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NATURAL LAW
RULES DISCOVERABLE BY REASON APPLIED BY ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS TO STUDY HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIETY
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ENLIGHTENED DESPOT
ABSOLUTE RULERS THAT MAKE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE
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THOMAS HOBBES
ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHER; BELIEVED THAT ALL MEN WERE CRUEL AND EVIL; THOUGHT ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES WERE THE BEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT
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MONTESQUIEU
ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER; BELIEVED THAT A GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE ABSOLUTE POWER; ALSO BELIEVE IN THE SEPARATION OF POWERS
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ADAM SMITH
ENLIGHTENMENT ECONOMIST; BELIEVED IN THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM, OR NO GOVERNMENT CONTROLS OF THE ECONOMY; BUSINESS ACTIVITY WILL BE REGULATED BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND
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JOHN LOCKE
ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER; BELIEVED IN THE NATURAL RIGHTS OF MAN- LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY; HE ALSO BELIEVED THAT A DEMOCRACY WAS THE BEST FORM GOVERNMENT;
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FIRST ESTATE
CLERGY AND CHURCH PEOPLES
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THIRD ESTATE
BOURGEOISIE, PEASANTS, COMMONERS, URBAN WORKERS
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BOURGEOISIE
MERCHANTS, BANKERS, WEALTHY LAND OWNERS, UPPER MIDDLE CLASS, ETC...
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SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY
MILITARY TACTIC WHEN DURING RETREAT YOU SLASH AND BURN AND GOODS THAT CAN BE USED BY THE ENEMY AGAINST YOU; DEFEATED NAPOLEON DURING THE INVASION CAMPAIGN OF RUSSIA
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TENNIS COURT OATH
THE ASSEMBLY MET AT SOME HAND BALL COURTS AND SWORE TO CREATE A JUST CONSTITUTION
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FRENCH URBAN WORKERS
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS THAT WERE CONSIDERED THE POOREST GROUP IN FRANCE
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THE BREAD MARCH
A GROUP OF RIOTING WOMEN MARCHED TO VERSAILLES TO DEMAND THAT THE KING LOWER THE PRICE OF BREAD
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LIMITED MONARCHY
A GOVENRMENT IN WHICH THE MONARCH IS LIMITED BY A CONSTITUTION; THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE IN 1791 CREATED THE CONSTITUTION OF 1791 TO LIMIT KING LOUIS XVI'S POWER
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CONTINENTAL SYSTEM
A FORM OF ECONOMIC WARFARE IN WHICH NAPOLEON TRIED TO ELIMINATE TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN, IN TURN DESTROYING THEIR ECONOMY
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BATTLE OF WATERLOO
NAPOLEON'S FINAL DEFEAT WAS REALIZED AT THIS BATTLE
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
THE CHANGE TO MAKING GOODS WITH MACHINES INSTEAD OF HANDS
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COTTON GIN
SEPARATES SEEDS FROM RAW COTTON; THIS SINGLE INVENTION EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON
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UTILITARIANISM
"THE GREATEST HAPPINESS FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER"
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JAMES WATT
SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR THAT MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STEAM ENGINE WHICH MADE IT INTO AN EFFICIENT POWER SOURCE
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RAILROADS
THIS NEW FORM OF TRANSPORTATION MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR TRAVEL ACROSS LAND RIVERS COULD NOT FOLLOW
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TENEMENT HOUSING
CROWDED APARTMENT BUILDINGS FILLED WITH WORKING CLASS POOR
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WOMEN WORKERS
MANY EARLY FACTORY WORKERS WERE WOMEN BECAUSE YOU COULD PAY THEM LESS WAGES
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STANDARD OF LIVING
TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE AVERAGE QUALITY OF LIFE A PERSON MAY HAVE IN AN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY; STANDARDS OF LIVING GENERALLY ROSE IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
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LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS
