WH+Unit+5+Part+3

Define: Ministerial responsibility: is a Constitutional Convention in governments using the Westminster System that a Cabinet Minster bears the ultimate responsibility for the actions of their Ministry or department. Crucial: decisive or critical, esp. in the success or failure of something Compensation: something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense forloss, injury, or suffering Duma: a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some otherrepublics of the former USSR.
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People **Identify:** **Otto von Bismarck: (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a Prussian-German statesman of the late 19th century, and a dominant figure in world affairs. As Ministerpräsident, or Prime Minister, of Prussia from 1862–1890, he oversaw the unification of Germany. In 1867 he became Chancellor of the North German Confederation. He designed the German Empire in 1871, becoming its first Chancellor and dominating its affairs until he was removed by Wilhelm II in 1890. His diplomacy of Realpolitik and powerful rule gained him the nickname "The Iron Chancellor".** **William II: (c. 1056 – 2 August 1100), the third son of William I of England (William the Conqueror), was King of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers over Normandy, and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales. William is commonly known as William Rufus, perhaps because of his red-faced appearance. Although William was an effective soldier, he was a ruthless ruler and, it seems, was little liked by those he governed: according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he was "hateful to almost all his people and odious to God."** **Francis Joseph:** **Nicholas II: (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918) was the last Emperor of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church. Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military collapse. Critics nicknamed him Bloody Nicholas because of the Khodynka Tragedy, Bloody Sunday.. As head of state, he approved the Russian mobilization of August 1914, which marked the first fatal step into World War I and thus into the demise of the Romanov dynasty less than four years later.** **Queen Liliuokalani: (2 September 1838 – 11 November 1917), born Lydia Kamakaʻeha Kaola Maliʻi Liliʻuokalani, was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. She was also known as Lydia Kamakaʻeha Pākī, with the chosen royal name of Liliʻuokalani, and her married name was Kaolupoloni K. Dominis. In 1874, Lunalilo, who was elected to succeed Kamehameha V to the Hawaiian throne, died and left no heir to succeed to the throne. In the election that followed, Liliʻu's brother, David Kalākaua, ran against Queen Emma, the widowed Queen of Kamehameha IV. Liliʻuokalani sided with her family on the issue and a quarrel developed between the Kalākaua family and Queen Emma.** QUESTIONS **On your wikipage for Chapter 5 create a space for section 3 and copy the following. Replace the** xxxxx ** ﻿withe the correct word or words. Be sure to highlight your correction to make it easy to read. ** PART 3:

I. By the late nineteenth century in European nations, especially in Western Europe, ** democracy ** was becoming well established. A. In Great Britain, the ** Liberal **and ** Conservative **Parties alternated in power. B. With the set up of the Third French Republic, France’s new government had a ** president ** and a ** legislature **. C. Constant turmoil between ** labor **and ** industry **weakened the social fabric of Italy.

II. The ** Bismarck **and ** German ** European nations pursued much different policies from their western counterparts. A. In Germany, ministers of government were responsible not to parliament but to the ** emperor **. B. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary largely ** ignored ** the parliament, issuing his own decrees and laws. C. Nicolas II of Russia believed the ** czar ** power of the should be preserved.

III. Four years of Civil War had preserved the American ** nation **. A. By 1900, the United States had become the world’s ** richest ** nation, but wealth was very ** unevenly **distributed. B. America gained control over ** puerto rico **, ** guam **, ** Hawaii **, ** the sugar industry ** , and the ** phillipines **.

IV. When Emperor William II of Germany fired Bismarck and dropped a treaty with Russia, ** France ** concluded a military alliance with Russia.

V. A series of crises in the between set the stage for World War I. A. In 1908, Austria-Hungary took the step of ** drastic **Bosnia and Herzegovina. B. The Russians supported the ** Serbs ** in opposing the Austrian annexation. C. By 1914 the conflict had grown intense. The Serbians blamed ** Austria-Hungary **for their inability to expand Serbia.