AP Test Review Flashcards
Characteristics of Nationalism
People joined by common language, customs, culture, and history; should be under the same government
Nationalism’s conflict with principles of the Congress of Vienna
Protested multinational states; domestic and international order was challenged; no dynastic rule over area, rule should be based on ethinicity
Difficulties of Nationalism
Deciding which ethnic group could be nations, big enough to have a good economy, sufficient military, a common national language.. etc.
Regions of 19th century nationalistic pressure
Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland, Eastern Europe, Balkan Peninsula
Definitions of Liberals according to Conservatives
Anyone or anything that challenged their own political, social or religious values
Political goals of 19th century liberals
Tried to limit the governments power over the people; legal equality, religious toleration, and freedom of the press
19th century liberals and the origins of their ideas
British Model (religious toleration, capitalism, stable government, constitution), Enlightenment, and Principles of 1789
Economic goals of 19th century liberals
Removal of international tariffs; manufacture and sell goods freely; opposed to guild system and government regulation
Major pillars of 19th century conservatism
1) Throne (Legitimate Monarchies)2) Land (Landed Aristocracies)3) Altar (Established Churches)
Klemens von Metternich
Leading conservative; architect of Congress of Vienna; Dynastic Integrity; Austrian
Burschenschaftens
Radical college frats in Germany, protested; banned by Carlsbad Decrees
The Spa Field Riots
December 1816, mass meeting in Spa Fields outside London; ended in creation of Coercion Acts, temporarily suspended habeas corpus
The Peterloo Massacre
August 1819, mass meeting at Saint Peter’s Fields; suppressed by local militia, 11 killed, more injured
The Six Acts
1) Forbade public gatherings2) Raised fines for seditious libel3) Speedy trial for instigators4) Raised newspaper taxes5) Right of Search and Seizure6) No troop training
Louis XVIII as monarch
The Charter; ultraroyalism; Bourbon, preceded Napoleon
Major Powers of Congress of Vienna
Austria, Russia, Prussia, Britain
Concert of Europe
Congress system with a goal to maintain balance of power in Europe
Ferdinand VIII’s rule after the fall of Napoleon
Bourbon, ruled Spain; said he would rule constitutionally
Demands of the Treaty of London
Turkish recognition of Greek independence
Spark of independence movements throughout Latin America
French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Toussaint L’Overture impact on Latin American Independence
Began the revolt for Haitian slave independence
Haitian slave rebellion
1st successful assault on colonial government in Latin America; started by Toussaint L’Overture
Tsar Alexander I and his successor
Died suddenly, led to a dynastic crisis, Nicholas I ends as new Tsar, he gave boyar and streltsy rights, wanted separation from west
Event that exposed the backwardness of Russia to its soldiers
When Russian forces defeated Napoleon, they were introduced to ideas of Enlightenment and Revolution
Tsar Alexander I and political reforms
Abandoned liberal reforms for autocratic rule; conservative Tsar with no westernization
The Northern and Southern Societies
Northern - wanted constitutional monarchy, more moderateSouthern - led by Pestel, split from Northern Society
Nicholas I views on serfdom
Bad; but it would be worse to have charge and abolish it
Slogan of Tsar Nicholas
“Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationalism”
Uniqueness/significance of the Decembrist Revolt
1st organized public rebellion with an agenda
Russian Tsar and infringements upon other countries
Russia tried to control Poland, took control, Russian Tsar wanted to run Poland as a Russian Mini State
Four Ordinances
1) Restricted freedom of press2) Dissolved Chamber of Deputies3) Limited franchise to wealthy4) New elections
Charles X and his domestic policies
No constitutional rule; divine right; indemnify Chamber of Peers (via Chamber of Deputies); restores primogeniture; punished sacrilege
Facts about Louis Philippe
Tricolor flag instead of Bourbon flag; King of the French, liberal, no censorship, anticlerical; declared Catholicism religion of majority, not “official religion”
Great Reform Bill and its impact on the English electorate
Extended vote to 50%; helped avoid revolution
Daniel O’Connell
Irish Nationalist
Great Britain and its support for independence in Latin America
Commercial reasons
Major events taking place in 1830
July Revolution; Charles X abdicates; Greece recognized as independent sovereignty in Treaty of London; Belgian Revolt; Polish Revolt
