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What was used in Germany under Emperor William II by conservative forces to distract the people from their desire for democracy?
New foreign policies/ expansion.
100
Which America was the became the chief foreign investors in the other America?
The United States of America became the chief foreign investors of Latin America.
100
Why was Serbia upset at the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria?
Because they wanted to create one large, Slavic empire, including them.
100
FILL IN THE BLANK: Giuseppe Garibaldi led his army, the ____ Shirts, who made a victorious march across the Italian peninsula.
Red
100
Under which ruler did Germany arguable become strongest military and industrial power on the continent of Europe?
Emperor William II
200
How did Bismarck govern Germany?
By disregarding parliament.
200
How did governing elites in Latin America keep their political power from the middle class?
They restricted their right to vote.
200
What kept the Ottoman Empire alive?
The interest of other European countries.
200
King Luis Philipe of France was overthrown in 1848 due to this.
Industrial and Agricultural Depression
200
Who claimed to be guided by the principle of legitimacy and considered it necessary to restore the legitimate monarchs who would preserve traditional institutions?
Prince Klemens von Metternich
300
Why was nationalism a threat to the Austrian Empire?
Separate nationalities wanted their own autonomy, like Germany and Hungary, which would break it apart.
300
Which country wanted independence from the United States?
Philippines
300
Why were the European nations so interested in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?
Russia wanted more influence and Austria feared what Russia would gain, while France and England were interested commercially with naval bases.
300
This act provided benefits for workers in case of sickness and unemployment and gave them compulsory payments from workers, employers, and the state. It also gave elders pensions and those injured at sites compensation.
The National Insurance Act
300
Which important figure took office after the assassination of the previous president, William McKinley, becom ethe 26th president of the United States of America and regulated corrupt industrial practices?
Theodore Roosevelt
400
What was the Duma of Russia and did it work?
A legislative assembly promised by Tsar Nicholas II to calm the rebels. It was ignored and Nicholas II relied on the military and bureaucracy to rule Russia.
400
What kind of things did Latin America trade with Europe and the USA, and what did they get in return?
They traded produce like wheat, coffee, bananas, and sugar for textiles, machines, and luxury goods.
400
Why did Russia declare war on the Turks causing the Crimean War? And what happened as a result to the Treaty of Paris?
For the right to protect Christian shrines in the Palestine and the Crimean War ended. Russia had to give up Bessarabia.Moldavia and Wallachia were put under protection of all the great powers, and the Concert of Europe broke apart.
400
True or False? The real power in France lied with the president.
False. The power in France was the prime minister.
400
Which two important figures helped to free many Latin American countries, including Argentina and Venezuela, and became leaders of the independence movement?
Jose de San Martin & Simon Bolivar
500
Identify the Slavophiles, the Westernizers, and the Anarchists.
Slavophile- wanted to maintain the tsarist system, peasant villages, and Orthodox religious faith in Russia Westernizer- opposite of Slavophile, believed the Western ways were the solution to Russia’s problems and were for creation of parliament and industrialization policies Anarchists- rejected others and more radical, using small groups of fanatical revolutionaries, violence, and assassinations to disrupt the institution.
500
The United States was considered the world’s richest nation with the greatest industrial power, what were some negative things about it?
They had unsafe working conditions, and the richest people owned most of the money.
500
What caused animosity between Russia and its allies and Austria and its allies?
Russia wanted to support Serbia against the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but backed down when Germany supported Austria.
500
What countries attended the Congress of Vienna?
Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
500
_________, a republican nationalist, helped lead the unification of Italy by bringing the fall of Naples after leading an army of a thousand red shirts through Sicily.
Giuseppe Garibaldi