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absolute monarchy | Has sole control over government and power is passed down thru families. |
A period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout the world. | French Revolution |
Government by the people for the people | Democracy |
Israel became a country in what year | 1948 |
a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Communist Russia. | Russian Revolution |
Apartheid | the status of being apart" |
In what country was there a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party governments, who were the ruling party from 1948 to 1994, | South Africa |
The age of reason is called | The Enlightenment |
John Locke influenced what US document | The Declaration of Independence |
Montesquieu's separation of powers can be seen in what document? | The Constitution |
What philosopher favored individual rights? This can be found in the Bill of Rights? | Voltaire |
The time period from 1865-1877 after the Civil War when the South was being rebuilt and allowed to re-enter the Union. | Reconstruction |
Another word for the city is | urban |
time period of a change over from agriculture to industry. | Industrial Revolution |
another word for the farm or country is | rural |
This movement is about reform and change, progress being made to improve society. Examples include the women right to vote and better working conditions | Progressive Movement |
policy of a stronger nation to take over the political, economic, or social control of a weaker nation | Imperialism |
The Open Door policy opened trade in what country | China |
erves purpose of connecting the two oceans which increases trade and helps with military protection. | Panama Canal |
Time period when the US started making lots of money and Henry Ford used the Assembly Line | The 1920s |
African American literary movement. Marked by music, dance, art, and poetry. Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and others make a name in the New York neighborhood. | Harlem Renaissance |
The Great Depression happened in the | 1930s |
Television, rock and roll and Dwight Eisenhower were popular in the | 1950s |
These events happened in what decade?Unease in the Cold War Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War begins Kennedy Assassination Martin Luther King Assassination | 1960s |