Ch 21: Ideologies And Upheavels Flashcards
A meeting of the quadruple alliance and France to fashion a peace settlement
The congress of Vienna
What were the lenient terms given to France in the congress of Vienna?
- agreement to the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty
- first treaty of Paris
- did not have to pay reparations
What were the terms of the first treaty of Paris? (Before napoleons escape?)
Gave France the boundaries it had in 1792
Why were Belgium and Holland united under a Dutch monarchy?
More capable of opposing France more effectively
Prussia receive more land from France’s Eastern border called ____________
The sentinel on the Rhine
Why was the quadruple alliance moderate to France?
The idea of the balance of power
What was the balance of power?
Equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression
Who was the Austrian representative?
Prince Klemens Von Matternich
Who was the British representative?
Robert Casterleagh
Who was the French representative?
Charles Taleyrand
The quadruple alliance believed that they should receive ______________ for victory
Compensation
The United Kingdom had already won ___________ during the war
Territory
Austria gave up territory in _________ and __________ but expanded elsewhere
Belgium, Germany
________ and _________ wanted more, but the rest of the representatives at the congress of Vienna argued for limited gain
Russia and Prussia
_________ received a small polish kingdom
Russia
__________ received parts of saxony and some gains in the west
Prussia
Napoleon escaped from Elba and was defeated at _____________
Waterloo
What were the terms of the second treaty of Paris?
- Louis XVIII
- lost only a little territory
- had to pay reparations
- had to support a large army for five years
In which the quadruple alliance agreed to meet periodically to discuss common interests in the maintenance of European peace
Congress system
Who led the movement of post-Napoleon conservatism in Europe?
Prince Klemens Von Metternich
Klemens held a _____________ view of human nature, believing humans were prone to error and selfish behavior
Pessimistic
What did Klemens believe was responsible for bloodshed?
Liberalism
Klemens believed an ___________ government was necessary
Authoritarian
Klemens believed _____________ was important to a strong government
Organized religion
The Austrian population was ________
Diverse
What was the disadvantage to Austrias diverse population?
Lack of political unity
Russia _______ Metternichs belief to hold back nationalism
Supported
Who made up the Holy Alliance?
Austria, Prussia, and Russia
Who proposed the Holy Alliance?
Russia’s Alexander I
What was the purpose of the Holy Alliance?
Work to repress revolutionary movements
Where did the Holy Alliance first focus?
Southern Europe, primarily Italy and Spain
Why did the Holy Alliance focus on Spain and Italy?
Revolutionaries had forced the formation of constitutional monarchies
Metternich called for conference at ___________ in Austria
Tropopau
The German confederation was called into being by _______________
The congress of Vienna
Laws issues and enforced by Austria and Prussia that required the German states to outlaw liberal political organizations, police universities, and establish a committee of spied
Karlsbad decrees
What did Metternich call himself?
The chief minister of police in Europe
In the 1820’s, South American elites broke away from the _______ crown
Spanish
Movement whose principle ideas were liberty and equality
Liberalism
Liberals demanded a ___________ government
Representative
The new _____________ made wealthy from industry supported liberalism
Upper class
Liberal policy of unrestricted private enterprise, no government interference in the economy
Laissez faire
Proposed free marked capitalism instead of mercantilism
Adam smith
Liberal political ideas became associated with narrow _____________
Class interests
___________ used liberal ideas to justify their right to do what they wanted in factories
Industrialists
Labor unions were __________
Outlawed
_________ were more radical than liberals
Republicans
The idea that each ppl had its own genius and specific identity that manifested itself in a common language or history
Nationalism
Nationalists were typical middle class intellects or _________
Liberals
Where was nationalism most explosive?
Central and Eastern Europe, where ethnic groups overlapped w/in territories
Backlash against the emergence of individualism and the fragmentation of industrial society
Socialism
What were the key ideas of socialism?
Economic planning, greater social equality, state regulation of property
They had grand schemes for social improvements that were ultimately proved unworkable
Utopian socialists