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| Printing Press | helped spread scientific and enlightenment ideas-Gutenburg's invention |
| Enlightened Thinkers | believed logic and reason could solve political and human problems |
| Scientific Revolution Scientists | Isaac Newton, Copenicus, Galileo |
| Classical Greece and Rome | Basis of thought for the French philosophes |
| Declaration of Rights of Man | stated the basic human rights for French Males-patterned after US Bill of Rights |
| Russia and England | Two key nations leading to Napolean's fall |
| French Revolution | overturning of royaltly would lead many other nations with royal rulers to oppose it. |
| 1st,2nd,3rd Estates | unfair class divisions in France leading to war. |
| Reign of Terror | Ropespierre's 'Committee' would guillotine those accused of being against the French Revolution |
| Congress of Vienna | after Napolean-this meeting restored monarchies and balanced powers among European nations |
| Enclosure Movement | where English field were fenced and owned by fewer landowners and would lead to the Agricultural Revolution |
| Unions | when workers would unite for better wages or conditions-few succeeded in the Industrial Period |
| Textile Industry | first large scale industry-included innovators like Eli Whitney and Richard Arkwright |
| Robert Fulton | Along with Stephenson and Watt, would spearhead the 19th century transportation revolution. |
| Otto Von Bismark | eventual German Chancellor, he wanted a united and powerful nation. |
| Russia in the 1800s(19th Century) | Still organized into feudalism, it was a backward nation compared with the rest of Europe.j |
| Alexander II | lfreed the serfs and led Russia to political reforms until his assassination |
| Bloody Sunday | 1905 Revolution of the Czar following it's loss to Japan |
| Duma | Russian Congres that began as a result of the bloodshed of Bloody Sunday-very unrepresentative of Russian people |
| Paternalism | One way Imperialistic nations would treat it's colonies-like parents to children |
| Imperialism | Belief of the benefits of taking over another country(economic, military benefits) |
| Alliance System | secret alliances that would pull all of Europe into war |
| Machine guns | One of major new technologies of WWI-poison gas, tanks, U-Boats, planes |
| Germany | key nation in pushing for WWI to attain Imperialistic goals-first attack through Belgium |
| Tanneborg | horrible defeat for Russia;would cause their surrender and Communistic Revoluton of 1917 |
| Somme | Major attack by England and France, failed to gain land or break through whilkilling hundreds of thousands |
| Zimmerman Note | a German message to Mexico intercepted by British, it angered Americans when it was published-one reason US gets in! |
| US | Entering later in the war when Europe was exhausted, it gave the Allies an extra push to win the war |
| League of Nations | Wilson's 14th Point-a place set up to prevent future wars-obviously failed as WWII followed |
| Total War | one label for WWI-all out war conducted even on civilians |
| War to End Wars/Great War | 2 names of WWI-it was thought it was so bad it would not be repeated |
| Reparations | term for the repayment for losses by losing nations(like Germ. in WWI) |
| Serbia | nation of the assassins-would kick start WWI when Austria-Hungary declared war on it. |
| Treaty of Versaille | treaty ending WWI-punished Germany severely and redrew boundaries |
| Big Four | Leaders of France,England,Italy, and US-who dominated at Versailles |
| Foch, Blackjack Pershing | French general who led Somme offensive; US General of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner sunk by German U-Boat with 125 Americans also perishing. |
| 'No Man's Land' | cratered, barren land between trenches on Western Front |
| Japan | only imperialist Asian nation; defeats Russia in 1905, joins Alllies in WWI |
| 11-11 at 11 | Official end to WWI;after 10-20 perish |
| Opium Wars | British defeat China easily to keep Chinese opium markets |
| Boxer Rebellion | 1900 uprising of 'Boxing Society' against the 'foreign devils', Catholic Church; China's rulers |
| Sino-Japanese War | China defeated, loses land to Japan; Korea |
| Artillary | responsible for the most casualties of WWI |
