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World History 1700-1920

Identify these events, terms, from their descriptions.

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Indian Soldiers in the British Indian ArmySepoys
Last Dynasty of Imperial ChinaManchu/Qing
19th century religious uprising in ChinaTaiping Rebellion
Secret society trying to push the West out of China, 1900Boxer Rebellion
Elite Troops of the Ottoman EmpireJanissaries
Organization advocating reform in the Ottoman Empire now used to mean those who advocate substantial change in any organization.Young Turks
Initiated Scramble for AfricaBerlin Conference, 1884
Leader of Japan's military government prior to the Emperor MeijiShogun
Austrian Archduke whose assassination in 1914 sparked World War IFrancis Ferdinand
British ship sunk by a German submarine in 1915.Lusitania
Peace Treaty after World War I which also created The League of NationsTreaty of Versailles, 1919
King of Great Britain during the American RevolutionGeorge III
Last Kaiser of Germany abdicated at the end of World War IWilhelm II
German united as a result of what 19th century conflict in 1871Franco-Prussian War
Leader credited with the unification of GermanyOtto von Bismarck (Chancellor)
The destruction of the U.S.S. Maine helped lead to what conflictSpanish-American War, 1898-1901. The Maine blew up in Havana harbor.
The last czar of imperial Russia wasNicholas II
He was known as the Czar Liberator because he emancipated the serfs in Russia at about the same time of Lincoln's Emancipation ProclamationAlexander II
This mystical monk had power in the Russian imperial court because of his healing abilities, he symbolized the corruption of the courtRasputin (He was believed to be able to help the Czar's young son who suffered from hemophilia)
Conflict between the Ottoman Empire, Britain, and France vs Russia in the mid 19th centuryCrimean War
Conflict between coalitions headed by Britain and France which lead to the British dominating North America and IndiaSeven Years War/French and Indian War, 1756-1763
King of France During the French RevolutionLouis XVI (Family name Bourbon)
French Revolution by the storming of what fort/prison in ParisThe Bastille (Bastille day is July 14th)
This U.S. President was assassinated in Buffalo NY in 1901William McKinley
Napoleon's army was destroyed when he attacked what country in 1812Russia
What czar attempted to modernize Russia in the early 1700s.Peter the Great(Constructed the city of St. Petersburg giving Russia a major port on the Baltic)
What three Baltic states became independent of Russia after World War ILithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (They were reabsorbed by the Soviet Union in 1940 as a result of the Nazi-Soviet Pact)
What revolutionary leader was sent by the Germans to Russia in 1917 in a sealed trainLenin
Lenin overthrew the provisional government led by what moderate socialist leaderAlexander Kerensky
What two colors served as symbols of the two sides of the Russian civil war after World War IThe Reds vs the Whites (White is the color of counter-revolution in Europe)
Led the Reign of Terror during the French RevolutionRobespierre (He himself was executed)
Last queen of France during the French Revolution supposed said when the peasants had no bread, "Let them eat Cake"Marie Antonette (She was an Austrian princess)
The Dual Monarchy controlled much of central Europe until the end of World War I. What two modern day countries made up the dual monarchyAustria and Hungary
This American president won reelection in 1916 with the slogan "He kept us out of war"Woodrow Wilson
Wilson proposed peace based on what14 Points (Essentially a peace without victors)
The League of Nations was based in what European cityGeneva, Switzerland
The Easter Rising of April 1916 lead what country to eventually achieve independenceIreland
President Teddy Roosvelt was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for mediating the end of what conflictRusso-Japanese War 1904-1905
Italy was defeated by what African country in the mid 1890sEthiopia
Teddy Roosevelt attempted to win the presidency for a third term in what year?1912 (He challenged William Howard Taft at the Republican convention. He lost the nomination but came in second in the election. Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 election)


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