Social studies ch. 7, 9-12

Charles X

A Corrupt French King

Three Glorious Days*

A French Revolt (July 27-29 1830)

Marquis de Lafayette

A Frenchmen who wanted France to be a republic again but could not win that argument

Louis-Phillippe

The Citizen King, also a French king under a constitutional monarchy

Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte

First elected president of France but then changed rules, eventually making him the Emperor of France

Otto Von Bismark

Chancellor of Germany known for being a violent Chancellor and making Germany great, therefore earning the name Iron Chancellor

Wilhelm I

King of Prussia while Bismark started working as the German Chancellor, soon earning the name German Emperor

North German Confederation

The German states was originally a federation but at one point Prussia wanted a new federation without Austria and created this new federation

Second Reich

The time period when Germany was pretty much on top of the world and Bismark and Wilhelm I was dominating Europe

Wilhelm II

A new king of Prussia, who is even more violent than Bismark and even thought Bismark wasn’t violent enough and fired him

The Sick Man of Europe

the way Russia referenced the Ottoman Empire to the British ambassador, hinting that they were getting weaker

Sultan

The king of the Ottoman Empire

Abdul Aziz

A sultan during the time of the April Uprising, responsible for killing 12,000 Bulgarians

Young Bulgarians

A secret society, made of Bulgarians, ready to revolt against their Ottoman rulers, inspired by the Young Italy society

April Uprising*

A Bulgarian revolt against the Ottoman empire, resulting in 12,000 Bulgarian deaths (April, 1876)

Abdulhamid II

A Sultan who fought against Russia and blamed for the death of Bulgarian Christians

Muhammad Ali

An Ottoman officer who took control of Egypt and became king of it, trying to make it more western

Suez Canal

A canal through Egypt, to make it easier to get to Asia from Europe, costing tons of money, and lots of debt

Ismail Pasha

The Egyptian king, who built the Suez Canal, but being in debt so much that it caused it to no longer be king

Leopold II

King of Belgium, who was interested in expanding Belgium’s boarders by building African colonies

International African Association

a fake charity created by Leopold II as and excuse to build colonies in Africa

“Scramble”

a time period where European countries all wanted a portion of land in Africa and were elbowing each other for land

Berlin Conference*

When the European nations met up, to divide up Africa so no wars need to be fought over a singular piece of land (1884)

Potato Blight

A famine in Ireland, where the Irish people had nothing to eat because usually they ate potato’s but potato’s but they weren’t able to grow them now

Robert Peel

One of the only British people, and a British governor who wants to help the Irish

Corn Laws

A huge tariff put on foods made or grown outside of Great Britain, preventing the Irish from buying food to eat during the potato blight

William Gladstone

a prime minister of Great Britain, and the man who suggested the Home Rule Bill, in order to help the Irish

Home Rule Bill*

A law suggested to be passed so Ireland is allowed to deal with things only involving Ireland, although it was never voted on (1886)

Boers (Afrikaners)

A group of Dutch settlers and colonists, who had lived in Africa long before the Scramble

Robert Baden-Powel

An army general during the siege of Mafeking, fighting in the Boer War

Transvaal

A city inhabited by Boers who left Cape Colony, this was also the place where lots of diamonds and gold was found

Boer War

a war between the Boers and the British colonists in Cape Colony, Mafeking, and Rhodesia, resulting in a British victory

Siege of Mafeking

During the Boer war, the Boers besieged the city of Mafeking for 217 days, while both sides bothered each other constantly