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Chavez WH 24 Vocab
CH 24
Question | Answer |
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Peninsulares | Latin Americans born in Spain |
Creoles | Spaniards born in Latin America |
Mulattos | Africans or people of mixed European and African ancestry |
Simon Bolivar | Leader of Venezuelan independence movement |
Jose de San Martin | Leader who helped win independence for Chile and Argentina |
Miguel Hidalgo | Priest who began the revolt against Spanish rule in Mexico |
Jose Morelos | Leader of the Mexican revolt after Hidalgo was defeated |
Conservative | People who supported the monarchy |
Liberal | People who wanted to give more power to elected legislatures |
Radical | People who wanted to end the rule by kings and give full voting rights to all people |
Nationalism | Belief that a person's loyalty belongs to the nation itself instead of to the nation's ruler |
Nation-State | Country with its own independent government |
The Balkans | Region including all or part of present-day Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and former Yugoslavia |
Louis-Napoleon | Winner of the presidential election in France in 1848; later emperor |
Alexander II | Ruler of Russia who freed the serfs |
Russification | A policy of forcing Russian culture on ethnic groups in the Russian Empire |
Camillo de Cavour | Prime minister who unified northern Italy |
Giuseppe Garibaldi | Leader of the Red Shirts who won control over parts of Southern Italy |
Otto von Bismarck | Leader who worked to expand Prussia |
Junker | Wealthy German landholders |
Realpolitik | Tough, practical politics |
Kaiser | Emperor |
Confederation | Group that joins together for a common purpose |
Czar | Emperor of Russia |
Ethnic | Related to a religious, racial, national, or cultural group |
Exile | State of being sent away from one's own country |
Flee | Run away |
Gothic Novel | Stories filled with fear, violence, or supernatural events |
Grim | Harsh; hard to bear |
Legislatures | Law-making bodies |
Mestizos | People with mixed European and Indian ancestry |
Turmoil | Disorder or confusion |
Unify | Unite; create one country out of separate states or other political divisions |