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AP European History

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






2. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






3. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






4. Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry






5. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






6. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






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






8. This war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria

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






10. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






11. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






12. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






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






14. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






15. This was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship






16. A Political opponent of Stalin's who was executed for being more popular that Stalin






17. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






18. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt






19. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






20. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






21. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






22. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






23. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






24. German physicist who proved that subatomic energy was emitted from particles - he called them 'quanta'






25. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






26. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






27. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






28. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






29. 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






30. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






31. This was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France - between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)






32. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






33. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






34. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






35. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






36. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






37. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






38. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






39. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






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






41. One of the leaders of The Mountain






42. Gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for 4 years






43. 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






44. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






45. The most of these were economical and not political - and even then were mostly only halfway efforts






46. An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name - expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.






47. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






48. The most important battle in the European part of the war - allies stormed beaches and made it through to the mainland - landing in France and moving towards Germany






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






50. French poet and critic that spoke of a 'crisis of the mind -' and 'a dark future for Europe'






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