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AP European History

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1. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building






2. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






3. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






4. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






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






6. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






7. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






8. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






9. This was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War that recognized the independent authority of over three hundred German principalities






10. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






11. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






12. The main leader of The Mountain and the man who ruled France after the First Revolution






13. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






14. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






15. This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights






16. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






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






18. 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.






19. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal






20. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






21. Was a French philosopher and historian who wrote Era of Tyrannies - which talked about the different kinds of government and how they all stemmed out of nature of modern war.






22. These were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society






23. 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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24. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






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






26. The most important battle in the European part of the war - allies stormed beaches and made it through to the mainland - landing in France and moving towards Germany






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






28. This was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state






29. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots

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30. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






31. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes






32. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






33. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






34. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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35. This was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife






36. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






37. These were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs






38. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






39. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






40. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






41. This was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences - which he did extremely successfully






42. A treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade






43. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






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






45. This was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin






46. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






47. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






48. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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49. 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






50. Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution - helped by Hitler and Mussolini