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| The Crimean War involved Britain fighting against who? | Russia |
| What was the cause of the Crimean War? | the pretext of protecting Christian sites in Palestine; Brit/Fr trying to prevent Russian claims on Mediterrean lands |
| What is the date for the Crimean War? | 1853-56 |
| What nation lost the Crimean War? | Russia |
| What was the significance/results for the Crimean War? | Russia attempts to modernize its military and build railroads; British army problems highlighted |
| What famous woman is identified with reforming the care for wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War? | Florence Nightingale |
| What were secret Italian republican societies called? | Carbonari |
| Who was the Prime Minister of Piedmont who designed the unification of Italy? | Count Cavour |
| Who was the king of Piedmont and became the first king of a united Italy? | Victor Emmanuel I/II |
| Who was the romantic republican nationalist who failed to win independence for Italy in the revolution of 1848? | Giuseppe Mazzini |
| Who was the leader of the nationalist Italian army who wore red shirts and conquered southern Italy uniting his country? | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Who was the king who assisted the Italians in winning their independence? | Napoleon III |
| This nation was defeated in order for Italy to unite? | Austria |
| PM Benjamin Disraeli belonged to which political party and passed what reform? | Conservative and the Reform Bill of 1867 (voting) |
| Germany went to war against what 3 nations in order to creat a united German nation? | Denmark, Austria, and France |
| The Ems telegram was used by Bismark to cause war with what country? | France |
| What was the name of the socialist municipal government created in 1871? | Paris Commune |
| What antisemtic military scandal is identified with the French 3rd Republic? | Capt. Alfred Dreyfus treason scandal |
| What did the Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867 accomplish? | transformed the Habsburg Empire into a dual monarchy |
| Who freed the Russian serfs in 1861? | Tsar Alexander II |
| What Russian tsar was assassinated by the radical group Peoples Will because he would not give a constitution? | Alexander II |
| What is the Russian word for persecution of Jews? | pogrom |
| Who was the nationalist leader of the Irish homerule issue? | Charles Steward Parnell |
| Who was the first President of the French 3rd Republic? | Adolphe Thiers |
| As a result of the Franco-Prussian War what land was taken from France? | Alsace and Lorraine |
| What ethnic group made up the majority in Hungary? | Magyars |
| What Russian tsar carried out the "Great Reforms"? | Alexander II |
| What occurred as a result of the Russo-Japanese War? | Revolution of 1905 in Russia |
| What were the Russian and Japanese fighting for in the Russo-Japanese War? | Manchuria |
| The day the tsar's troops massacred protesting workers is known as? | Bloody Sunday |
| What did the tsar issue as a result of the general unrest of 1905? | October Manifesto |
| Who was the liberal PM of Britain from 1868-74? | William Gladstone |
| Who was the monarch of Great Britain from 1832-1903? | Queen Victoria |