THE LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS MAINLY BEGAN DUE TO THE OUSTING OF THE SPANISH KING BY NAPOLEON
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CREOLES
EUROPEAN-DESCENDED LATIN AMERICANS; SECOND CLASS STATUS BUT OWN MUCH OF THE PROPERTY IN LATIN AMERICA
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PENINSULARES
SPAINISH BORN IMMIGRANTS OF EUROPE; CONTROLLED MOS TOF THE POLITICAL LIFE IN LATIN AMERICA
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MULATTOES
PEOPLE OF AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN DESCENT
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MESTIZOS
PEOPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN DESCENT
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ITALIAN UNIFICATION
THE ITALIAN STATES UNIFIED IN 1848 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRIME MINISTER CAMILLIO CAVOUR
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SOCIAL DARWINISM
CHARLES DARWINS THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION WERE APPLIED TO BUSINESS AND SOCIETY; ONLY THE STRONG BUSINESSES AND SOCIETIES WILL SURVIVE
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BESSEMER PROCESS
BY USING OXYGEN TO EXTRACT IMPURITIES OUT OF STEEL; THIS PROCESS PRODUCED MORE STEEL THAN EARLIER TECHNIQUES
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REALPOLITIK
THE POLITICAL ACTIONS OF A LEADER ARE GUIDED BY THE NEEDS OF THE STATE WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF MORALS OR THE PEOPLE
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IMPERIALIST SOCIAL DARWINISM
WESTERNERS BELIEVED IN A DUTY TO BRING CIVILIZATIONS TO INDIGENOUS CULTURES OF CONQUERED LANDS
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NATURAL RESOURCES AND IMPERIALISM
EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM INTENSIFIED ONCE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MANY LANDS HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; SUCH AS IRAN AND ITS OIL
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MODERNIZATION
MODERNIZED COUNTRIES HAD A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE OVER PRIMATIVE CULTURES
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OPEN DOOR POLICY
A UNITED STATES POLICY THAT PROTECTED TRADING RIGHTS IN CHINA
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MUHAMMAD ALI
KNOWN AS "FATHER OF EGYPT" DUE TO HIS REFORMS
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SEPOY REBELLION
CONFLICT BETWEEN WITH THE HINDU AND ISLAMIC SOLDIERS AGAINST HE BRITISH IMPERIALISTS; RESULTED IN PARLIMENT ENDING THE RULE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
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SEPOY REBELLION
HINDU AND ISLAM RESTRICT THE CONSUMPTION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS; THE RIFLE CARTRIDGES WERE GREASED WITH ANIMAL FAT
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EUROPEAN NATIONALISM
KINGS FEARED REBELLION OF ETHNIC GROUPS SEEKING AN INDEPENDENT NATION
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SCHLIEFFEN PLAN
INVASION PLAN FOR FRANCE; FAILED DUE TO RUSSIA MOBILIZING THEIR TROOPS QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED
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TRENCH WARFARE
A TYPE OF WAR FOUGHT FROM THE INSIDE OF TRENCHES; THIS STALEMATE DEVELOPED ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR EITHER SIDE TO RETAIN VICTORY
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE
AN EMPIRE LOCATED IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST THAT WAS VALUABLE DURING WW1 BECAUSE IT CONTROLLED THE RUSSIAN SUPPLY LINES
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ZIMMERMANN NOTE
OFFERED TO RETURN ALL OF MEXICO'S LOST LANDS FROM THE UNITED STATES IF THEY ALLY WITH GERMANY AND ATTACK THE ALLIES
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
THE ALLIES PUNISHED GERMANY AT THIS TREATY MEETING
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THE BOLSHEVIKS
TOOK CONTROL OF RUSSIA IN 1917 AND INSTITUTED COMMUNISM
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V. I. LENIN
LEADER OF THE BOLSHEVIKS IN 1917 DURING THE NOVEMBER REVOLUTION
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APARTHEID
ENSURED WHITE ECONOMIC POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SUPREMACY BY MAKING PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN 2ND CLASS CITIZENS
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FASCISM
A GOVERNMENT WITH COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE PEOPLE AND ADVOCATES FOR THE SUPREMACY OF THE STATE
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RUSSIFICATION
