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World Independence
Flashcards from the Fight for Independence Section
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Balkans? | A region of Europe controlled by the Ottomans |
| What is a conservative? | Landowners and nobles, want a traditional monarchy, want little to no change |
| What is a liberal? | Wealthy merchants and business owners, want some slow change, wanted a limited deomcracy |
| What is a radical? | Poor or lower class, want communism, want fast change right now |
| What is nationalism? | Being loyal to a nation and not your ruler |
| What is a nation-state? | A nation with its own independent government |
| Who stays in control after the French Revolution? | Conservatives |
| Why is France's monarchy replaced with a republic? | Charles X tried to restore an absolute monarchy but was overthrown |
| Who was Louis-Napoleon? | President of France, Napoleon's nephew, later becomes emperor |
| What was the Crimean War? | Russia wanted a warm water port from Turkey but loses due to lack of industrialization |
| Who was Alexander II? | Czar of Russia, frees serfs but are still tied to land because of debt, assassinated by terrorists |
| What was Austria-Hungary? | Formed after nationalism began to destroy Austria |
| What is Russification? | Forcing other nations to accept Russian culture, this causes czars to lose control |
| Who united Italy? | Camillo de Cavour with the help of Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| What country unified Germany? | Prussia |
| Who was Otto von Bismark? | Prussian Prime minister, master of realpolitik |
| What was the Seven Weeks War? | Prussia beats Austria |
| What was the Franco-Prussian War? | Bismark provokes France over German unification, Prussia wins, Wilhelm is crowned kaiser |
| Who were the Peninsulares? | The upper class defined as people who are born in Spain |
| Who were the Creoles? | People whose parents were born in Spain, can serve in the army |
| Who were the Mestizos? | People who have European and Indian ancestry |
| Who were the Mulattos? | People who have European and African ancestry |
| Who were the Slaves/Indians? | People at the bottom of society |
| What was special about Haiti? | First Latin American territory to gain freedom, led by Toussaint L'Overture in slave revolts |
| Who was Simon Bolivar? | Leads the north in revolution |
| Who was San Martin? | Leads the south in revolution |
| Who was Dom Pedro? | Man from Portugal who declares Brazil independent |
| Who was Padre Miguel Hidalgo? | Priest who launches Mexican revolts |
| What were pogroms? | Anti-semitic riots and attacks on Jews |
| Who was Nicholas II? | Succeeded Alexander III |
| Who were the Bolsheviks? | Led by Lenin to forcefully bring about a socialist society |
| What was Bloody Sunday? | Peaceful protesters were murdered by the police |
| What was a Duma? | A legislature |
| Where do nationalists revolt? | Belgium, Italy, and Poland |
| What did Dessalines do? | Declares Haiti a country |
| What did Iturbine do? | Declares Mexico independent |
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