Germane facts about Germany
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Fancy Men
Qing humiliation
100
This premodern assembly of German feudal states had persevered for over a thousand years before Napoleon dissolved it in 1806
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
100
This German philosopher and political theorist co-authored the Communist Manifesto in 1848
Who is Karl Marx?
100
This queen presided over the golden age of modern industrial British Empire
Who is Victoria?
100
This lawyer trained in London and practiced in British South Africa before returning to India
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
100
This southern port city was the only entry point for European imports while the Qing emperors were still in control
What is Canton (Guangzhou)?
200
Three conflicts to unify Germany in the 1860s and 1870s culminated with this final war against the nation's biggest rival
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
200
A group of laborers who work together in an industry and unify to negotiate with their bosses
What is a union?
200
This King took the throne during the Seven Years' War, lost the American colonies, and went insane at the end of his life
Who is George III?
200
This fancy Frenchman crowned himself emperor in 1799, taking the crown from the Pope
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
This European power joined the British in the Second Opium War against Qing China in 1856
What is France?
300
This unifier was dismissive of parliamentary politics and democratic reforms and focused instead on the military and warfare to bring his nation together
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
300
While this nation was first to industrialize, its government policies of gradualism and basic support for workers' rights prevented any workers' revolts
What is Britain?
300
Ironically, this movement was used as justification for the imperial conquest of many West African territories in the 1800s
What is abolition (anti-slavery)?
300
This English nobleman developed fundamental theories of empirical thought and was a patron to other figures of the Scientific Revolution
Who is Francis Bacon?
300
British troops en route to humble the Chinese emperor, with his distaste for opium, were delayed by more than a year because of this colonial rebellion
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
400
This southern German kingdom and empire had a more centralized monarchy in the pre-industrial period, but was weakened by revolts in 1848 and had to ask Russia for military support
What is Austria?
400
This is the word in Marxist theory used to describe the broken connection between a worker and the product of their labor
What is alienation?
400
This British politician, who argued for gradualism and more progressive taxation in London's parliament before 1848, also promoted the creation of "pals" in India who would be educated in English culture
Who is Thomas Babington Macauley?
400
This French monarch was convicted of treason by the National Assembly and beheaded by guillotine in 1789
Who is Louis XVI?
400
Chinese forces were absent and ineffective during the 1904 fight over this Qing homeland between Russian and Japanese imperialists
What is Manchuria?
500
This puppet state was created by Napoleon after his conquest of Germany to rule over several West German princely states
What is the Confederation of the Rhine?
500
This leading Russian communist was deliberately sent by German enemies on a secret train to start a revolution in St. Petersburg at the end of World War I
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
500
The British struggled to disrupt Hindu traditions and caste society during the Raj, including this practice of widow self-immolation
What is sati?
500
This French monarch, also known as the Sun King, expanded the empire to its peak before the fall of the ancien regime
Who is Louis XIV?
500
This mass rebellion led by Christian cultists further destabilized the Qing government between the two Opium Wars
What is the Taiping Rebellion?