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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. Emperor of the Austrian Empire who controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.
Sergei Witte
Lenin and Trotsky
Joseph II
John Rockefeller
2. Result of end of Austria-Prussian War - Austria doesn't get involved in German affairs - North German Confederation made under rulership of Prussia. Major step towards German unification.
North German Confederation
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Theodore Herzl
Adolf Eichmann
3. A religious war between the Catholics and Protestants - which resulted in the political restructuring of Europe and the development of nation states - the Dutch Republic - the Swiss Confederacy - the Austro-Hungarian Empire; granted religious freedom
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4. One of the prominent JACOBIN radical leaders during the revolution. He edited a radical newspaper. He called to rid France of the enemies of the Revolution
Emmanuel Sieyes
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
Jean Paul Marat
5. Stalin's successor - wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. Eisenhower agreed to a summit conference with Khrushchev - France and Great Britain in Geneva - Switzerland in July - 1955 to discuss how peaceful coexistence could be achieved.
Fascist Party
Reform Bill
Nikita Khrushchev
Giuseppe Mazzini
6. After Charles X is abdicated - this LIBERAL KING is given the throne of France. He is called the 'King of the French -' which meant that he worked for the people. NATIONAL GUARD killed forty rioters.
English Civil War
ultraroyalists
Treaty of Frankfurt
Louis Philippe I
7. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.
Edinburgh
Battle of Adowa
Fabian Society
Charles Albert
8. Conservative king who was revolted against in SPAIN. He ignored Spain's constitution and disbanded the parliament.
Assembly of Notables
Ferdinand VII
Friedrich Nietzsche
Panther
9. Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land. Known in America as the French and Indian War.
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10. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI
Directory
French Revolution of 1848
Triple Alliance
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
11. Greater freedom for Ireland.
Axis Powers
Triple Alliance
Home Rule
Berlin Conference
12. First loss of a European power to an ASIAN COUNTRY.
Russo-Japanese War
Declaration of Pillnitz
Lenin and Trotsky
Volksgeist
13. Where Napoleon eventually met his defeat. He then was exiled to Elba.
Revolution from Above
Leipzig
Vichy Regime
Jean Paul Marat
14. A military draft
Lenin and Trotsky
Boer War
conscription
Absolutism
15. Lasting from 1899 to 1902 - DUTCH colonists and the BRITISH competed for control of territory in South Africa.
vanguard
Louis Philippe I
Treaty of Paris
Boer War
16. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Easter Rising
Berlin Conference
'Turnip' Townsend
17. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.
William and Catherine Booth
Enigma
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
John Stuart Mill
18. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
Tories
Jean Paul Marat
Korean War
Dulce et Decorum Est
19. Germany supported this country in keeping control of it's Slavic nationalistics - which put GERMANY at odds with RUSSIA - because they wanted Slavs free.
New Economic Policy
Austria-Hungary
Ferdinand VII
Reform Bill
20. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.
Napoleon
Labour Party
Charles Albert
Whigs
21. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.
John Locke
First and Second International
Marie Curie
Jacobins
22. Legislative body of 5 men after Thermidorian Reaction - UNSTABLE.
Atlantic Charter
Rene Descartes
vanguard
Directory
23. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.
British East India Company
Continental System
Dulce et Decorum Est
Peter the Great
24. LIBERAL who wrote the popular work 'ON LIBERTY'
Charles Albert
Cecil Rhodes.
Final Solution
John Stuart Mill
25. Influential to Darwin's theory - he thought that everything - including humans - produce MORE OFFSPRING than can survive due to food shortages.
Thomas Malthus
Panther
Giuseppe Mazzini
Whigs
26. An economic advisor to Louis XIV; he supported mercantilism and tried to make France economically self-sufficient. Louis ruined it by his multiple expensive wars and lavish lifestyle.
Volksgeist
Austria-Hungary
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Nazi
27. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.
Absolutism
Gottfried Leibniz
Committee of Public Safety
Berlin Conference
28. Important ZIONIST.
Robert Koch
Theodore Herzl
Thermidor
Herbert Spencer
29. Warship that was sent to the MOROCCAN coast by the GERMANS - to publicly declare they favored Moroccans being free from their colonizers - France. It was a threat to Britain and France.
Allied Powers
conscription
Panther
Chartist Movement
30. Republican form of government. United Provinces of the Netherlands; tolerant of all religions. 1st half of 17th century was golden age-govt. consisted of organized confederation of 7 provinces each w/ rep. govt. It established the Bank of Amsterdam a
Secularization
Rene Descartes
Cecil Rhodes.
Dutch Republic
31. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.
Greek Revolution
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Soviet-Afghan War
Brezhnev Doctrine
32. Overthrew the monarchy established in 1830; briefly established a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; failure of the republic led to the reestablishment of the French Empire under NAPOLEON III in 1850.
Secularization
Allies
Final Solution
French Revolution of 1848
33. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.
Dutch Republic
Nikita Khrushchev
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Utilitarianism
34. Germany - Italy - and Japan
Axis Powers
Edinburgh
Concert of Europe
Thomas Malthus
35. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.
John F. Kennedy
Thermidor
Chartist Movement
Edict of Nantes
36. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.
ancien regime
Whigs
John Rockefeller
Vladimir Lenin
37. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.
Ferdinand VII
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
Vladimir Lenin
conscription
38. Passed in 1832 - this controversial law gave the VOTE to middle class men in industrial cities - and gave them the right to be represented in PARLIAMENT. It abolished 'rotten boroughs -' sparsely populated areas that had representation.
Cecil Rhodes.
Concert of Europe
Spanish-American War
Reform Bill
39. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.
Treaty of Frankfurt
Dutch Republic
Nazi
Louis XIV
40. Agreement between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I in which Russia became an ally of France and Napoleon took over the lands of Prussia west of the Elbe as well as the Polish provinces.
Edinburgh
Treaty of Tilsit
John Locke
Herbert Spencer
41. The English Parliament drove out an Catholic absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's WILLIAM III OF ORANGE and MARY - his wife - both Protestants. This Revolution was bloodless - and the new monarch's assented to a BILL OF
Easter Rising
Edict of Nantes
Axis Powers
The Glorious Revolution
42. Fascist dictator of ITALY (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia - joined Germany in the Axis pact - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.Called IL DUCE (the leader)
Final Solution
Benito Mussolini
Chartist Movement
Seven Year's War
43. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.
Holy Alliance
Stalingrad
Benito Mussolini
Herbert Spencer
44. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.
Edinburgh
Holy Alliance
Thirty Years' War
Third International
45. A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political - social - and economic life in India for more than 200 years.
British East India Company
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Catherine the Great
Kulaks
46. Treaty of non-aggression between Russian and Germany during WW2 to keep it a one front war for Germany. Also called the NAZI-SOVIET PACT.
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Girondins
Triple Entente
North German Confederation
47. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.
Theodore Herzl
Brezhnev Doctrine
Jean Paul Marat
ancien regime
48. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.
Louis Philippe I
Free French
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Thomas Malthus
49. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.
Kaiser Wilhelm I
John Stuart Mill
Continental System
Nazi
50. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME
Atlantic Charter
Copernicus
Free French
ultraroyalists