Latin American Revolutions
This revolution happened before the Latin American and Haitian Revolutions, but was a direct inspiration.
What is the French Revolution?
This French leader did more than just conquer most of Europe, he is also known for spreading revolutionary ideas.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This person led the revolt of Haiti against the French and led the first successful slave rebellion that resulted in independence.
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture of Haiti?
This "ism" can be summarized as strong feelings or support for your nation, and it directly led to German Unification.
What is Nationalism?
The small states of Italy had these things in common.
What are shared culture, land, language, and religion?
By 1830, this percentage of land in the Americas became independent after the revolutions
What is 90-95%?
This revolutionary leader from Venezuela was key in the fight against Spain and inspired other independence movements in Latin America while he was stuck in Jamaica. He was known as "El Liberador."
Who is Simon Bolivar?
This cash crop is, today, known for its use in sugary beverages, is collected in stacks of 64, and grows in tropical regions. But, while Haiti was a colony, it was the richest by far in the French Empire because of this crop.
What is sugar cane?
This multi-ethnic empire was known for being the #1 opp of Prussia in its domain expansion and lost a war that lasted only 7 weeks.
What is the Austrian Empire?
(Austria is also an acceptable answer)
This multi-ethnic empire could not keep its hands out of the cookie jar and also held lands in Northern Italy. It was the #1 obstacle to Italian unification.
What is the Austrian Empire?
This group of people were second in the social hierarchy of Latin America and they resented the peninsulares.
Who were the creoles?
This event was also the spark for German and Italian nationalism.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
These two groups of people fought against free people of color on Haiti.
Who were white elites and poor whites?
Bismarck argued in this speech that Germany could only be united through military strength, and Kaiser Wilhelm I agreed
What is the "Blood and Iron" speech?
This trio of Italian leaders were the three key figures behind Italian Unification. They are the Soul, Brain, and Sword of Italy.
Who are Mazzini, Cavour, and Garibaldi?
(First names Giuseppe, Giuseppe^2, or Camilo also are acceptable answers, as are full governments)
This system of hierarchy was how Latin American Society was organized before they broke away from Spain.
(1st) Peninsulares, (2nd) Creoles, (3rd) Mestizos + (4th) Mulattos, (5th) Africans and Natives
What is the Encomienda System?
This military muchacho went to military school in Spain and fought for the independence of Argentina, Chile, and Peru. What a guy.
Who is Jose de San Martin?
This French leader tried to bring slavery back to Haiti, but failed and then imprisoned Toussaint L'Ouverture.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Bismarck liked to face reality when he made decisions. This mindset is the name for when you make decisions based on reality instead of ideas.
What is realpolitik?
Giuseppe Garibaldi led this colorful band of fighters into Northern Italy.
Who were the red shirts?
Simon Bolivar of Venezuela and Father Miguel Hidalgo of Mexico were big stans of these bright ideas from the 1700s.
What are Enlightenment Ideas?
Known for having a brilliant mind covered by a funny helmet, this Prussian leader united Germany with blood and iron.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This group of people in Haiti were known as "poor whites."
Who were the petit blancs?
These 5 words (themes) from your Blood and Iron Source Analysis assignment were the keys for Bismarck to unite the German people.
Militarism: Maintaining a strong army to achieve political goals
Diplomacy: Maintaining international relationships through negotiation and peaceful discussion.
Nationalism: Belief that your country is the best and should be #1
Unification: The bringing together of your people into one nation
Realpolitik: Making decisions based on reality, not ideas
These two regions did not initially join Italy and had to be conquered after Italy united.