Geog/Ancient History
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- national workshops
- places of business set up by the government to create jobs for people
- cause of Franco Prussian war
- Napolean opposed unification of Prussia
- Dreyfuss case
- Jewish officer unfairly framed for treason because of his race, military background and the fact that he came from Alsace
- Why Napoleon III betrayed Cavour
- feared united Italy
- What happened after Italy united?
- over-taxed people for military build-up which caused riots; Mafia ran Sicily
- Bismarck's 3 wars - causes, gains
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believed it was Prussia's destiny to unify all Germany
Danish - Danes tried to take over Schleswig; Prussia defeats them and stals Schlewsig
7 Weeks War - alienates Austria from allies, manipulates it into declaring war (better technology, trains, better guns, telegraph)
Franco-Prussian War - tricks Napolean into using altered EMS dispatch; wins Alsace, Lorraine, $$ - Zollverein
- customs union allowing German states to trade freely with each other (no taxes)
- Populists
- wanted to live among peasants to teach them; take away land from nobles & divide among poor
- Nihilists
- abolish social and political structure of Russia; family traditions, cultural values
- Alexander II's reforms
- people urging serfs to be freed; emancipation edict of 1861 frees serfs; local elected assemblies, court system, trials public
- Nicholas II's solution
- granted individual liberties and an elected parliament (Duma)
- Describe in detail the event that triggered the Russian Revolution of 1905 and 3 reasons it failed
- Bloody Sunday - unarmed workers struck down while trying to deliver petition to czar; Failed: 1. army remained loyal to czar; 2. French lent money to govt. 3. revolutionary groups not unified in their goals
- Describe two ways Louis Napoleon acted like his uncle and gained power after being elected president of France. What happened when he opposed Prussia?
- Saw conquest as a way to make France great: 1)France fought in Crimean War; 2)France takes over Cambodia. Von Bismarck manipulates France into war, captures Napolean
- Describe 3 different types of govt. France (and Paris) experienced during and after reign of Louis Napoleon. Give modern day example of a country with a similar shift or change in govt.
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2nd Republic - Louis Napoleon elected president
2nd Empire - Louis Napoleon as emperor with emperor-like powers
Socialists and radicals set up govt. in Paris