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Study Helps for Test 1, Chapters 5-8

QuestionAnswer
Who announced that the United States would use force to bring the rebel states back into the U.S.? Abraham Lincoln
Where did Confederate forces surrender in the American Civil War? Appomattox, Virginia
Who assassinated President Lincoln? John Wilkes Booth
Who did President Lincoln first ask to lead the Union Army? Giuseppe Garibaldi
Who became President Lincoln's general? Ulysses S. Grant
What were the years after the Civil War known as? Reconstruction
What were Spanish colonists born in South America (instead of Spain) known as? Creoles
Who was the leader of Paraguay who admired the country of France? Francisco Solano Lopez
Which countries made up the Triple Alliance? Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina
What was Upper Canada (English-speaking) later known as? Ontario
What was Lower Canada (French-speaking) later named? Quebec
Who seized control of the French government after the French Revolution and crowned himself Emperor? Napoleon Bonaparte
Which Frenchman helped the American colonists fight for independence and wanted to see France free from kings as well? Marquis de Lafayette
Who was the very last emperor of France? Louis-Napoleon
What is the form of government where a King is in place, but there are laws that every citizen must follow (including the king)? Constitutional monarchy
What is the form of government where every citizen is equal, and leaders are elected? Republic
What is the form of government where the leader has absolute power, with the territory larger than a kingdom? Empire
What is the form of government where the leader has absolute power, and ruled by a monarch? Kingdom or Reich
Who was the last king of France? Louis-Philippe
The North German Confederation did NOT include what state? Austria
What did this Confederation become known as? The Second Reich
Who was known as the "Iron Chancellor?" Otto von Bismarck
What is the situation where states agree together to elect officials who will be in charge of dealing with foreign countries and all matters that affect the states, but each state stays independent with its own government and its own identity? Confederacy
Who was the third German Emperor (a quick-tempered, violent bully)? Wilhelm II
Why did the samurai revolt? When they were told that they could no longer carry their swords in public.
Who demanded that Yoshinobu resign as shogun and ended the Tokugawa shogunate for good? The daimyo (Japanese noblemen)
Which government did the Japanese pattern their constitution after? German
Who invented a light powered by electricity, and an entire system to run these lights? Thomas Edison
How did people keep track of the time before railroads? Looking at the sun
What system was proposed to keep better track of time? Divide the world into twenty-four time zones
What was Edo renamed in 1868? Tokyo
Who led the Satsuma Revolt? Saigo Takamori, the famous samurai warrior
What was the period of time where Japan made the transition to helping the emperor regain his throne? Meiji Restoration
What happened on Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869? The railroad was completed
How were the conscripts in the new Japanese army different from the samurai? Conscripts fought for a salary, not as feudal responsibility to noblemen
In what year did the American Civil War begin? 1861
In what year did the American Civil War end? 1865
In what year was President Lincoln assassinated? 1865
When did Francisco Solano Lopez come to power in Paraguay? 1862
During what years did the War of the Triple Alliance occur? 1864-1870
When the Patriotes rebel in Lower Canada (led by Louis Joseph Papineau)? 1837
In what year did "Les Trois Glorieuses" occur, when Charles X fled to England and Louis-Philippe became Citizen King of France? 1830
When did the First Empire end and the second Republic begin in France? 1848
When did the Second Republic end in France and the Second Empire begin, with Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte becoming Emperor? 1851
When did the Second Reich occur in Prussia? 1871-1918
When was the first U.S. Transcontinental Railroad completed? 1869
When did Thomas Edison invent the electric light? 1879
When did the U.S. adopt time zones? 1883
When was the Meiji Restoration (restoring the emperor) in Japan? 1868-1912
When was the Satsuma Revolt in Japan? 1877
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