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AP European History

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1. This was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land - taking land away from Maria Theresa - but still allowing her to rule






2. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






3. 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






4. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






5. A Serbian nationalist in the Black hand who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand






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

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7. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






8. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






9. 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






10. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






11. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






12. British military commander who believed in expansion and founded the De Beers Mining Company






13. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






14. The triple Entente was an alliance between France - Britain and Russia - the Triple alliance was an alliance between Germany - Austria and Russia






15. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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16. An armed uprising in Munich of maybe 50 people at most - crushed - Hitler's idea






17. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






18. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






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






20. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






21. This was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day






22. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






23. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






24. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






25. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






26. Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power - then never had full power.






27. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party






28. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






29. This was the union of skilled workers in the working classes that had a set behavioral code. They were usually run by construction bosses and factory foremen






30. This was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.






31. He was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence






32. A treatise that sought to train - discipline - and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal - the gentleman






33. An occurrence in Russia that lead to the increase of its stature in world power standings and revitalized the economy and industry






34. 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






35. The ruler of Venice






36. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






37. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






38. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






39. 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






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

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41. The movie that dictates the life and failure of Hitler






42. A determined reactionary Tsar who nevertheless sped forward with economic modernization






43. This humanism philosophy interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity - individualism - and humanism in terms of their own traditions






44. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






45. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






46. 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.






47. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






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






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






50. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking