Russia and US coming to a mutual understanding that each had enough nuclear power to destroy each others countries if attacked

started the nuclear arms race

Russia tested nuclear weapons to scare US

Us scared of spreading communism

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START
Definition

strategic arms reduction treaty

reduced the number of offensive weapons in each country

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Communism
Definition
government owns means of production
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