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Unit 9

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This ultimately links the Red sea to the Mediterranean
The Suez Canal
This is the telegram which Bismark edited to provoke the French to wage war with Prussia
the EMS dispatch
The internal combustion engine was soon followed by these two inventions
The automobile and the airplane
This rebellion broke out in China but was subdued by an army of British, French, German, Russian, American, and Japanese troops
The Boxer Rebellion
King of Piedmont-Sardina and then Italy during 1849-79.
King Victor Emmanuel II
Officially ending the France- Prussian War, this treaty created bitter resentment by making the French pay 5 billion francs in indemnity and giveup the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
The Treaty of Frankfurt
Founded the territory of Rhodesia in southen Africa and had a goal to create British colonies "from the Cape to Cairo"
Cecil Rhodes
After Austria's defeat in the Italian war, the emperor established an iperial parliament composed of two houses, which managed to alienate theethnic minorities with a German-speaking majority. The body was the....
Reichsrat
Another reform of Tsar Alexandar II, the aemstvos provided a moderate degree of what?
Self-government
American Commodore that forced Japan to grant the U.S. trading and diplomatic privileges.
Matthew Perry
Though really just an allusion to a liberal representative government, this governing body was created by Napoleon III in France.
Legislative Corps
A reaction of resolutions of 1848, conservative leaders adopted a toughness of mind in which they prided themselved on being realistic in the handling of power. This is the practice of...
Realpolitik
Iron was replaced by this metal for its lightweight versatility
Steel
This war was between the British and the Africans of the South African Republic.
The Boer War
This man was the British Prime Minister for most the time between 1855-65 and was formally a Whig. This other man was the Conservative party leader who gained prominence after the first man's death. Name both of them.
Lord Palmerston and Benjamin Disraeli, respectively
Through the joint occupation of Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia had started the second in a series of three wars called...
The Austro-Purssian War
Prime Minister to the Italian King Victor Emmanuel II, he supported a program for economic growth and conspired with the French to drive Austria out of Italy.
Count Camillio di Cavour
Name three inventions made possible by electricity
Lightbulb, telephone, radio, electric railways, streetcars, and subways
This King of Prussia was named emperor (or kaiser) of the Second German Empire.
William I
This conservative made use of liveral tactics such as universal male suffrage, to overrise the parliamentary body and constitution and eventualy gained control of this far Western European country.
Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)
He led to the reconstructions of Paris
Baron von Haussmann
King of Belgium who brutally exploited the Africans in the Belgian Congo
King leopold II
Tsar Alexander II, upson realizing that Russian lagged behind other European nations, issued this document to abolish serfdom.
The Emancipation Edict
Name the two leading parties in Great Britain and the old parties they consisted of.
The Liberal (whigs) and Conservative (Toories) Parties
A dispute over the succession of the Spanish throne and an infamous telegram edited by Bismark led to this war
The Franco-Prussian War
The steam engine was replaced by this kind of engine
Internal Combustion Engine
Attributed to Henery Ford and partially a result of interchangable parts, this manufacturing method led to the increase in production.
The assembly line
Often considered to be the best practitioner of Realpolitik, he hleped unify and strengthen Germany through a series of tactical wars.
Otto von Bismark
This is the only Asian nation to joing the Western game of imperialism. Name the country and its colony.
Japan and Korea
Abolished serfdom and attempted other reforms like the zemstvos but his successor (answer that too) reverted to te traditional methods of repression
Tsar Alexander II and Tsar Alexander III
This treaty ended the Austro-Prussian war and ensured Prussian dominance in German politics
Peace of Prague
The western-most colony of the Americans consisited of these islands.
Phillipeans
Two precious commodities exported from Africa were...
Dimonds and Gold
British Nurse who helped to prodessionalize nursing during the Crimean War
Florence Nightengale
There was an agreement come upon by Cavour and Napoleon III in regard to a war between Austria and Piedmont-Sardinia.
What is the agreement of Polombieres?
This war was fought over Schleswig and HOlstein and was the first of the major wars fought by Prussia/Germany under Bismark.
DanishjWar
Though not formally a war, it involved an alliance with France and Piedmont and native forces from the south.
The Unification of Italy
The Crimean Penninsula is located in what body of water?
The Black Sea
The great powers of Europe (especially Great Britain adn Russia) withdrew from continental affairs, the old alliances and Concert of Europe broke down, and in part, German unification was possible because of this war.
Crimean War
Chinese Recolutionay Leader during the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty
Sun Yat-sen
Both Russia (Alexander II) and the United States (Abraham Lincoln) had this in common in the 1860s.
a large enslaved population (or emancipation edicts)?
Emperor of the Austrian Empire during and after the Austrian defeat in Italy
Emperor Francis Joseph
Origionally a supporter of Mazzini and Young Italy, this patriot gathered an army and made him way up the Italian penisula starting from Sicialy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Revolt that was crushed in 1858 in British controlled India
The Sepoy Revolt
Two laws passed in England; the first lowered the monetary requirements for voting, thus increasing the number of voters, and the second attempted to make elementary schools available for all children.
The Reform Act of 1867 and the Education Act of 1870
This was determined to be the buffer state between British India and Russian Turkestan
Afghanistan
One of the Causes of the Crimean War, this term describes who would be the beneficiaries of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire
the Eastern Question
The name Europeans gave to civilizing the inferior races, origionating from a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
The White Mans Burden
Name three causes for imperialism
1) International prestige among competitive nation-states. 2) Social Darwinism/racism. 3) Religious or moral obligation. 4) Economic Motivation
This was the person given the power during the Meiji Restoration who helped transform Japan
Emperor Mutsuhito

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