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Political Conservatism-promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports at the most minimal and gradual change in society Edmund Burke-preferred organic reform Liberalism- liberty and equal rights. Individual is the greatest food. Less is more JS Mill- Socialism-social ownership or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy Louis Blanc- favored reforms; he called for the creation of cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor. Working and income was a human right

AP Euro important terms list

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Chapter 8 Transition to the Modern Age ? CREATEDATE ?6/14/11 11:10 PM? Raphael, School of Athens Michelangelo David ? Most unreligious religious statue by Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Petrarch ? "Father of humanism / encouraged learning Greek and education should also include how to communicate knowledge and use it for public good (Ciceronan values) Johann Gutenberg ? introduced modern book printing Pico della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man ? "We have made you a creature you may, as the free and proud shaper of your own being, fashion yourself in the form you may prefer" Machiavelli, The Princei ? book: Where his name means deceit / Machiavellian = unscrupulous Politian Erasmus ? Credited for making Renaissance humanisn an international movement

Fall of the soviet empire

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Fall of the Soviet Empire Alternate between Bald and Hair Bald guys are nice Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev on a train joke Staling shoots the conductor Shooting was the solution to everything Lies and deception starts Khrushchev props up the dead body Brezhnev closes the shades and say lets pretend we're moving Attempts to pretend when things were not going well Poland ? Lech Walesa and Solidarity 1970s forms solidarity Independent workers group Slap in the face for communism (because they claimed to be the workers) Independent Workers Group Jaruzelsky Did not crack down too much But was told to outlaw solidary and he does Pope John Paul II (1979) The first non-Italian pope since Adrian the 6th (around 500 years) Polish (More popular than God in Poland)

Stalin Resume (Everything you need to know about Stalin)

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Joseph Stalin Communist part of the Soviet Union 565 Dead Street Kremlin Walls, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (202) 456-1111 E-mail: [email protected] Objective: To be remembered as the ?Greatest Demagogue? in History Work History: 1941-1953: Premier of the Soviet Union 1922-1953: General Secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union 1946-1947: Minister of defense of the Soviet Union 1941-1946: People?s Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union 1941-1945: chairman of the State Defense Committee Education: Gori Church School ? September 1888-July 1894 Tiflis Theological Seminary ? On scholarship ? September 1894 ? expelled 1899 Experience in the Following: I. Origin and Nature of Authoritarian state

Chapter 23: Age of Nation States

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Chapter 23: The Age of Nation-States I. The Crimean War (1853-1856) ? Impetus for change originated in war ? Causes: Crimean War rooted in the desire of Russia to extend its influence over the Ottoman Empire ? Two disputes led to conflict: 1st- OE declared protective oversight for RCs not Orthodox Christians, Russia occupied OE to protect Orthodox Christians; 2nd-weak OE made Russia want to expand influence at the cost of Ottoman demise through the eastern Mediterranean but opposed by Fr. and Britain who declared war on Russia in alliance w/ the Ottomans to protect their commercial interests ? Austria and Prussia remained neutral ? CW was first war covered by the press, but both sides conducted the conflict ineptly w/

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Greek and Roman Gods Zach Costello Sophomore Honors English ZEUS The God Zeus is also known as Jupiter, the God of the Gods. He is the god of the sky, and god of lightning. Zeus is the king of Mount Olympus. He became king after killing his father Kronos, a Titan, and also the god of time. Kronos ate all of his children except for Zeus, who was saved by his mother. Zeus created a mixture of mustard and wine that caused Kronos to barf up all Zeus? siblings. They somehow grew up in his stomach, so they all came out fully grown. Together they overthrew Kronos. POSIEDON

AP European History Notes Chapter 21

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1) Liberty and Equality a) Call for liberty was a call for individual human rights, enlightened monarchs often believed it was their duty to regulate what people read and believed b) Liberals believed people had sovereignty- people alone had authority to make laws limiting an individual?s freedom of action C) Equality- all citizens should have identical rights and civil liberties, nobility had no special privileges based on their birth 1) Liberals were often men, did not believe male and female equal 2) Never believed everyone economically equal, but equal chance to get wealth d) Society still legally divided into groups w/ special privileges (nobility, clergy) and burdens (peasantry). Criticized economic inequality based on legal distinctions for different social groups

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