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| 144706080 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 0 | |
| 144706081 | utopian socialists | the belief in the equality of all people and want to replace competition with cooperation in Industry. | 1 | |
| 144706082 | trade unions | a group of people with a common goal of winning improvements for members of their own trades. | 2 | |
| 144706083 | principle of legitimacy | the lawful monarchs were placed back into power to prevent liberalism from spreading | 3 | |
| 144706084 | conservatism | a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes | 4 | |
| 144706085 | concert of europe | a series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions | 5 | |
| 144706086 | liberalism | an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard | 6 | |
| 144706087 | principle of intervention | Idea that great powers have the right to send armies into countries where there are revolutions to restore legitimate governments. | 7 | |
| 144706088 | Liberalism | an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard | 8 | |
| 144706089 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 9 | |
| 144706090 | frankfurt assembly | German Parliament met in Frankfurt to fulfill a liberal and nationalist dream: the preparation of a constitution for a united Germany | 10 | |
| 144706091 | caudillos | Independent leaders who dominated local areas by force in defiance of national policies; sometimes seized national governments to impose their concept of rule; typical throughout newly independent countries of Latin America. | 11 | |
| 144706092 | realpolitik | politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations | 12 | |
| 144706093 | reform act of 1832 | was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. | 13 | |
| 144706094 | compromise of 1867 | The Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph's attempt, in 1866, to deal with the demands for greater autonomy from the ethnic minorItles within the Hapsburg Empire. The compromise set up a dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, where Franz Joseph served as the ruler of both Austria and Hungary, each of which had its own parliament. | 14 | |
| 144706095 | treaty of paris 1763 | Ended French and Indian War, France lost Canada, land east of the Mississippi, to British, New Orleans and west of Mississippi to Spain | 15 | |
| 144706096 | gothic literature | Emphasizes individuality and imagination with mood of decay, dramatic action that is generally violent, love that is destructive, gloomy settings, supernatural, despairing man alone in dark world, setting and atmosphere are more important that characters | 16 | |
| 144706097 | organic evolution | the principle set forth by Darwin that every plant or animal has evolved, or changed, over a long period of time from earlier, simpler forms of life to more complex forms | 17 | |
| 144706098 | natural selection | a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment | 18 | |
| 144706099 | realism | the state of being actual or real | 19 | |
| 144706100 | Marxism | the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded | 20 | |
| 144706101 | class struggle | A branch of Marxism which says that in every society in which there is a gap between the classes there will be an antithesis and thus a revolution, or struggle between the classes for power. | 21 | |
| 144706102 | socialist party | Political parties formed in the unity of an international organization with a set beliefs inspired by the writings of Karl Marx. They desired economic and political philosophy favoring public or government control of property and income. Their goal was to end the capitalist system, distribute wealth more equally, and nationalize American industries | 22 | |
| 144706103 | revisionism | Socialist movements that at least tacitly disavowed Marxist revolutionary doctrine; believed social success could be achieved gradually through political institutions. | 23 | |
| 144706104 | revolutionary socialism | The belief that change could be achieved only through the violent overthrow of the tarist system | 24 | |
| 144706105 | mass leisure | This was a result of the working class having free time after work (10 Hour's Act) and having a little bit of money (increased real wages) | 25 | |
| 144706106 | mass politics | this encouraged the expansion of political democracy through voting rights for men and the creation of mass political parties - old political forces remained strong in Europe | 26 | |
| 144706107 | anti-semitism | prejudice against Jews | 27 | |
| 144706108 | zionism | A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel. | 28 | |
| 144706109 | slavophiles | Those in mid-nineteenth century Russia who believed Russia had a special destiny of its own which imitation of Western Europe would only weaken or pervert. | 29 | |
| 144706110 | anarchists | people who oppose organized government | 30 | |
| 144706111 | psychoanalysis | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders | 31 | |
| 144706112 | social darwinism | The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. | 32 | |
| 144706113 | modernism | practices typical of contemporary life or thought | 33 | |
| 144706114 | impressionism | a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light | 34 | |
| 144706115 | cubism | an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes | 35 | |
| 144706116 | abstract painting | painting that has specific objects or events as its primary subject matter | 36 | |
| 144706117 | neo-colonialism | control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures | 37 | |
| 144706118 | berlin conference | A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa | 38 | |
| 144706119 | indirect rule | colonial government in which local rulers are allowed to maintain their positions of authority and status | 39 | |
| 144706120 | direct rule | system of colonial government in which the imperialist power controlled all levels of government and appointed its own officials to govern the colony. | 40 | |
| 144706121 | sepoy rebellion | The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. | 41 | |
| 144706122 | taiping rebellion | The most destructive civil war before the twentieth century. A Christian-inspired rural rebellion threatened to topple the Qing Empire. | 42 | |
| 144706123 | boxer rebellion | A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. | 43 | |
| 144706124 | anticolonialism | strongly against the idea of colonization and foreign invaders | 44 | |
| 145247870 | Indian congress movement | Formed in 1885, the Indian National Congress dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain and has formed most of India's governments from the time of independence. | 45 | |
| 145247871 | Cecil Rhodes | British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa | 46 | |
| 145247872 | Singapore | an island south of the Malay Peninsula | 47 | |
| 145247873 | Burma | a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal | 48 | |
| 145247874 | Vietnam | a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea | 49 | |
