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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Also called the COMINTERN. This institute provided rules for Socialists throughtout Europe to follow. Among it's TWENTYONE CONDITIONS was the rejection of all political forms that called for the institution of communism through gradual means.






2. Government set up in Sourthern France by the Nazis.






3. LIBERALS and Monarchists. All those opposed to the Russian Revolution.






4. Mutiny of Russia's fleet took place here.






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






6. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






8. 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






9. Italian POLITICAL party created by Benito Mussolini during World War I. It emphasized aggressive nationalism and was Mussolini's instrument for the creation of a dictatorship in Italy. Didn't believe in democracy.






10. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.






11. 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.






12. A member of a British political party - founded in 1689 - that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832. Fond of kings and against revolution.






13. Founded the Salvation Army






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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


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






19. 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.






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






21. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.






22. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a TELESCOPE to study the stars. Advocated heliocentric theory. Was tried by the INQUISITION and spent his life under house arrest.






23. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






24. The violent backlash in France against the rule of Robspierre that began with his arrest and execution in July 1794 - or 9 Thermidor in the French revolutionary calendar. Most of the instruments of Terror were dismantled - Jacobins were purged from p






25. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






26. Three nations - Austria - Russia - and Prussia - who were nervous about liberal revolts - established the PROTOCOL OF TROPPAU that states they can intervene in the affairs of other countries unable to remain CONSERVATIVE.






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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






32. Wrote the pamphlet 'What is the THIRD ESTATE' concerning the plight of France's lower class.






33. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






34. Britain and America






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






36. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.






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. 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.






39. 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.






40. Anti-Nazi - Anti-Vichy Regime French fighters who were led by CHARLES de GAULLE.






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






42. Germany - Italy - and Japan






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






44. 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






45. In 1898 - a conflict between the United States and Spain - in which the U.S. supported the CUBANS' fight for INDEPENDENCE.






46. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






47. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






48. After Charles X is abdicated - this LIBERAL KING is given the throne of France. He is called the 'King of the French -' which meant that he worked for the people. NATIONAL GUARD killed forty rioters.






49. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.






50. Tutor of Louis XIV who taught about the DIVINE RIGHT of the monarchy - which helped secure Louis' ideal of absolute monarchy. Conservative. Wrote 'Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Scripture.'