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AP European History

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1. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






2. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






3. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






4. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






5. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






6. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






7. This was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England






8. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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9. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt






10. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






11. A war between Russia and Japan for Port Arthur - and for more influence in CHina






12. Austria invades Italy and the French come in to help the Italians. The Italians and the French are very successful and gain Lombardy.






13. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






14. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






15. This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient






16. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






17. The twisted social idea that used the theory of evolution and applied to people






18. An armed uprising in Munich of maybe 50 people at most - crushed - Hitler's idea






19. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






20. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






21. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






22. These were meeting places for philosophical discussion that were for the upper and middle class citizens who would talk about different doctrines






23. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.






24. This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India






25. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






26. Incident in France where a Jewish captain was tried for treason because they military was anti-Semitic - and it divided the country






27. A last ditch attempt to beat the allies after the Germans defeated the Russians






28. 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






29. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






30. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






31. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






32. This was the most famous and one of the first concrete reformer who began to reject some of the more obscure and selfish laws of the Catholic Church






33. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






34. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






35. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






36. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






37. The new idea that revitalized the period of expansion and gathering of colonies

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38. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






39. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






40. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






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






42. This scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method






43. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






44. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






45. The French Revolution of 1830 occurred because Louis XVIII only granted a small percentage of people the right to vote and Charles X attack of Algeria and as a result - he censored the press and limited the voting rights of the wealthy






46. This man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith






47. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






48. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






49. A French socialist who thought there socialism would come from a general strike of all workers that would cripple the capitalist system. Thought that socialism was an improbable religion rather than accepted truth. Thought that the new socialist gove






50. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue