A French ruler who built the extravagant palace of Versailles, annexed key territories and established France as a dominant European power. The country w

Middle Class of the Third Estate - typically doctors, lawyers, or merchants. They had to pay taxes.

situation in which a government spends more money than it takes in

A social division of French society similar to the class system. "First, Second and Third Estates"

Advocacy of political independence for a particular country due to patriotism, similar cultures. a similar language or similar histories.

A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution

Powerful group, led by Robespierre, set up to defeat all enemies of the revolution.

a 15 month period of violence that occurred during the French Revolution where 30,000 or more people lost their lives.

European leaders who wanted to create peace and a balance of power after the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.

A new political system created by Napoleon that forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.

This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler

A person of European ancestry born in Latin America.

Children of mixed European and Native American descent. They were below creoles on the social pyramid.

a leader who fought for independence in Latin America.

an army officer in Spain who fought Napoleon's invading army in Latin America.

leader of the slave revolt against the French in the Haitian Revolution

home based manufacturing where raw materials are dropped off at home, goods are produced, and then they are picked up to sell at markets. Also called domestic system.

producing something in large quantities, makes goods cheaper.

"leave it alone" an economic theory promoting unregulated competition

a working class person who performs non-agricultural manual labor. ... pay is usually hourly wage-labor.

work may be performed in an office or other administrative setting.

An organization formed by workers in a particular trade, industry, or company for the purpose of improving pay, benefits, and working conditions.

the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron.

Identical components that can be substituted one for another, particularly important in the history of manufacturing and mass production.

policy of extending a nation's political and economic dominance or control over another territory or country.

country could keep its ruler, but the imperial power would set the policy for that ruler to follow.

a term given to European imperial powers claiming colonies/land in Africa.

1884-1885 European countries, Turkey and the United States held this to set rules for dividing Africa. (No Africans are present.)

A war between Great Britain and China where China tried to stop the sale of opium in their country. Great Britain defeats China and forces them to open additional ports for trade.

an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern. an alliance

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

Warfare used in World War I where trenches were built and used as protection.

A war in which neither side can gain an advantage to win.

Information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause of point of view.

Conflict in which participants are willing to make any sacrifice in their lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory. War impacts the home front.

Agreement made by opposite sides in a war to stop fighting; a truce

Allied offensive in World War I. British and French forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army in France.

a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries

Military strategy in which you attempt to win a war by wearing down the enemy until they collapse.

Treaty that ended WWI. It blamed Germany for WWI and handed down harsh punishments as well.

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

a secret message issued from the Germany that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.

an ideology in which society is structure based on common ownership and the absence of social classes. It was instituted by Lenin during the Russian Revolution.

a key player in the Russian Revolution, he and the Bolsheviks took control of Russia after the November Revolution and established a form of communism.

A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.

a political policy of conceding or giving in to aggression by a warlike nation.

The date of which the stock market crashed, throwing the world into a global depression

This political party was founded by Benito Mussolini in 1919 and was composed mainly of unemployed former soldiers.

Leader of the Fascist party, he appeared to have solutions to the problems facing Italy after WWI.

This German political party disliked both communism and democracy. They were led by Adolf Hitler.

This border area between France and Germany was supposed to be demilitarized according to the Treaty of Versailles.

This border area between Germany and Czechoslovakia played a big role during WWII when Hitler expanded his empire eastward.

an area that is free of all armed forces

The most important WWII battle between Germany and the Soviet Union took place in this city. The Soviets would end up outlasting the Germans and even pushed them back to Berlin in April 1945.

The greatest seaborne invasion of modern times took place in Normandy, France and is known as this.

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

a 1933 Weimar Constitution amendment that gave the German Cabinet - in effect, Chancellor Adolf Hitler - the power to ignore the constitution for four years.

this permitted the United States to sell, lend, or lease military equipment to the Allies during WWII.

This type of dictatorship seeks to establish centralized control of all aspects of political, economic, and social life.

the belief of a government that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it to defend.

an intergovernmental organization founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.

a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.