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At its most elementary level, conservatism...
Was never popular among the political elite in
Europe
Became the most popular political philosophy in
Russia
Sought to preserve the achievements of previous
generations by subordinating individual rights to
communal welfare
Sought above all else the achievement of individual
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Sought to preserve the achievements of previous
generations by subordinating individual rights to
communal welfare |
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The growing forces of liberalism and
nationalism in central Europe were best
characterized by what?
The liberal constitutions of the states of the German
Confederation
The Burschenschaften, the student societies of
Germany
The increased liberalism reforms of Frederick
William III |
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The Burschenschaften, the student societies of
Germany |
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What was the most important factor in
preventing the European overthrow of the
newly independent nations of Latin America?
British naval power
The Monroe Doctrine guiding American foreign
policy
The sheer size of South America
Growing support for pacifism in Europe |
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The Karlsbad Decrees of 1819 did all of the
following except:
Disband Burschenshaften
Impose censorship on the German press
Placed most German universities under close
government supervision
Dissolved several smaller German states |
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| Dissolved several smaller German states |
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In which country was the nationalistic European
revolution most successful? |
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Whose nationalist organization Young Italy
failed to achieve his goal of risorgimento by 1849? |
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Tsar Alexander I of Russia did all of the
following except…
Become more reactionary after the defeat of
Napoleon
Grant a constitution, freeing the serfs
Reform the Russian education system
Revert to a program of arbitrary censorship as a tool
of rulership |
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| Grant a constitution, freeing the serfs |
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Following the death of Alexander I in 1825,
Russian society under Nicholas I became…
The most liberal of the European powers
An industrial power after the abolition of serfdom
Increasingly influenced by ultra-conservative
societies, such as the Northern Union
A police state due to Nicholas’s fear of internal and
external revolution |
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A police state due to Nicholas’s fear of internal and
external revolution |
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The argument that population must be held in
check for any progress to take place was
popularized by who?
Adam Smith
Joseph de Maistre
Tsar Alexander I
Thomas Malthus |
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Who believed European monarchs shared the
common interest of stability?
Prince Talleyrand
Kelemens von Metternich
Tsar Alexander I
Napoleon |
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France 100 points
The revolution of 1848 in France ultimately
resulted in what?
A new empire under Louis Napoleon
Europe’s first socialist state under the guidance of
the workshops
New elections to the national Assembly, resulting in
the dominance of the radical republicans
The continued rule of Louis-Philippe but with
radical reform |
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| A new empire under Louis Napoleon |
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Louis Blanc’s “national workshops” in France…
Became a vital part of the French economy
Were extremely important to the French radical
aristocracy
Became little more than unemployment
compensation units through public works projects
Built national parks throughout France |
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Became little more than unemployment
compensation units through public works projects |
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King Louis-Philippe in France…
Allowed for great reforms in the electoral system
Was the son of the former reactionary King Charles
X
Did all be could to help the impoverished industrial
workers
Cooperated with Francois Guizot and the Party of
Resistance |
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Cooperated with Francois Guizot and the Party of
Resistance |
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6
France 400 points
The French socialist, Flora Tristan…
Started the international “Women’s Social and
Political Union”
Felt that the greatest evil in society was the profit
motive in business and economics
Established a cooperative socialist community at
New Harmony, Indiana
Demanded absolute equality of the sexes |
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| Demanded absolute equality of the sexes |
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After Napoleon’s defeat, the Quadruple
Alliance…
Sent troops to sack Paris
Restored the old Bourbon monarchy to France in
the person of Louis XVIII
Returned Corsica to Italian control
Delivered an ultimatum to the pope demanding full
control over all of Italy |
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Restored the old Bourbon monarchy to France in
the person of Louis XVIII |
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Who composed Symphonie Fantastique?
Beethoven
Wagner
Mozart
Berlioz |
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In architectural styles, the Romantics were
particularly attracted to what style of
architecture? |
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Whose dramatic compositions bridged the gap
between classicism and Romanticism? |
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Who was the American romantic author of The
Fall of the House of Usher?
Mary Shelley
Hans Christian Andersen
Edgar Allan Poe
Thomas Carlyle |
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In which country did Catholicism experience a
revival in during the age of Romanticism?
France
Austria
Germany
Britain |
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The reform bill of 1832 in Britain primarily
benefitted who?
Clergy
Working Class
Upper-middle Class
Landed Aristocracy |
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The English Poor Law of 1834 was based on the
theory that:
Levels of state support for social welfare programs
should be indexed to the cost of living
If the conditions of provision for state welfare were
intentionally made miserable and degrading, then the
poor would be encouraged to find profitable
employment
The poor were entitled to decent levels of support |
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If the conditions of provision for state welfare were
intentionally made miserable and degrading, then the
poor would be encouraged to find profitable
employment |
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Thomas Macaulay’s thoughts on reform in
Britain supported reforms as a means of
preventing?
The collapse of the current Parliament
The outbreak of more radical revolutionary
movements
Political concessions to the middle class
The dissolution of the United Kingdom |
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The outbreak of more radical revolutionary
movements |
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| When protestors of high bread prices in England clashed with government authorities, the resulting conflict was known as what? The Charing Cross Indident The Peterloo Massacre The St. Paul’ Massacre The Trafalgar Spectacle |
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He was credited with the development of the
idea “iron law of wages” |
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Professional civilian police forces known as
serjents first appeared in this country. |
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_____________ created policies that would
maintain the balance of power among the
members of the Quadruple Alliance?
Tsar Alexander I
Napoleon
The Congress of Vienna
Prince Talleyrand |
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This foreign minister and diplomat dominated
the Congress of Vienna.
Prince Talleyrand
Tsar Alexander
Klemens von Metternich
Napoleon |
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Police forces and prison reform were geared
toward creating what? |
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This is considered the literary model for early
Romantics
The Last Days of Socrates
Don Quixote
Great Expectations
The Sorrows of the Young Werther |
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| The Sorrows of the Young Werther |
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