A little bit of everything
New social class that appeared during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the Middle Class?
Fan boy of John Locke, so much so that he quoted him in the Declaration of Independence and was even accused of plagiarism.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages
What is a labor union?
Nickname of the Ottoman Empire at this time
What is the "sick man of Europe?"
Nationalism allowed for the unification of what two European countries?
What are Germany and Italy?
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
Who is Toussaint L'ouverture
Leader of the Reign of Terror in France
Who is Maximilian Robespierre?
Otto Von Bismarck, the Chancellor during German unification, stated that Germany would be united through what two things?
What is Blood and Iron?
Waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Financed by the United States it greatly shortened the sea voyage from East to West.
What is the Panama Canal?
Enlightenment philosoph who believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion
Who is Voltaire?
The Russian Revolution caused the forced abdication of this Russian Emperor
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
British imperialist who is quoted as saying "I would colonize the moon if I could"
Who is Cecil Rhodes?
European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers; they challenged ideas about government
What is the Enlightenment?
Areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly (ex. Europe and U.S. in China)
What is a sphere of influence?
King of Belgium who took over the Congo for it's rubber trees and ordered the slaughter and forced labor of millions of Congolese people.
Who was King Leopold II?
Leader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor, but had imperial ambitions. His descendants ruled Egypt until overthrown in 1952.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Name of the railroad system that stretched across Russia built during period 5
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
Fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights and collective rights of all of the estates as one. Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
Group that made up the 1st Estate during the French Revolution.
Who are the clergy (priests)?
The explosion of this ship off the coast of Cuba spurred the beginning of the Spanish American War (1898).
What was the USS Maine?
Massive civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu Qing dynasty. At least 20 million people died, mainly civilians, led by Hong Xiuquan, the self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
Document written by Simón Bolívar in Jamaica in 1815, in which Bolívar explained his thoughts about the social and political situation of the Spanish America at the time, the power of the Spanish Empire and the possible future of the new nations that would be created after its collapse.
What is the Jamaica Letter?
Group comprised of mostly students, soldiers and civil servants who led a revolutionary movement against the authoritarian regime of Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II, they called for a constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute
Who are the Young Turks?