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| 380928427 | Great Britian - Parlimintary Democracy | Two party parlimentary democracy. People elect representatives to serve in parliment. Two major parties are the Liberals and the Conservatives. Working Class supported the Liberal party | |
| 380928428 | Labour Party | Emerged in 1900 - dedicated to workers and workd for social reforms, unemployment benefits, and old-age pensions | |
| 380928429 | France - Third Republic | After the fall of Louis-Napoleon's Second Empire left the country in confusion. 1875 formed a republican constitution with President and Legislature with two houses. Upper house = Senate - conservative and elected by high ranking officials Lower house = Chamber of Deputies were elected by voters (adult males) | |
| 380928430 | Italy - United National State | There was little national unity due to the great gulf between the wealth of the industrialized north and the poverty stricken south. | |
| 380928431 | Germany | Imperial Germany had a constitution and a two-house legislature. Lower house = Reichstag - elected by adult males Ministers were responsible to the emperor who controlled military, foreign policy and bureacracy | |
| 380966312 | Otto von Bismarck | Prime Minister (Chancellor) of Germany 1871 - worked against democracy in spite of pressure from the people | |
| 380966313 | William II | Emperor of Germany while von Bismarck was Prime Minister (aka Chancellor) 1888 to 1918 grew Germany into a strong military force | |
| 380966314 | Austro-Hungarian Empire | Dual Monarchy. Austria set up a parlimintary system that was ignored by the emperor, Francis Joseph Hungary parlimentary system worked and was controlled by landowners | |
| 380966315 | Francis Joseph | Emperor of Austria-Hungrary. Appointed ministers and declared laws when parliment was not in session. | |
| 380966316 | Russia | Ruled by Czars - central authoritarian government | |
| 380966317 | Nicholas II | Began his rule as a Russian Czar in 1894. Believed the absolute power of the Czar should be preserved | |
| 380966318 | Industrialism in Russia | Growing industrialization and factories in Russia created a large workforce. Socialist parties developed to represent worker rights. Workers marched on the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg (Bloody Sunday) | |
| 380966319 | Bloody Sunday | January 22, 1905 - Massive procession of workers to the Winter Palace of the Czar to present grievances. Troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration killing hundreds | |
| 380966320 | Duma | Nicholas II was forced to grant civil liberties and created a legislative assembly called the Duma. By 1907 Czar reduced the power of the Duma and Czar controlled bureaucracy and army. | |
| 380966321 | United States Economy after Civil War | Economy moved from farm-based to industrial. Steel and iron production the best in the world | |
| 380966322 | Queen Liliuokalani | Queen of Hawaii in 1800's. American controlled the sugar industry in Hawaii. US Military forces deposed the Queen and annexed Hawaii in 1898. | |
| 380966323 | 1898 | US defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War and acquired Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. | |
| 380966324 | The Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy - joined together in case France wanted to form an anti-german alliance. | |
| 380966325 | William II - 1890 | Fired Bismarck and moved to enhance German power. Dropped alliance with Russia. France immediately joined with Russia placing hostle parties on both German borders. | |
| 380966326 | Triple Entente | Alliance of Russia, Great Britain and France | |
| 380966327 | Austria-Hungary and Russia | Rivalry over the Balkins was one cause of WWI | |
| 380966328 | Bosnian Crisis | 1908 - Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia was outraged, since they had wanted Bosnia and Herzegovina to form a large Serbian Kingdom. Russia backed Serbia, Germany backed Austria-Hungary. |
