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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






2. Petition in 19th century Britain where members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections - including suffrage for all MEN.






3. Very RADICAL French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king






4. CONSERVATIVE KING succeeded his brother Louis XVIII. His desire to restore France to a Pre-1789 world led to the Revolution of 1830 and the ascent of Louis Philippe.






5. Invented the STEAM ENGINE - which led to steam powered cotton mills - and the railroad.






6. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






7. Disastrous battle during which the British suffered 60 -000 casualties and had nothing to show for it.






8. 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






9. The leaders under Robespierre who organized the defenses of France - conducted foreign policy - and centralized authority during the period 1792-1795. REIGN OF TERROR.






10. Edited and published the first edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA. It was a ENLIGHTENED PERSON's BIBLE. He also attacked religion and conservatives.






11. Limited the power of Charles I of England. a) could not declare martial law; b) could not collect taxes; c) could not imprison people without cause; d) soldiers could not be housed without consent. First Parliamentary limit on the power of a king.






12. Forefront - cutting edge - trailblazers of the revolution.






13. 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.






14. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.






15. Conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires over Christian shrines and territory fought primarily in the Crimean Peninsula. To prevent Russian expansion - Britain and France sent troops to support the Ottomans.






16. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






17. Followers of a belief which stressed self-reliance - self- culture - self-discipline - and that knowledge transcends instead of coming by reason. They promoted the belief of individualism and caused an array of humanitarian reforms.






18. 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.






19. The most important commodity of the SECOND Industrial Revolution. Used for building ships - trains - bridges - and weapons of war.






20. Where Napoleon eventually met his defeat. He then was exiled to Elba.






21. Head of the SS - in charge of extermination.






22. Discovered radium.






23. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.






24. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






25. Lasting from 1899 to 1902 - DUTCH colonists and the BRITISH competed for control of territory in South Africa.






26. Extermination of the Jews.






27. A Jewish British prime minister.






28. 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.






29. ETHIOPIA beat off Italy's invasion of their country in this battle. Italy was the only European nation to have been defeated by Africans in war.






30. US president who gave a deadline to the Soviet Union to stop building missiles on Cuba.






31. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






32. Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) YOUNG ITALY - and RISORGIMENTO movements.






33. The place at which the three allied leaders - Truman - Stalin - and Atlee - met to discuss the distribution of Germany and the ultimatum that they would issue to Japan demanding thier immediate surrender






34. Advanced the treatment and diagnosis of disease. Thought that diseases were caused by chemical imbalances.






35. Nazi war criminal who lived in hiding in Argentina for years before her was captured. HANNAH ARENDT argued in her book - 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' that he seemed hardly demonic.






36. Weakness of instability of OTTOMAN rule in the Mediterranean region.






37. Mussolini's rise to power. Thousands of followers marched on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III made Mussolini prime minister. Then Fascists made all other political parties illegal.






38. This treaty ended the Seven Years War. Gave Canada and area east of the Mississippi to Britain.






39. Louis XVI called nobles and clergy to ask for money and the wealthy refused. The nobles refused to pay taxes. This group was made up of people selected by the king and was made up primarily of nobles.






40. First to develop and write a book on the heliocentric theory - 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.' It was placed on the index of prohibited books






41. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






42. Founded the famous British RHODES SCHOLARS program for study in Oxford - England. He wanted students from colonies to study in England - then return and help the empire. RHODESIA (Zimbabwe) named after him.






43. Euphemism used to justify DICTATORSHIP in the name of freedom.






44. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.






45. Hitler blamed this event on communists and gave himself an excuse to take COMPLETE POWER of Germany.






46. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.






47. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.






48. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.






49. 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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50. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.