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Settlement by agreeing each give up a part of his or her demands

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Compromise

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Soldiers paid to fight for someone

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Mercenaries

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German soldiers fighting in Revolutionary War

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Hessians

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British General

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Gage

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Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Olive Branch Petition?

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To prevent Parliament from breaking w/ colonies until a compromise could he worked out

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Which of the following statements is not true of the was in Canada?

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Arnold and Montgomery failed to capture Quebec.

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Why did Thomas Paine write the pamphlet, Common Sense?

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To encourage colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.

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captured by Ethan Allen's army

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Fort Ticonderoga

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The Virginian who was asked to draw up a declaration for independence was?

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Thomas Jefferson

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____ was appointed as commander-in-chief of the colonial army.

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George washington

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The Virginian who introduced a resolution calling for freedom ; independence from Great Britain was

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Richard Henry Lee

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The Declaration of Independence asserts that the rights of men are:

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Theirs from birth

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Why was the continental congress unable to provide the army with proper equipment?

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Congress could not levy taxes

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Three weaknesses of the Patriot army were

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Little organization, lack of equipment, ; untrained.

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Why was the money issued by the Continental Congress of little value?

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The money did not have enough gold and silver to back it up.

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Anti-Federalist

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Someone who does not support the constitution

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Where were the sessions of the Constitutional Convention held in secret?

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Change minds

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How were the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan alike?

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3 branches of government

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The ___ was a brilliant study explaining government and the U.S. Constitution.

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Federalists

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Which of the following helped support passage of the new Constitution?

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Federalists

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Describe the major difference between Federalists and Antifederalists?

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Federalists wanted to increase taxes

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What are three ways the constitution can be amended?

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3/4 both houses + ratified 2/3 states, 2/3 both houses + 3/4 ratified sates, ratified 3/4 conventions states

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Why was the system of checks and balances included in the constitution?

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It was included so that one individual in the government couldn't become too powerful.

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What three factors are found in the system of checks and balances?

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The president can veto legislation passed by congress, Congress has the power to impeach the president for misconduct, and the Supreme Court may declare laws unconstitutional.

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Who issued the "Grito de Dolores"?

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Miguel Hidalgo

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In 1824, Mexico became

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A republic

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The United Provinces of Central American was established after Central America seceded from

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Mexico

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The Plan de Iguala was designed to guarantee ___.

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The plan de Iguala was designed to guarantee A) The abolition of the privileges of the Catholic Church and Military. C) An Independence Mexico with a Constitutional Monarchy. D) Catholicism as Mexico's State religion.

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What country controlled the land at the time of Brazil's independence in 1822?

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Portugal. Brazil was colonized by portugal

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In Haiti, Vincent Oge demanded the right to ___.

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Vote

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When it was a French colony, Haiti was called ___.

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Saint-Domingue.

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People who were of European ancestry that were born in the Americas were called ____.

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creole

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Select all issues that led to the french revolution

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- financial crisis - deep resentment toward the French monarchy and social structure.

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Why did Louis XVI call a meeting of the Estates General?

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To discuss France's tax system.

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The French middle class and peasantry belonged to the ___ Estate.

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The third estate.

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What contributed to France's financial crisis in the late 1700s?

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-The lavish spending of the royal court. - Aid given to the American colonists.

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The storming of the Bastille occurred ___.

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after the Third Estate declared themselves to be the National Assembly

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What currently practiced ideology has its roots in the French Revolution?

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Socialism

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Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety?

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Maximilien Robespierre

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The 1791 French constitution limited the powers of the ___.

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Monarchy

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During the french revolution, radicals ___.

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wanted moderate reforms.

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Olympe de Gouges wrote a "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen" in 1791, declaring that women were also citizens and should have the rights equal to those of men. She was then _____.

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executed by the guillotine.

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Who became president of the French Republic in December 1848?

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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

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Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen?

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Olympe de Gouges

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What was the purpose for "checks and balances" in the government?

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With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful.

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On what basic principles did Sun Yat-sen hope to rebuild China?

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democracy, economic security, and nationalism

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What work ends with the phrase, "Workers of all countries, unite!"?

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Communist Manifesto

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European immigrants to Brazil worked in the urban industries that were developing in _____.

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Montevideo and Buenos Aires

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Who wrote petitions to the British Parliament and launched a sugar boycott in their effort to abolish slavery?

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Quakers

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Simón Bolívar was _____.

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revolution leader in S. america

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The U.S. Constitution provides for all of the following branches of government except for:

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military

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Congress didn't provide the army with enough equipment because:

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it didn't have enough money.

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The last state to ratify the Constitution was:

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Rhode Island

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Muhammad Ahmad led a resistance movement against the British in ___.

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Sudan

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In 1776, General William Howe defeated:

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George Washington in New York

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The Continental Congress proclaimed the hero at Saratoga was:

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Horatio Gates

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What upset the sepoys during the British East India Company's rule of India?

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They were required to serve over seas

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Which man did General Washington make the Chief Inspector of the colonial troops?

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Baron von Steuben

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Thomas Paine wrote:

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common sense

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The Crimean War ended in the defeat of the ___.

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Russians

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What style of art represents people or objects exactly as they appear in life?

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REALISM

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What were "the three Rs" taught in European public schools?

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Reading, writing and arithmetic.

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The Napoleonic Code required that family property _____.

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be divided among sons and daughters.

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The 1842 Coal Mines Act forbade the underground employment of _____ in mines.

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boys under the age of 10 yrs, and banned employment of women of any age in the mines.

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The first wave of European immigrants to arrive to the United States in the nineteenth century came from _____.

