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AP European History

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1. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






2. A policy in which US made formal annexation of China






3. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






4. The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia






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






6. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






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

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8. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






9. A member of British Parliament who mocked Rudyard Kipling's poem






10. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






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






12. This was the conference at which the Troppau Protocol was signed in which any country that underwent a revolution was no longer part of the European Alliance






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






14. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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15. This was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile






16. During his short reign of England - Protestant ideas exerted a significant influence on the religious life of the country






17. 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






18. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






19. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






20. This event showed that Germany was war hungry and turned the British onto the side of the French






21. 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.






22. Gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for 4 years






23. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






24. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






25. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






26. The opposition to the Bolsheviks and the Red army after the October rebellion and the Russian Revolution

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27. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






28. One of the leaders of The Mountain






29. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






30. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






31. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






32. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






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






34. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






35. A British politician who extended the vote to the rich middle class in order to broaden the political base of the conservative party






36. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






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






38. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






39. These were part of Wilson's plan to end WW1 conflict






40. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






41. A desire of some people in Ireland to not be ruled by England






42. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






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






44. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






45. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






46. This was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign - she executed many Protestants






47. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






48. This movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved - giving the people a message of hope






49. These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union






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