WorldHistory - Project Vocab

Ideology

System of thought and belief

Universal Manhood Suffrage

of all adult men to vote right

Autonomy

self-rule

Radical

one who favors extreme changes

Recession

decline in economic growth for six or more months in a row

Absolutism

the belief of complete and unrestricted power in government

Abolition

the campaign against slavery and the slave trade

secret ballot

votes cast without announcing them publicly

Rotten borough

rural town in England that sent members to Parliament despite having few or no voters

electorate

body of people allowed to vote

Free Trade

trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, or other restrictions

Parliamentary Democracy

Form of government in which people vote for the legislative body, which in turn selects the prime minister.

Repeal

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Chancellor

the highest official of a monarch, prime minister

Realpolitik

realistic politics based on the needs of the state

annex

add a territory to an existing state or country

Kaiser

Emperor of Germany

Reich

German empire

Kulturkampf

Bismarck's "battle for civilization," intended to make Catholics put loyalty to the state above their allegiance to the Church

social welfare

programs provided by the state for the benefit of its citizens

anarchist

people who want to abolish all government

Emigration

A person's movement away from their homeland

Peninsulares

a person born in Spain

Mestizos

a person of Native American and European descent in Spanish colonial America

Mulatto

a person of African and European descent in Spanish colonial America

Dual Monarchy

the monarchy of Austria-Hungary

Colossus

Giant

Crimean War

fought on the Crimean Peninsula between Russians and the British, French, and Turks

Emancipation

Granting freedom to the serfs or enslaved people

Zemstvo

Local elected assembly set up in Russia under Alexander II. This provided social and economic services to reduce the power of noble landlords.

Pogrom

Violent attack on a Jewish Community

Refugee

A person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, often because of political upheaval or famine

Duma

Elected national legislature in Russia

Expansionism

policy of increasing the amount of territory a government holds

Louisiana purchase

territory purchased by Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803

Manifest Destiny

American idea that the United States should stretch across the entire North American continent

Secede

to withdraw

Segregation

forced separation by race, sex, religion, or ethnicity

Suez Canal

a canal in Egypt linking the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, which also links Europe to several ports in Asia and East Africa

premier

a prime minister

coalition

temporary alliance of various political parties

Dreyfus Affair

a political scandal that caused deep divisions in France; it was focused on the wrongful conviction for treason of Alfred Dreyfus who was a Jewish officer in the French army

Zionism

a movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in the ancient homeland