Across
- 1. Acts Series of laws passed by the English Parliament to remedy the worst abuses of the Industrial Revolution
- 2. of Berlin Part of the plot in the Bismarckian system of alliances...dominated by Bismarck and Germany...a new system of alliances emerged after this congress → the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
- 3. Napoleon made peace with the RCC, a very popular move as the French Revolution had been not as successful due to RCC opposition
- 6. Revolt By the Treaty of Adrianople, Greece declared an independent kingdom
- 8. Act English law that gave the upper middle classes (industrial elite) suffrage; demonstrates why English were in part able to avoid revolutions that plagued the continent → concessions were more desirable than revolution
- 9. Court Oath The National Assembly declared they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France → achieved by September 1791
- 11. of 1867 Creates dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- 14. War Prussians victorious...Austrians now excluded from German affairs
- 16. War The “Eastern Question”...Great Britain and France declare war on Russia, afraid of Russian gains in the Dardanelles...Austrian “ingratitude”...Russians lose and have to accept the neutrality of the Black Sea...end of the Concert of Europe
- 17. Affair French writer Emile Zola exonerates Alfred Dreyfus with his “J’Accuse”
- 18. Plan International commission, led by Americans, to reduce German war reparations and stabilize its payments based on Germany’s ability to pay; also, gave Germany $200 million dollar economic recovery loan
Down
- 1. War Ems dispatch...Prussians victorious...French lose Alsace and Lorraine
- 4. Great War Peace made with Germany in the Treaty of Versailles (see handout)
- 5. Assembly Germanic Confederation had created a pan-German parliament with purpose of German unification...inspired by German liberals...a complete failure...unification would now pass to the Prussian military monarchy
- 7. Economic Policy Started by Lenin in 1921 → modified version of old capitalist system...led to rise of kulak class, which would be crushed by Stalin’s Five-Year Plans (emphasis on nationalized industry and collectivized agriculture)
- 10. Confederation The former HRE territories...38 sovereign states recognized by the Congress of Vienna...two most powerful were Austria and Prussia
- 12. of Brest-Litovsk Russia lost ¼ of land to pull out of the Great War...popular move for Lenin though
- 13. Age Age of Queen Victoria...characterized by pious complacency, moral respectability, and propriety [cult of domesticity too]
- 15. Years’ War War fought on three continents by the great European powers...England emerged the big winner...France lost all of its North American colonies according to the Treaty of Paris (1763)