What was the policy that Bismark talked about during his speech to Germans?
Blood and Iron
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What Captain of Industry/Robber Baron donated lots of money and founded the University of Chicago
John D. Rockfeller
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How far did the Louisiana purchase cover?
From the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. From Canada to New Orleans.
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What were the three main reasons as to why the US joined WWI?
Unrestricted submarine warfare, connections with Britain, and because Germany tried getting Mexico on their side by promising land back from the US.
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885
It was to lay down rules of the division of Africa. The guidelines they established were that any European nation could control the territory by notifying other nations of its claims and that they were able to control the area.
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Who was the person who led the Italian Government after unification?
Cavour
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Which industry first used the factory system
Textile
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What did people usually associate with the westward expansion with?
Freedom, Liberty, Independence
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Who led Britain in the Battle of the Somme, and what was his aim?
Sir Douglas Haig. His objective was to gain territory and to draw German troops away from Verdun. Another objective was to kill as many German soldiers as possible as part of the ‘war of attrition’.
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What is the natural resource curse
countries with an abundance of non-renewable resources experience stagnant growth or even economic contraction. The resource curse occurs as a country begins to focus all of its energies on a single industry, such as mining, and neglects other major sectors. Also corruption in the government decreases the effectiveness
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What was the war that Germany won which showed the European society the power of Prussia?
Franco Russian War
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Which social class most benefited from the Industrial Revolution
Mid-Upper Class
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For how many years did the Westward Expansion last