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northwestern Europe--mainly Dutch, German, Irish, etc.

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The Mitsubishi and Kawasaki families are examples of _____.

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Zaibatsu

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Three weaknesses of the Continental Army were:

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little organization, lack of equipment, untrained

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The 1905 massacre of protestors outside the czar's palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, is known as _____.

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Bloody sunday

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Which event best describes the events of Christmas night 1776?

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Nothing of importance happened due to the British and American troops celebrating the holiday.

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Cecil Rhodes dreamed of constructing a railroad in Africa that stretched from Cairo, Egypt, to _____.

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South Africa

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What Asian nation avoided European colonization?

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Thailand

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Congress adopted the ______ asking Parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out.

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Olive Branch Petition

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The wave of revolutions across Europe in 1848 is known as _________________.

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the Springtime of Peoples.

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The years of the Meiji Restoration are characterized by:

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Efforts to industrialize Japan; the modernization of Japan's army and navy; the acceptance of Western ideas.

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The Declaration of Independence was drawn up by:

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Thomas Jefferson

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What is most characteristic of the "Great Compromise" of the Constitution?

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new branches of the American government.

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Which of the following explains the purpose of the Federalist essays?

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to convince the citizens of New York to ratify the Constitution.

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The increased use of machinery in production of goods was seen in the ______.

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Industrial Revolution.

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Autocratic rule was seen in Russia as

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rule by a single leader with unrestrained power.

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What nations claimed to protect Christian interests in the Ottoman Empire?

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French and Russian Empire at the time.

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As a result of the 1905 Revolution, _____.

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an elected legislature called the Duma was formed

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Alexander III's program of Russification _____.

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- called for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy - emphasized the use of the Russian language

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Match each Russian czar to the statement that best describes him.

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Alexander II was assassinated in 1881, Nicholas II was son of Alexander III, Nicholas I put down the Decembrist Revolt, Alexander III began a program of Russification

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Why did the British participate in the Crimean War?

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they didn't want them to control the black sea

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Participants in the Decembrist Revolt wanted to establish _____.

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a constitutional monarchy

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Where did Czar Nicholas I exile suspected dissenters?

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siberia

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In 1900, the majority of Russia's population belonged to the _____.

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peasantry

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The Trans-Siberian Railway covered a distance from Eastern Europe to ___.

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The Pacific

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Russian czars eliminated opposition to their rule by relying on _____.

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Strict Censorship, A Secret Police Force

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The term 'suffrage' refers to the voting rights of _________.

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Women

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What French king followed Louis XVIII?

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Charles X

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Before the 1848 revolution in France, France and the rest of Europe experienced _____.

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economic depression

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In 1830, the French king Charles X _____.

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Suspended the Legislature + Censored the press.

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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was the ___ of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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nephew

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The goal of the Frankfurt Assembly was _____.

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to unite the German states

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The republicans in Rome were driven out by _____.

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the french army

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Prince Clemens von Metternich was chief minister of the _____ monarchy.

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Habsburg.

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In the Austrian Empire, what group(s) wanted to establish an autonomous state?

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czechs and Hungarians

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The 1848 Springtime of Peoples were attempts by the citizens of numerous states to

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Begin their own revolutions

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During the revolution in Italy, Pope Pius IX was forced to flee the Vatican. Why?

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The Revolution instituted a short-lived Roman Republic.

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In the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, which of the following are considered to be natural rights?

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right to property

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In 1848, rioting in Berlin forced the Prussian king to do what?

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new constitution

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Jean-Jacques Dessalines and ___ fought against the French in Haiti.

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Toussaint L'Ouverture

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Agustín Iturbide was _____.

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a Creole Royalist general

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The 1848 Springtime of Peoples occurred across _____.

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Europe

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To prevent one branch from taking too much power, the Constitutional Convention set up a system of:

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a system of checks and balances

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The Russian Empire was multi-ethnic with populations of which of the following?

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Slavic and muslim

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Why did the Sardinians participate in the Crimean War?

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They wanted to win support from Britain and France for a united Italy.

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What happened during the Reign of Terror in France?

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Suspected political opponents were jailed or executed.

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Certain rights were not given by the government but that men were born with them is stated in the:

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the Declaration of Independence.

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Which statement best describes the Patriot's lack of funding for the war?

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Britain put a ban on trade and money was scarce.

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Two characteristics of the Declaration of Independence include:

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- was adopted on July 4, 1776 - expressed the idea that all men are created equal and are born with certain rights that no government can take from them

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In Latin America, people of mixed indigenous and European descent are called _____.

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Mestizos

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The French Directory was overthrown in 1799 by a military officer named _____.

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napoleon

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In 1792, the _____ abolished the French monarchy and established a republic.

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National Convention

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In colonial Mexico, what group(s) did not have to pay taxes and had their own court system?

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First Estate

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The Duma was _____.

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an elected legislature in Russia

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How was slavery mentioned in the Northwest Ordinance?

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Slavery was prohibited north of the Ohio River.

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In France, Louis Philippe refused to _____.

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broad the voting rigths which led to february revolution in 1848 and resignation of vastly popualr monarch

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The transatlantic slave trade was part of a triangular trade that developed between Europe, Africa, and ___.

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(New England) America

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Adam Smith wrote _____.

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The Wealth of Nations

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Adam Smith's ideas serve as the basis for what type of economic system?

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capitalism

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Karl Marx predicted that the proletariat would overthrow the _____.

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bourgeoisie

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The goals of the nineteenth-century women's movement included _____.

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the right to vote.

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Why did some people oppose women's right to vote?

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because they believed women were too emotional to vote; because they believed that women needed to be protected from political life.

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