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Victoriano Huerta and Venustiano Carranza
the revolutionary years were marked by frequent assassinations and changes in leadership, from Madero to these two people
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Victoriano Huerta and Venustiano Carranza
the revolutionary years were marked by frequent assassinations and changes in leadership, from Madero to these two people
Greece
this nation rebelled and left the Ottoman Empire in 1821, declaring independence with widespread support among Europeans; the English poet Lord Byron ...
conservatives, liberals, and radicals
conservatives- wanted to maintain Europe's traditional monarchies
liberals- advocated limited governmental interference and representation of landowne...
revolutions of 1848
this year witnessed a great revolutionary wave; nations involved included Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, and France; some movements were suc...
Louis Napoleon
a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte who was elected president of France in 1848, ending the rule of King Louis-Philippe; he improved the French economy tho...
Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont
a kingdom that eventually became a leader in Italian unification
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Victoriano Huerta and Venustiano Carranza | the revolutionary years were marked by frequent assassinations and changes in leadership, from Madero to these two people |
Greece | this nation rebelled and left the Ottoman Empire in 1821, declaring independence with widespread support among Europeans; the English poet Lord Byron died in support of the cause in 1824 (rousing up great support), and it won in 1827 |
conservatives, liberals, and radicals | conservatives- wanted to maintain Europe's traditional monarchies
liberals- advocated limited governmental interference and representation of landowners in the government
radicals- wanted broader voting rights and often supported democracy and social reforms to alleviate the plight of the lower classes |
revolutions of 1848 | this year witnessed a great revolutionary wave; nations involved included Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy, and France; some movements were successful, others not |
Louis Napoleon | a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte who was elected president of France in 1848, ending the rule of King Louis-Philippe; he improved the French economy though public works and railroads, and through promoting the growth of industry |
Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont | a kingdom that eventually became a leader in Italian unification |
Count Cavour | the prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, he gained control of Italy by starting a war with Austria, then cooperating with the Red Shirts of Giuseppe Garibaldi to capture Sicily |
Red Shirts of Giuseppe Garibaldi | those with whom Count Cavour cooperated to capture Sicily |
Vatican City | the one section of Rome that would continue to be governed by the Pope; nevertheless, Cavour had taken the Papal States in 1870 |
Wilhelm the 1st | a Prussian king whose choice for election to prime minister in 1862 was the Junker (member of the conservative landowning class) Otto von Bismarck |
Otto von Bismarck | a lead of Prussia who unified Prussia with Germany; he did so by unconstitutionally ruling against the Prussian parliament, stating that his goals would be accomplished by 'blood and iron' |
realpolitik | 'reality politics,' which was supported by Otto von Bismarck |
kaiser | the German word for 'emperor'; in 1871, Wilhelm 1 was crowned as this (of the newly united Prussia and Germany); with this act, the German empire, or Second Reich, had begun |
Sun Yixian | among the young Chinese men educated in European schools who dreamed of building a nation-state in the Western tradition; he also wanted to implement social programs to assist the peasants and working classes |
romanticism | most prevalent during the first half of the 19th century, it reflected an admiration for nature and an emphasis on individual thoughts and feelings; in politics, it valued the common person and promoted democracy |
Lord Byron | a poet who was a leading romanticist; he also fought and died with the Greeks (although he was an Englishman) in their struggle against the Ottomans |
Ludwig van Beethoven | a composer who, among others during the 19th century, produced works emphasizing emotion and expression |
realism | a new movement that produced paintings and novels that described unsanitary, overcrowded conditions in which industrial laborers lived and worked |
impressionism | in the 1860s, a group of Parisian painters reacted to realism by creating this school; it portrayed its subjects as they appeared to the artist at a given moment in time, as if the painter had captured only a fleeting glimpse of the subject |