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What was the reform bill of 1832?
Gave voting rights to more men. went from 5-7 percent. only male land owners
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What was the peoples charter of 1838?
Gave suffrage to all men, annual elections, and secret ballots
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Emmeline Pankhurst?
formed the womans social and political union. (wspu). fought for womens rights and were often violent.
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Who was alfred Dreyfus and what was he accused of?
he was a high ranking french army officer accused of spying for germany.
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zionists?
people devoted to help rebuild a jewish state in the ancient homeland
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Imperialism?
the domination of one country over another country
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social darwinism?
only the fittest will survive
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sepoys?
indian soldiers in service
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What happened in the berlin conference of 1884-85?
14 european nations came together about the splitting of africa
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Militarism?
glorifying power and keeping army prepared for war
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"powder keg" of europe?
balkan peninsula, where the war started, where Franz. F was killed.
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fourteen points?
woodrow wilsons plan for after war peace
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What nations actions caused the united states to fight in ww1?
Germany resuming submarine warfare and the zimmerman note
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Who led germany during the last decade of the 1800's and most of ww1?
Kaiser Wilhelm
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Schlieffen plan?
Germanys plan to sneak in russia through neutral switz.
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What was the significant in the allied victory at the first battle of marne?
Ruined the schlieffen plan and forced germany to fight a 2 front war
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what even started ww1?
assassination of franz f.
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Allies Gallipoli campaign?
tried to get to supplies to russia. failure
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How did the treaty of versailles affect postwar germany?
reduced their army and they lost territory
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What was trench warfare intended to accomplish?
protecting soldiers and keeping their land
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bolsheviks?
caused russian revolution, led by Lenin. Marxism.
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Indian national congress?
Group of hindus pushing for self rule. nationalism
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What event marked the beginning of the great depression?
stock market crash
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Alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan?
axis powers, tirpartite pact
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Why did japan invade manchuria?
Needed resources
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Appeasement?
giving into the demands of an aggressor in order to keep peace
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Dawes plan?
1924, Americans loan money to the germans to stabilize german currency and strengthen economy
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what does fascism stress?
glorifying the state over the individual. nationalism
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munich conference?
british and french leaders got together to annex parts of czech.
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Kellog-Briand pact?
Germany/france promised to never fight against eachother. 1925. Signed by 62 countries to outlaw war
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What prompted great britain and france to declare war on germany?
germany invaded poland
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Atlantic charter?
FDR and churchill, set final goals for the war. supported people to choose their own government. free trade
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What cities were the atomic bombs dropped on?
hiroshima and nagasaki
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Battle of the bulge
hitlers last offensive
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battle of midway
turn of the war
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lend lease act
selling of war materials to help allies
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Truman doctrine
1947, trying to contain the spread of communism
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warsaw pact?
pact made by russia to help fight the u.s
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NATO
pact made by the u.s to help fight russia
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when did chinese troops enter the war in korea?
late november 1950, after the americans were successful
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domino theory?
if one nation falls to communism, the rest will follow
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What exiled leader led the religious opposition to western influences in iran?
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
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What event increased u.s spending on education and technology?
the space race. sputnik
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what led the soviets to blockade west berlin?
the reunification of the 3 western zones in germany
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What was the primary goal for the soviet union's invasion of afghanistan?
they wanted to reestablish the communist regime in afghanistan
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containment?
blocking out all resources to a country
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