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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. Aka AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN War (1866) This war resulted from Bismarck wanting to isolate Austria from German affairs
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2. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.
Joseph II
Vichy Regime
Vladimir Lenin
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
3. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.
Denis Diderot
Johannes Kepler
First and Second International
Cecil Rhodes.
4. Weakness of instability of OTTOMAN rule in the Mediterranean region.
Franz Ferdinand
Korean War
Seven Weeks' War
Eastern Question
5. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.
Joseph II
Berlin Conference
Treaty of London
Triple Entente
6. Invented the STEAM ENGINE - which led to steam powered cotton mills - and the railroad.
James Watt
Count Cavour
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Peter the Great
7. Thousands of Russians marched on the Winter Palace. Nicholas II gave up power. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT was set up - and immediately social reforms took place.
Treaty of London
Russian Revolution
Nazi
Catherine the Great
8. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.
John Rockefeller
Bradenburg-Prussia
Factory Act
Public Health Act
9. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Absolutism
Bradenburg-Prussia
Transcendentalists
Emmanuel Sieyes
10. Radical SUFFRAGETTE who led the WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION - which led large - noisy - and sometimes violent demonstrations.
Ferdinand VII
Revolution from Above
Directory
Emmeline Prankhurst
11. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.
John F. Kennedy
The Glorious Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
Volksgeist
12. 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.
First and Second International
North German Confederation
Oliver Cromwell
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
13. US president who gave a deadline to the Soviet Union to stop building missiles on Cuba.
The Glorious Revolution
John F. Kennedy
Franco-Prussian War
Peter the Great
14. The end of the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN War. Alsace and Lorraine given to Germany.
Korean War
John Rockefeller
French Revolution of 1848
Treaty of Frankfurt
15. 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
Ptolemy
Potsdam
English Civil War
Theodore Herzl
16. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'
The Glorious Revolution
Allied Powers
Edmund Burke
Nazi
17. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.
Bradenburg-Prussia
Secularization
Heinrich Himmler
Battle of the Bulge
18. A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952). Implemented by the ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Dutch Republic
Battle of the Somme
Denis Diderot
Marshall plan
19. Developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD through the INDUCTIVE method (specific to general) - wrote Novum Organum.
Girondins
Vesalius
Rene Descartes
Sir Francis Bacon
20. GOD IS DEAD. Hated self sacrifice - emphasized a 'will to power.' A minority of the strongest should rule.
Blaise Pascal
British East India Company
ultraroyalists
Friedrich Nietzsche
21. Very RADICAL French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king
Bishop Bossuet
Jacobins
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
conscription
22. 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)
Benito Mussolini
Greek Revolution
Paris Commune
Assembly of Notables
23. March 1917. Sent from German Foreign Secretary - addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's promixity to the US). In return - Germany would give back
Dual Monarchy
Zimmerman telegram
Leipzig
John Stuart Mill
24. 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.
Final Solution
Nikita Khrushchev
Russo-Japanese War
Charles Albert
25. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.
Louis Philippe I
soviets
Edict of Nantes
Petition of Rights
26. Monopolized more than 75% of U.S. oil.
Lusitania
Thomas Malthus
Rene Descartes
John Rockefeller
27. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT who wrote to Voltaire and Diderot and questioned capital punishment and serfdom.
Edinburgh
Napoleon
Legislative Assembly
Catherine the Great
28. 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.
Paris Commune
Reform Bill
First and Second International
Kaiser Wilhelm I
29. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.
ancien regime
Andrew Carnegie
Austro-Piedmontese War
Kronstadt
30. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.
Dulce et Decorum Est
Black Shirt March
conscription
Petition of Rights
31. 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.
William Gladstone
John Locke
North German Confederation
Sir Francis Bacon
32. English philosopher who advocated the idea of a 'social contract' in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to LIFE - LIBERTY AND PROPER
Social Democratic Party
Edward Gibbon
North German Confederation
John Locke
33. Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) YOUNG ITALY - and RISORGIMENTO movements.
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Giuseppe Mazzini
Herbert Spencer
Committee of Public Safety
34. The Quadruple Alliance - Russia - Prussia - Austria - and Britain...plus France - to prevent France's resentment towards the victors.
Concert of Europe
Final Solution
ultraroyalists
Home Rule
35. 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
Jean Paul Marat
Vesalius
Russo-Japanese War
Denis Diderot
36. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.
Whigs
Absolutism
Declaration of Pillnitz
Galileo Galilei
37. 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
Denis Diderot
Easter Rising
Dutch Republic
Daimler and Benz
38. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME
Francois Voltaire
Lateran Pact
Johannes Kepler
ultraroyalists
39. The process by which religious beliefs - practices - and institutions lose their significance in sectors of society and culture.
Edict of Nantes
Berlin Conference
Secularization
Ferdinand VII
40. Idea created by JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERGER about a 'PEOPLE'S SPIRIT' to identify the national character of Germany - but soon passed to other countries. NATIONALISM.
Volksgeist
Vesalius
Zimmerman telegram
Napoleon
41. (1740-48) Conflict caused by the rival claims for the dominions of the Habsburg family. Before the death of Charles VI - Holy Roman emperor and archduke of Austria - many of the European powers had guaranteed that Charles's daughter Maria Theresa wou
Steel
Franco-Prussian War
Jacobins
War of Austrian Succession
42. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Easter Rising
Utilitarianism
Mary Wollstonecraft
43. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Franz Ferdinand
Utilitarianism
Peter the Great
44. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.
Labour Party
Lenin and Trotsky
Edward Gibbon
The Glorious Revolution
45. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI
Seven Year's War
Triple Alliance
Kulaks
Holy Alliance
46. French mathematician who invented CALCULUS - devised a theory of chance and probability. Wrote the 'Pensees.' Argued that religion and science are both true. PASCAL's WAGER said that It is worth the risk believing in God.
Berlin Conference
Central Powers.
Blaise Pascal
Jacobins
47. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.
Triple Entente
New Economic Policy
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Battle of the Somme
48. Prussian king of the 18th century; attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany; built on military and BUREAUCRATIC foundations of his predecessors; introduced freedom of religion; increased state control of economy. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.
Francois Voltaire
Vesalius
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
49. Mutiny of Russia's fleet took place here.
Andrew Carnegie
Kronstadt
Quadruple Alliance
Potsdam
50. French general who became EMPEROR of the French (1769-1821) Subtly became sole ruler of a country trying to become democratic. Claimed the title of FIRST CONSUL. Napoleon waged economic and literal war on England constantly. KING OF ITALY too.
Eastern Question
Edmund Burke
Napoleon
Daimler and Benz