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AP European History

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1. These were the French workers' revolts in 1848 after the closure of the National Workshops






2. A Dutch expressionist who painted a 'moving visions in his mind's eye'






3. This was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots






4. This was the name given to the Spanish explorers who would conquer the land they discovered and utilize the resources they found there for Spain

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5. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






6. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






7. This was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day






8. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






9. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

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10. This was the Parliament after Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Cavaliers






11. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






12. Man who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker






13. Young English economist who denounced Treaty of Versailles and said that people needed to revise treaty and help German econ. He Wrote Economic Consequences of the Peace. Said Britain needed Germany - and if the German market went under - Britain eco






14. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






15. This is the oath that the representatives of the third estate took when they swore that they would never disband until they had proper representation






16. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






17. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party






18. In this - Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an independent state - and gave it heavy financial support






19. A Spanish artist - founder of Cubism - which focused on geometric shapes and overlapping planes






20. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






21. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






22. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






23. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






24. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






25. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






26. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






27. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






28. This man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X






29. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






30. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






31. A telegram which the French gave to the Germans in anger over the Succession of the Throne in Spain - but the Germans altered it to look like the French were rude and evil. The French declared war.






32. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






33. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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34. These terms said that Germany had to pay money - that Germany had to give up land - and that Germany had to keep its army size down






35. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






36. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






37. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






38. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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39. This was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice






40. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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41. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






42. An important canal to the British in Egypt






43. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






44. This was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies






45. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






46. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






47. This American naval officer was the driving factor in Japan's opening by using gunboat diplomacy






48. All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes - the third creating WWI






49. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






50. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.