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Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was eligible to be an “active” voting citizen to help choose the delegates that created the Constitution of 1791? | 25 years of age/paid a certain amount of taxes |
| What was the promise made by the National Assembly when they took the Tennis Court Oath? | Swore they would continue to meeting until they had a new constitution |
| Which estate was the only estate expected to pay the taille (tax) prior to the revolution? | 3rd Estate |
| The Constitution of 1791 gave what group the power to make laws? | Legislative Assembly |
| Concerning gender, what group in France WAS NOT protected by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen? | Women (no political rights) |
| What ruling body did Napoleon’s coup d’état overthrow? _______________ | Directory |
| Give two major reasons for the collapse of Napoleon’s Grand Army. | Inability to defeat Great Britain/the force of Nationalism |
| What was Napoleon’s most important legal code? | Civil Code: equality of all citizens before the law; the right of the individual to choose a profession; religious toleration; abolition of serfdom and all feudal obligations |
| In Napoleon’s new government, what was a promotion based on? | Upon their ability, not rank or birth |
| What was Napoleon’s major military mistake in 1812? | Followed the Russian army to Moscow; City had no supplies for his army; Headed back to Poland “The Great Retreat” – many soldier lost their lives due to starvation and freezing – Let France vulnerable to attack from other countries |
| Napoleon’s successes were? | Military genius/Civil Code/Nationalism |
| The start of the Industrial Revolution began in what European nation? | Great Britain |
| What was the first major industry effected by the Industrial Revolution? | Cotton/Textile |
| What new labor system did the factory produce? | Work shifts: it kept the factories productive at all times |
| Consequence of new labor system? | Working long hours/repetitive work |
| What two new social classes were created by the Industrial Revolution? | Middle class and working class |
| Conditions were so bad for workers in the early industrialization period that a new political idea came about hoping to spread the wealth of society to as many people as possible. What was this new political force? | Socialism |
| The principle of intervention gave the powers of Europe what right? | Great powers had the right to send armies into countries where there were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to their throne |
| Describe what is meant by realpolitik? | Politics based on practical matters rather than on the theory or ethics |
| Karl Marx gave what name to the industrial working class? | Proletariat |
| Name the four commodities that led the way for the Second Industrial Revolution? | Steel/chemicals/electricity/petroleum |
| What was one way that British rule did not hurt the people of India? | Religiously |
| Peasants in India working for foreign-owned farms faced bad working con-conditions, poverty level wages, and high taxes—what is one thing they did not share with the owners of the factories? | Share of profits |
| Describe what is meant by the “white-man’s burden”: | Belief that Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize primitive peoples |
| The Boers of South Africa were descended from what European ethnic group? | The original Dutch settlers of Cape Town and surrounding areas |
| What was the main outcome of the Berlin (West Africa) Conference of 1884-85? | European powers carved Africa into colonies |
| Was the promotion of Indian troops over British troops one of the reasons for the Sepoy Mutiny? | No it was not |
| Of the following countries, U.S/England/Germany/France, which did NOT have a ‘sphere of influence’ in China by the late 1800’s? | United States |
| There were many reasons for European Imperialism. Was one of them that Europe was hoping to share their new technology with the people they were conquering? | NO it was not |
| 30. Of the following, militarism/nationalism/ communism/imperialism, which was not a cause for WWI: | Communism |
| At the outbreak, who were members of the Triple Entente? | Great Britain, France, Russia |
| At the outbreak, who were members of the Triple Alliance? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| What type of fighting developed on the Western Front? | Trench Warfare |
| What is meant by “total war”? | Complete mobilization of resources and people |
| As a result of the Russian Revolution, did Russia become a major Imperialistic power? | No, this is something they did not do |
| What was the name of Lenin’s political party that will lead a violent overthrow of the Russian government? | Bolsheviks |
| List three reasons why Germany hated the Versailles Treaty. | Forced Germany to reduce size of its military, Germany had to pay billions in reparations to France and Great Britain, blamed Germany for starting the war |
| What peace keeping group did Woodrow Wilson propose be created after WWI? | League of Nations |
| Identify the weaknesses of the League of Nations: | United States did not join, League could not agree to use force against aggression |
| How did the Dawes Plan help Germany after WWI? | Reduced Germany’s reparation debt |
| Stalin’s Five Year Plans for Russia: what was the main goal of the plans? - 42. - 43. - | Transform USSR from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy |
| Name three ways a fascist government controls its people: | Leaders using organizations to promote ideas, strong central governments, secret police forces |
| What is one freedom fascist do not allow? | Democratic governments, which would lead to a weak economy |
| 44. One factor that led Germans to accept Hitler was the widespread belief that Hitler had ended what in Germany? | Belief that Hitler had ended Germany’s economic depression |
| How did the Nuremburg Laws affect Jews in Germany? | Excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and Germans |
| Describe what happened during Kristallnacht (Nov. 9, 1938) | Destructive rampage against German Jews led by Nazis |
| In August of 1939, what country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany? | Russia |
| What was Hitler’s main purpose for attacking the Soviet Union? | Secure land and Slavic slaves to strengthen the Third Reich |
| Significance of the Stalingrad? | Entire Sixth Army, considered the best of the German troops, was lost |
| Gypsies, Aryans, Slavic peoples, Jews: which group was not picked for the ovens of the Holocaust? | Aryans |
| What was the major decision to come out of the Yalta Conference? | Established the United Nations |
| In order to protect the Soviet Union from the West, what did Stalin create to serve as a ‘buffer’ between the two areas? | Iron Curtain; Winston Churchill referred to this buffer |
| This was the period of political tension between the US and the Soviet Union that dominated the post WII era? | Cold War |
| What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan? | Restore economic stability of European nations after World War II |
| What was the Warsaw Pact? | Created a military alliance between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European countries |
| What was the purpose for the building of the Berlin Wall? | To prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany |
| Identify 3 Cold War conflicts: | Cuban Missile Crisis, Space race, War in Vietnam |
| What did Stalin hope to achieve by controlling all aspects of communication (radio, newspapers, etc.)? | Control public opinion by giving the public false information |
| As a major historical moment, what did the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolize as concerns communism and the Cold War? | It represented the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War |
| Which US President said, “ . . .tear down the wall . . .”, and what was he really saying? | President Reagan; referring to the Berlin Wall |
| What is the name for the racist government policy South African leaders turned into law in 1948? | Apartheid |
| Independence movements in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia had one common similarity about them: What was it? | They were overthrowing European imperialist powers |
| Name the nation created in the Middle East in 1948 which has led to regional conflicts with its Arab nations, wars, and conflict over land ownership. | Israel |
| During Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward”, what change did he want to bring about in China’s collective farm system? | Combine Chinese collective farms into larger communes |
| What group of Chinese citizens led the protest of Communist rule during the Tiananmen Square uprising? | Students who sought to the end of corruption of Communist party leaders |
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