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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






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






3. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.






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






5. 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


6. Founded the Salvation Army






7. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.






8. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.






9. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.






10. RUSSIA - PRUSSIA - AUSTRIA - AND BRITAIN banded together to defeat the tyrant Napoleon.






11. 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.






12. Austrian archduke who was assasinated by SERBIAN NATIONALISTS as the trigger of the FIRST WORLD WAR in 1914.






13. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.






14. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.






15. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.






16. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.






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






18. Extermination of the Jews.






19. Legislative body of 5 men after Thermidorian Reaction - UNSTABLE.






20. 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






21. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






22. Ancient scientist who said earth was the center of the universe






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






24. Were forced by mobs to END the MONARCHY in France.






25. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.






26. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.






27. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)






28. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






29. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






30. Discovered in 1895 and led to questions about the nature of matter.






31. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.






32. Illiterate Cossack who started a mass REVOLT of serfs and peasants. Eventually captured - tortured - then executed






33. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






34. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.






35. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.






36. 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.






37. Robert Jenkins - an English Captain - had his ear cut off by Spanish authorities when trying to smuggle goods into Spain. He preserved his ear in a jar of brandy and seven years later in 1738 - he appeared before the British Parliament and showed the


38. Important ZIONIST.






39. Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition. INDUSTRIALIZED RUSSIA using FIVE YEAR PLANS which developed economics and emphasizes steel - iron - electricity - and heavy






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






41. Meeting among world powers concerning how the world would run after Napoleon. They wanted no country to control another - creating buffer states - Belgium - from France's conquered territory. PEACEKEEPERS.






42. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.






43. (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






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






45. French philosopher. Scorned all authority - religion - and corrupt government. Extreme CYNIC. Believed in tolerance - reason - and freedom of thought - expression - and religious belief - but not Christianity. Famous quote - 'CRUSH THE INFAMOUS THING






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.






50. Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and Ottoman Empire ALLIED during WWI