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Napoleon's final defeat, after he had returned from his 1st exile.
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Waterloo
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The second island to which Napoleon was exiled. (in the Atlantic)
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St. Helena
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Napoleon's attempt to destroy England's economy.
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Continental System
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Refers to the period after Napoleon had escaped from Elba.
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100 Days
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The guerilla action in Spain which began Napoleon's downfall.
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Peninsular War
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The Russian czar who defied Napoleon.
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Alexander I
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The English admiral who saved his country from invasion.
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Horatio Nelson
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The "united Germany" that was created by Napoleon.
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Confederation of the Rhine
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English general who led the war in Spain against Napoleon.
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Duke of Wellington
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Refers to a military takeover of a civilian government.
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Coup d'etat
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The system of laws introduced into France in the early 1800's.
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Code Napoleon
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The middle class government that Napoleon overthrew.
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Directory
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The naval battle at which Napoleon's dream of invading England was ended.
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Trafalgar
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The formerly Italian island, on which Napoleon was born.
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Corsica
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The Italian island to which Napoleon was 1st exiled.
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Elba
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Meetings held in the capital of the Hapsburg empire, after Napoleon's defeat.
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Congress of Vienna
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Series of European alliances established after the defeat of Napoleon.
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Concert of Europe
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Condition in which no one country can become a threat to others.
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Balance of Power
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Tough, practical politics, which try to put aside idealism and emotions.
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Realpolitik
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Prussian chancellor (prime minister) who said he would forge a united Germany, by "Blood and iron."
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Otto von Bismarck
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Germany's plan for winning the war on two fronts.
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Schlieffen Plan
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Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia.
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Triple Entente
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Pre-war military agreement between Germany, Italy, and Austria.
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Triple Alliance
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Emperor of Germany during WWI.
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Wilhelm II
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Britain's prime minister, and their delegate at Versailles.
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David Lloyd George
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US leader who proposed the Fourteen Points at Versailles.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Agreement after the end of WWI between Germany and the Allies.
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Treaty of Versailles
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France's premier and delegate at Versailles.
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Georges Clemenceau
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The radical, exiled in Switzerland, who was aided in his return to Russia by the Germans.
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Vladimir Lenin
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After Lenin died, he was succeeded, following a power struggle, by this man.
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Joseph Stalin
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Lenin's slogan, designed to get the support of a broad cross-section of the Russian people.
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"Land, Peace, Bread"
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After the Russians pulled out of WWI, a civil war broke out in Russia. Lenin's supporters in this conflict were identified by what color?
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Reds
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The color of the anti-communist forces in this civil war in Russia.
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Whites
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This man was the "architect" of the Communist army.
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Leon Trotsky
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Lenin's economic program, after the Civil War.
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New Economic Policy
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This peasant middle class was eliminated in the Soviet economic program of the 1930's.
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Kulaks
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Stalin set up a Constitution in 1936, which established this 15 member body as the true ruling group in the Soviet Union.
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Politburo
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This was the Soviet-style Parliament.
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Supreme Soviet
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In 1919, this organization was established to spread a pro-Soviet viewpoint around the world.
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Comintern
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He took over in Italy, by threatening the government with his private of "Black Shirts."
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Benito Mussolini
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The Fascist general who led his forces against the Republic in Spain.
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Fransisco Franco
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The government of Germany, from the end of WWI to the Hitler takeover, is referred to as the:
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Weimar Republic
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The aging president of Germany, a former hero-general of WWI, who appointed Hitler to the post of chancellor.
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Paul von Hindenburg
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Hitler's title.
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Der Fuhrer
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Mussolini's title.
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IL Duce
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Title of Hitler's Germany.
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3rd Reich.
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Hitler wrote a book, while in prison, in which he outlined his intentions. The title of this book is:
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Mein Kampf
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At this meeting, the British and French agreed to give up Czechoslovakia in order to appease Hitler.
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Munich Conference
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The British Prime Minister at the Munich Conference.
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Neville Chamberlain
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This international organization failed to act effectively against the expansion of the Fascist powers.
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League of Nations
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This African country was invaded by Italy in 1936.
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Ethiopia
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At this coastal region of France, the U.S. launched their attack on the Germans.
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Normandy
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The air conflict during which the Royal airforce defeated the Luftwaffe.
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Battle of Britain
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The Prime Minister who rallied the British during their successful defense against the German attacks.
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Winston Churchill
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Where the Japanese attacked the American fleet in Hawaii.
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Pearl Harbor
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The "supreme commander" of the Allied forces in Europe.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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The battle at which the Russians began their counteroffensive, which resulted in the Nazi defeat in Eastern Europe.
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Stalingrad
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The naval battle at which the Americans launched their counterattack against the Japanese in the Pacific.
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Midway
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Name for the long-term programs which dominated the Soviet economy during the 1930's.
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Five Year Plans
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At this town, the Russians signed a peace treaty with the Germans, in 1918.
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Brest-Litovsk
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Communist group that took over France after the Franco-Prussian war.
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The Commune
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Part of Ireland in the north that remained in British Empire.
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Ulster
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Made after WWI Slavic nations ruled by Serbia
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Yugoslavia
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People who leave a country for political reasons.
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Emigres
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The way things were before the war.
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Status Quo
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Foreign minister of Austria.
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Metternich
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Napoleon's French foreign minister.
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Tallyrand
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Second Emperor of France.
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Napoleon III
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Conflict where the Ottomans stopped Russians into Black Sea.
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Crimean War
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Straits that Russia wanted.
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Bosporus and Dardanelles
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Originally controlled by Turks but Russia wanted it.
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Black Sea
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Battle of El Alamein; Britain eventually occupied it.
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Suez Canal
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War where U.S. supported the French.
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Vietnam
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Napoleon III invaded it during the civil war.
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Mexico
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Put in charge of Mexico by Napoleon III; Franz Ferdinand's brother.
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Archduke Maximilian
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Easter Germany.
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Prussia
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Two French provinces that were lost to Germany but won back by France.
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Telegram that Bismarck altered to insult French.
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Ems Telegram
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Austria-Hungary
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Dual Monarchy
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Ruled in England.
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Queen Victoria
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Jewish officer who was put in prison falsely.
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Dreyfus Affair
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Slavic people who wanted their own nation.
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Slavic Nationals
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Ottoman Empire.
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"sick man of Europe"
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Where Franz Ferdinand was killed.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia
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Germans gave the Austrians this to attack Serbia.
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Blank check
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Powder keg for WWI that Turks controlled.
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Balkan Peninsula
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Killed Franz Ferdinand.
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Gavrilo Princip
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Monk who was close to Czarina.
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Rasputin
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Overthrown by Bolsheviks.
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Alexander Kerensky
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End of WWI.
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November 11, 1918
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Agreement between Germany and Russia not to fight.
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.
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