TO MAKE THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE SOVIET UNION MORE RUSSIAN
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RUHR VALLEY
THIS COAL RICH AREA OF GERMANY WAS CONFISCATED BY FRANCE IN ORDER TO PAY OFF WAR REPARATIONS
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ALBERT EINSTEIN
HIS DISCOVERY AND THEORIES EVENTUALLY LED TO THE CREATION OF ATOMIC THEORY
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MUSSOLINI
LEADER OF FASCIST ITALY; PEOPLE LOVED HIM BECAUSE HE STOPPED THE FEUDING IN THE GOVERNMENT
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GREAT PURGE
STALIN FEARED PARTY RIVALS SO HE INSTITUTED A PURGE TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION FOR HIS POWER
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NAZI-SOVIET PACT
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN HITLER AND STALIN WHICH GAVE GERMANY A FREE HAND IN POLAND
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR
A "DRESS REHEARSAL" FOR WORLD WAR II BECAUSE THE NAZIS USED IT IN ORDER TO TEST THE NEW MILITARY TACTICS
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VICHY
A PUPPET STATE SET UP BY THE NAZIS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
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ISLAND-HOPPING
A MILITARY STRATEGY THAT ALLOWED THE ALLIES TO MOVE CLOSER TO JAPANESE MAINLAND BY PASSING ISLANDS THAT WERE NOT STRATEGICALLY NECESSARY
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TRUMAN DOCTRINE
PRESIDENT TRUMAN PUSHED TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
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RHINELAND
AREA IN WHICH HITLER MARCHED TROOPS AND VIOLATED THE VERSAILLES TREATY
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ROSIE THE RIVETER
SYMBOLIZED THE WOMEN THAT WORKED IN THE U.S. MANUFACTURING PLANTS
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OPERATION BARBAROSSA
THE NAZI INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION WHICH WAS STOPPED DUE TO THE TERRIBLE WINTER OF 1941-42
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KAMIKAZE
JAPANESE PILOTS WHO CRASHED INTO ALLIED WARSHIPS
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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
EXTENDED EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL AMERICANS
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GREAT LEAP FORWARD
REFORM PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTS
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CULTURAL REVOLUTION
SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENT THAT PUSH FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT COMMUNISM
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MAO ZEDONG
INSTITUTED THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
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KOREAN WAR
A BATTLE BETWEEN NORTHERN COMMUNIST KOREA AND SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC KOREA; CHINA SUPPORTED THE NORTH WITH TROOPS AND SUPPLIES WHILE TYHE UNITED STATES DID THE SAME FOR THE SOUTH
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THE WARSAW PACT
DEDICATED TO THE SECURITY OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ASIA
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DENTENTE
AMERICAN STRATEGY TO RESTRAIN THE SOVIETS THROUGH DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENTS
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EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
INSTITUTED FREE TRADE THROUGHOUT ALL OF EUROPE IN ORDER TO SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH
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PARLIMENTARY DEMOCRACY
A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WITH A PRIME MINISTER; JAPAN CONSTRUCTED ONE AFTER WORLD WAR 2
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COMMUNES
MAO ZEDONG CREATED THESE IN ORDER TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUTS
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KHMER ROUGE
COMMUNIST GROUP IN CAMBODIA RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMITTING GENOCIDE
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ARMS RACE
THE ARMS RACE WAS TERRIFYING BECAUSE THE BOMBS WERE MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE; THE UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION ALSO CREATED SOME MANY, A WAR WOULD DESTROY THE WORLD
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RED SCARE
THE FEAR OF COMMUNIST IN AMERICA
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THE MARSHALL PLAN
THE UNITED STATES OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO WAR-TORN EUROPEAN NATIONS
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