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Question 1

Equilibrium

Answer 1

The delegates wanted to establish a balance of political and military power to discourage aggression and prevent any state or combination of states from dominating Europe

Question 2

Compensation

Answer 2

The delegates felt their countries should be compensated in the form of territory for their successful struggle against the French

Question 3

Legitimacy

Answer 3

the delegates believed that absolutism was necessary for proper order and restored the monarchies in France, Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sardinia, and Sicily that had been overthrown by Napoleon

Question 4

Congress System (AKA the concert of Europe)

Answer 4

The Quadruple Alliance agreed to meet periodically to maintain the peace and order they had established

Question 5

Holy Alliance

Answer 5

Russia, Austria, and Prussia agreed to suppress liberal and revolutionary movements across Europe

Question 6

Carlsbad Decrees

Answer 6

Austria persuaded the German Confederation to seek and destroy ideologies that the conservative Metternich considered dangerous; the decrees targeted universities and newspapers, established spied and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations

Question 7

Germaine de Stael

Answer 7

Franco-Swiss Writer; “On Germany” urged French writers to embrace the spontaneity and enthusiasm of the German writers and thinkers

Question 8

Aurore Lucie Dupin (George Sand)

Answer 8

“Lelia” was shockingly modern, delving deeply into her tortuous quest for sexual and personal freedom

Question 9

Eugene Delacroix

Answer 9

French romantic painter; fascinated with remote and exotic locations; his masterpiece “Liberty Leading the People” celebrated the nobility of popular revolution in general and the revolution in France in particular

Question 10

Chopin, Beethoven, and Franz Liszt

Answer 10

romantic music composers

Question 11

Battle of Petrloo

Answer 11

An orderly protest of the Corn Laws at Saint Peter’s Fields in Manchester that was savagely broken up by armed cavalry

Question 12

Reform Bill or 1832

Answer 12

The House of Commons emerged as the most important legislative body. The industrial areas of the country gained representation in the Commons. Many “rotten boroughs” - electoral districts that had very few voters and that the landed aristocracy had bought and sold - were eliminated. Number of voters increased by 50 percent, giving about 12 percent of British men the right to vote.

Question 13

Louis Blanc

Answer 13

French utopian socialist who served in the French provisional government in 1848; oversaw the government-sponsored workshops in France