Revolutions & Radical Change
This execution device became a symbol of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
What is the guillotine?
This 1899–1901 uprising in China attempted to expel foreign influence.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This 1803 land purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This belief system emphasizes intense emotion, nature, imagination, and individualism in the arts.
What is Romanticism?
This bill expanded voting rights to more middle-class men in Britain during the 19th century.
What is the Reform Bill of 1832?
This violent phase of the French Revolution was led by Robespierre and featured mass executions.
What is the Reign of Terror?
This U.S. foreign policy doctrine warned European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1765 law required colonists to buy special paper for legal documents, newspapers, and more.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
This political group in 19th-century Britain supported reforms and later evolved into the Liberal Party.
Who were the liberals?
Early manufacturing system in which people worked from their homes, producing goods before full industrialization.
What is protoindustrialization?
This movement, fueled by nationalism and desire for independence, succeeded in breaking free from the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century.
What is the Greek Revolution?
These territories are directly ruled and controlled by a foreign power—often seen in the age of New Imperialism.
What are true colonies?
This conflict from 1861–1865 determined whether the U.S. would remain a united nation.
What is the American Civil War?
This ideology centers on pride in one’s nation and the desire for national independence.
What is nationalism?
These groups sought independence from imperial powers, especially in Africa and Asia.
Who were nationalists?
This broad term refers to the political and social transformations occurring from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries.
What is the Age of Revolution?
This ideology justified European imperial expansion by claiming the superiority of white people.
What is white racial supremacy?
Native Americans practiced this religious movement, believing it would restore their lands and traditions.
What is the Ghost Dance?
The belief that colonial expansion is necessary to extend a nation’s power.
What is imperialism?
A demographic measurement showing the number of people living in a particular area.
What is population?
These members of the French Revolution pushed for extreme measures and sweeping political change.
Who were the radicals?
This late-19th-century movement divided Africa among European powers with little regard for local populations.
What was the Partition of Africa?
The time periods during which U.S. leaders served in office.
What are presidencies?
This belief challenges accepted historical narratives and seeks to reinterpret major events.
What is revisionism?
Global system in which powerful nations control weaker ones for economic or political gain.
What is imperialism?