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U.5 Cornell Notes V2
Ethan's Unit 5 Cornell Note Flashcards for 3/26/13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were some causes of the Haitian Revolution? | The 9:1 slave to free person ratio, Enlightenment reading by creoles and mulattoes, the French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the chaos in Europe. |
| What were the main exports of Haitian plantations? | Coffee and sugar. |
| Who led the slave insurrection of 1791? | Toussaint L'Ouverture. |
| What was Toussaint L'Ouverture before he led the slave insurrection of 1791? | A slave. |
| What forces invaded Haiti during the slave insurrection? | Britain and Spain. |
| What did the slaves receive after helping the French fight of the British and Spanish during the slave insurrection? | They were freed and put into power, but France still controlled them. |
| What did Napoleon do in 1802? | He sent in French troops to end the rule of the former slaves. |
| What happened to the French troops who tried to retake Haiti? | They got owned by the slaves. (LOL) |
| When did Haiti declare it's independence? | In 1804. |
| Who was governor-general for life after Haiti declared independence? | Jacques Dessalines. |
| What is important about Haiti's independence? | They were the first independent state in Latin America. |
| What were some long-term effects of the Haitian Revolution? | France gave up on N.A. colonies, gave U.S. control of N.A. |
| What were some causes of the Latin American Independence Movements? | A growing sense of national identity, resentment of the Spanish/Portuguese economic policies, and European confusion. |
| Caudillo? | Military/political strongmen; dictators in a nutshell. |
| Why was Latin America slow to industrialize? | The monoculture and years of extraction ruined the economy. |
| Father Hidalgo? | Leader of 1st Mexican Revolution, martyred, cried for independence. "El Grito de Delores" |
| Who took over after Father Hidalgo's death? | Jose Morelos. |
| What did Benito Juarez do? | Started social reforms in newly independent Mexico. |
| What happened in 1910? | Diaz takes over as a dictator of Mexico. |
| What did the Mexican Civil War lead to? | The Mexican Constitution. |
| What was unique about the Brazilian Revolution? | No fighting ever occurred. |
| Who owned Brazil pre-independence? | Portugal. |
| Who took over in Brazil? | Pedro, son of King John VI. |
| What does maroon mean? | Fugitive. |
| What was the Boxer Rebellion? | A group of martial arts experts trying to take over China, and almost succeeded if EUR and JAP didn't help out. |
| What was the Boxer Protocol? | China had to pay EUR and JAP for ending the Boxer Rebellion. |
| When did the Sepoy Mutiny take place? | 1857. |
| What were some causes of the Sepoy Mutiny? | The British didn't respect Muslim/Hindu traditions, and they reportedly put pork and beef fat in the bullet cartridges. |
| What other war was more deadly than the Taiping Rebellion? | World War II. |
| Who led the Taiping Rebellion? | Hong Xiuquan (Jesus' brother). |
| Millenarianism? | Religious belief that the turn to a 1,000 year multiple will bring about a new way of life. |
| What were some rebellions inspired by millenarianism? | The Boxer Rebellion and Taiping Rebellion. |
| What types of ideas influenced most Western Revolutions? | Liberal ideas, like John Locke's. |
| What is an example of a political reform in response to frequent rebellions? | The Tanzimat Reforms of the Ottoman Empire. |
| What led to communism and socialism in Russia? | Factory conditions. |
| Why didn't communism and socialism develop in England and the U.S.? | Labor unions helped ease tension. |
| Mary Wollstonecraft? | Creator of feminism, wrote "Conviction". |