Glencoe World History - Chapter 20, Section 3 Flashcards

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.