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What was the most effective war innovation?
The machine gun.
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Who fought against the Boers of South Africa in the Boer Wars?
Great Britan
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Give 3 examples of new technology used in WWI
Trench warfare, U-boats, zepplins, convoys, gas posion
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Who was the tsar of russia before the revolution?
Tsar Nicholas II
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What was the point of the propaganda?
To make the enemy look like a monster and to dehumanize them so they are easier to kill without regret or remorse. Recruitment for wars
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Three reasons why England was the center of the IR?
1) accessible to the sea, trade and commerce were set up 2) stable government 3) They had lots of natural resources like steel and copper
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Both the French and the British were interested in controlling Egypt in the mid-19th century, why?
The location of Egypt was very key
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who was assassinated, where was he from, and what group assassinated him?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria the black hand of serbia
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Who were the bolsheviks?
They were part of the Marxist Russian Democratic Party who became the Communist Party. They were the majority group of people in a crucial vote.
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What was the place most of the brutal fighting was done in? (newer style of fighting)
In the trenches
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What did the Sadler committee investigate and what legal changes did they try to make? did it work?
the conditions of the workhouses. they made a bill that prevented children from working if they were under 9 Children from ages 9-18 only work 10 hours There will be time for meals and 2 hours of rest on Saturdays no it did not pass
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Who took over the most land in africa? Who had the most valuable land?
France England
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What were the Alliance teams
central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey) Triple Entente (France, Britain, and Russia)
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what was russia like before the revolution?
was not caught up to rest of Europe industrially. Very small wealthy upper class with a huge low income class. Bad infrastructure, food shortage.
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Between the Bourgeoisie and Proletarians who are the ‘Haves and have not’s’
Bourgeoisie are the haves and Proletarians are the have nots.
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What was Britain’s Parliament attempting to discover during the Ashley Mines Committee?
Interviewed mine employers and workers in 1841-1842 that focused on the physical and sexual behaviors of the workers.
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What was the significance of the Berlin Conference?
To partition Africa among the colonial powers.
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What was the most important outcome of the Treaty of Versailles?
The League of Nations was developed which was an intergovernmental organization to maintain world peace and prevent wars.
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What did the Bolshevik party change their name to in 1918?
The communist party
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How is socialism different from communism?
Communism is extreme force of socialism. Communism is a political system that controls all aspets of a society and socialism is primarily an economic system that exists under political systems.
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How is socialism different from communism?
Communism is extreme force of socialism. Communism is a political system and socialism is primarily an economic system that exists under political systems.
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“White Man’s Burden” is about what?
the attitude held by many Europeans that they were charged with civilizing the africans they encountered in foreign lands. They proved that they were better
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Reasons the US joined the war?
Sinking of the Lusitansa, British propaganda, Zimmerman note to mexico
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name the major difference between Lenin and Stalin
Lenin- more laid back, more democratic, he allowed inter-party discussions, he didn't purge everyone. Stalin- opportunist politician, a communist to his personal benefit. He was Rude, disgraceful and totally totalitarian. He abolished NEP and started "socialistic" policies.
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What was one of the main ideas from the Wealth of Nations? And who wrote it?
need property rights for a successful society and needed to be laws in effect to protecting new rights for a capitalistic society Adam Smith