Where the Industrial Revolution encouraged Britain to invest in the early 19th century
Capital goods and Luxury goods; railway and factories
Population growth in Britain, France, and Germany by mid 19th century
Britain:France: 42 million to 46 millionGermany:
Impact on cities due to 19th century urbanization
Put pressure on physical resources, caused more slums, crime, pollution, disease and prostitution
Emancipation of serfs in France, Prussia, Austria and Russia
France: 1789Prussia: 1807Austria: 1848Russia: 1861
Causes and effects of the Irish Famine of 1845-1849
Caused by drought, blight (potato disease), laws restricting Irish Catholics, and dependency of the potatoEffected mainly the Irish population, which dropped 1.5 million, and mass emigration, many Irish people moving to America
Results of railway improvements on consumer economy
Cheaper and faster passage of raw materials and finished products
Limits of workers in the new labor marketplace
Varied and diverse
Proletarianization
Working class who work for a wage
Chartist reform movement/measures
The Peoples Charter; 6 reforms; get political, social reforms, and economic reforms
British Chartism
Most movements ultimately failed
Purpose behind construction of the Crystal Palace
Great Exhibition of 1851; symbolized peace, and that industry doesn’t equal a dirtier world and manual labor
Relationship between husbands and wives in early factories
Wife employed as the assistant, Husband was the foreman
English Factory Act of 1833
Forbade employment of children under the age of 9; only 9 hours of work for children, 2 hours of school
Work hours after 1847
Adults limited to 10 hours of work
Classes which experienced division of labor into gender specific roles
Working class
Requirements of new jobs for women in textile factories
unmarried, unskilled labor, supervised by man
Women and employment in France
Worked the land, agriculture
First organized police force
France in 1828, England in 1829
Trends of criminal activity in Europe
Gradually, but steadily going up
Reason British criminals sent to Australia
Was an alternative to capital punishment
The Auburn System and Philadelphia System
Auburn: Criminals could be together in the day, but separated in cells at night
Classical Economists and economic growth
Achieved through competitive free enterprise
Classical Economists and the roles of government
laissez-faire economics; tax, protected trade tariffs
Thomas Malthus, Essay on the Principle of Population and his views
Population will always exceed resources; point of crisis
David Ricardo, Principles of Political Economy and his views
Iron Laws of Wages (cycle)
Jeremy Bentham and Utilitarianism
The greatest good for the greatest # of people
Utopian socialist movements
idealistic, anti-capitalism, radical sexuality
Count Claude Henri de Saint Simon
Technocracy, wealth managed by experts not owners
Anarchists
rejected industry, government, and capitalism
Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto
Capitalism = class conflict = dictatorship = classless society
Sources of inspiration for the Communist Manifesto
Hegel (thesis, etc.), utopian socialists
Regions of revolution in 1848
Austrian Empire, France
Makeup of revolutionaries in 1848
Nationalists, working class, liberal
Results of 1848-1849 revolutions
conservative, order shaken but doesn’t topple, “False Spring”
Louis Philippe and his confrontations with the public
February Days - forbids political banquets, workers march on palace, Guizot resigns, king abdicates
Origin of 1848 Revolutions
Spreads from France, randomly
Actions of the Hungarians during the Magyar Revolution
march laws passed; freedom of press trial by jury, practice religion, extension of franchise
The Black Death
- Description
- Preconditions
- Characteristics
- Cause and Spread
The Bubonic Plague, a deadly plague; a plague that ripped through Europe, killing 2/5 of the population; caused by overpopulation, famine, and bad health; discolored body, cough; spread by rats and coughing
Social and economic consequences of the Bubonic Plague
Agricultural prices fell, wages of skilled artisans soared; peasants revolted because of Statute of Laborers
Social groups affected by the plague
Peasants and noble land-holding elite
Popular remedies used against Black Plague
Amulets, moderation, promiscuity, doctors robe, leaching, and self flagellation
Death toll in Europe due to Black Plague
25,000,000
Statute of Laborers
Limited peasant wages in England to pre-plague levels; restricted peasants from leaving land
Traditional “containers” of monarchy in Middle Ages
Clergy, church and nobility