| 145247875 | French Indochina | Former name (until 1950) for the eastern part of mainland Southeast Asia. The region now comprises the countries of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. After establishing its rule by 1893, France governed it through the Indochinese Union. During World War II it was occupied by Japan, but the French continued to administer it until the Japanese ousted them in 1945. After the Japanese surrender, the Viet Minh under Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Laos and Cambodia were reoccupied by the French, who founded the Indochinese Federation. The First Indochina war soon erupted, and the French ratified treaties (1949-50) that recognized Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia as independent states within the French Union. The area achieved full independence from France after the Geneva Conference of 1954. | 50 | |
| 145247876 | Commodore George Dewey | admiral of the united states navy and best known for his victory during the spanish - american war | 51 | |
| 145247877 | Emillio Aguinaldo | leader of the Filipino rebels | 52 | |
| 145247878 | Algiers | an ancient port on the Mediterranean | 53 | |
| 145247879 | suez canal | Ship canal dug across the isthmus of Suez in Egypt, designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. Its strategic importance led to the British conquest of Egypt in 1882. (p. 726) | 54 | |
| 145247880 | Zanzibar | an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa | 55 | |
| 145247881 | Boers | Dutch settlers in south Africa | 56 | |
| 145247882 | Transvaal | a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu | 57 | |
| 145247883 | Sepoy Mutiny | discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858 | 58 | |
| 145247884 | self determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 59 | |
| 145247885 | King Leopold | King of Belgium who began imperialistic trade inside of Africa which resulted in the Scramble for Africa. | 60 | |
| 145247886 | Social Darwinism | The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion. | 61 | |
| 145247887 | Folk culture | Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. | 62 | |
| 145247888 | Boer War | either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881) | 63 | |
| 145247889 | Zamindar system | ~british believed this system would make it easier to collect taxes from peasants ~hoped it would create a new land gentry that could become the foundation of imperial indian rule | 64 | |
| 145247890 | union of south africa | The British united the cape Colony, Orange Free state and Transvaal into the Union of South Africa. | 65 | |
| 145247891 | Kenya | a republic in eastern Africa | 66 | |
| 145247892 | Napoleon in Egypt | Saw the strategic importance of the Middle East for European powers | 67 | |
| 145247893 | David Livingstone | Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873) | 68 | |
| 145247894 | two European economic zones | europe was divided by which countries were highly industrialized and which countries were highly agricultural, there were two zones | 69 | |
| 145247895 | evolutionary socialism | This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation, unions, and further economic development | 70 | |
| 145247896 | revolutionary socialism | The belief that change could be achieved only through the violent overthrow of the tarist system | 71 | |
| 145247897 | suffragists | people who worked for women's right to vote | 72 | |
| 145247898 | theory of relativity | (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts | 73 | |
| 145247899 | mexican revolution | 1810 to 1823.They fought for independence from Spain and for social justice; they wanted equal rights for Indians, mestizos, | 74 | |
| 145247900 | Spanish-American war | In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence | 75 | |
| 145247901 | progressive era | time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically | 76 | |
| 145247902 | democratization | the action of making something democratic | 77 | |
| 145247903 | aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 78 | |
| 145247904 | repression | a state of forcible subjugation | 79 | |
| 145247905 | quantum theory | (physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta) | 80 | |
| 145247906 | Bosnian crisis | The Bosnian crisis occurred when Austria, who had made a previous agreement with Russia to support opening up the Straits for warships if Russia supported Austria | 81 | |
| 145247907 | First Balkan war | All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes, the third creating WWI | 82 | |
| 145247908 | Second balkan war | Serbia and Greece fight w/ Bulgaria over the spoils of 1st Balkan war, Austria intervened in 1913 and forced Serbia to give up Albania | 83 | |
| 145247909 | Balkan Nationalism | Movements to create independent nations within the Balkan possessions of the Ottoman Empire; provoked a series of crises within the European alliance system; eventually led to World War I. | 84 | |
| 145247910 | triple entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | 85 | |
| 145247911 | triple alliance | Alliance between Germany, Italy, Austria Hungry | 86 | |
| 145247912 | Reichstag | lower house, members elected by universal male suffrage | 87 | |
| 145247913 | Social Revolutionaries | The _______________ were a group of people who directly opposed the Russian Duma and performed acts of terrorism, both political and agrarian, in order to get their points across. This broke off into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. | 88 | |
| 145247914 | German nationalism | Early 19th political movement that swept central Europe. It was all the rage in universities. German Nationalist wanted to see all Germanic people living in a single German state. Obviously this could be perceived as dangerous by both the Austrians and Prussians since nationalism could destroy their countries. It was a movement in which Germans became increasingly aware and proud of their "german-ness" All the best music, culture, philosophy, economic growth, was seen by them as coming from German culture. They considered themselves the wave of the future. SPOILER ALERT: Early German nationalism is tied to Liberal political beliefs. It bubbles up from the masses, but is crushed.(chp 21) However, Germany will be created (chp 22) by German Authoritarian/Conservatives from the top down. | 89 | |
| 145247915 | Emperor William II | leader of Germany during WWI | 90 | |
| 145247916 | Emperor Francis Joseph | Hungary-tried hard to centralize the state and Germanize the language and culture of the different nationalities | 91 | |
| 145247917 | Third Republic | Following Battle of Sedan, Napoleon III was captured and a revolt happened in Paris; lead to German surrounding of city | 92 | |
| 145247918 | Labour party | a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900 | 93 | |
| 145247919 | mass leisure | This was a result of the working class having free time after work (10 Hour's Act) and having a little bit of money (increased real wages) | 94 | |
| 145247920 | Mass society | A society in which prosperity and bureaucracy have weakened traditional social ties | 95 |
