Enlightenment & French Revolution of 1789
Industrial Revolution
Revolutions, Revolutions, and more Revolutions
Democracy in Britain & France
Imperialism and Randomness
100
This Enlightenment thinker believed that people were naturally selfish, greedy, and wicked
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
100
This type of economic policy allowed for free trade and little to no government intervention with businesses and the economy
What is laissez faire economics?
100
The leader of many revolutions in Latin America against Spanish rule. Known as The Liberator
Who is Simon Bolivar?
100
The two Houses of British Parliament
What is the House of Lords and Commons
100
This very famous event took place following Napoleon's rule to restore the balance of power in Europe
What is the Congress of Vienna?
200
Name two causes of the French Revolution of 1789
What is lending money to America, unfair tax policy/class system, American revolution debt, famine...
200
This political ideology argued that people should establish communities where all means of production was owned by everyone and shared equally
What is Socialism?
200
This revolution was known for its February days, where a second Republic was established, and later for its June Days, where riots broke out and led to Louis Napoleon declaring himself emperor of France
What is the French Revolution of 1848?
200
A form of government in which the executive is elected by the legislature and also serves on the legislature
What is a parliamentary democracy?
200
Bismarck put this above all else in his use of Realpolitik
What is the needs of the state, uniting Germany
300
This famous writer often corresponded with Catherine the Great (an Enlightened Despot). He disguised his clever ideas through workers of fiction to avoid censorship
Who is Voltaire?
300
This is the money and resources that people invest in businesses, banks, trade, etc.
What is capital?
300
This Revolution proved how far behind politically and economically this country was to the rest of Europe...It was ultimately unsuccessful
What is the Russian Revolution of 1905?
300
Name two weaknesses of France's third republic
What is politically unstable coalition government, political scandals, political divisions, social class differences
300
This was a huge factor in causing imperialism, rooted in the idea of racial superiority
What is Social Darwinism?
400
The Constitution of 1791 established this kind of government in France
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
400
This type of business grew greatly in the Industrial era, where businesses sold shares of their company (stock) to investors
What are corporations?
400
This man used realpolitik to help unify Italy by waging wars against the Hapsburgs, allying with France, and aiding nationalists like Garbaldi in the South
Who is Camillo Cavour?
400
These laws were opposed by many factory owners because they wanted to lower wages
What are the Corn Laws?
400
A reason for population growth in Europe
What is Industrialization led to a surplus of food
500
Put the following events in chronological order: Reign of Terror, Women's march on Versailles, Napoleon's rise to power Meeting of the Estates General, Execution of King Louis XVI
What is Estates General, Women's March, Execution, Reign of Terror, Napoleon
500
This man proposed that in order to achieve a communist society where the people shared the means of production equally, there needed to be a revolution where the proletariat ban together to overthrow the bourgeoisie
Who is Karl Marx?
500
This political arrangement pleased the Hungarians in Austria, but left many other groups unsatisfied due to the growing nationalism in the empire
What is the formation of the dual monarchy?
500
Explain why the Irish Potato famine was not really a famine
What is there was no famine!...British landlords had crops but they exported them
500
Name two ways the Industrial Revolution contributed to Imperialism
What is investing in banks/factories abroad, need for resources, ,,,,
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