Ch 23: The Age of Nationalism Flashcards
What were the beliefs of Louis napoleon?
The government should represent people, work to benefit the economy, and make efforts to help rich and poor
Napoleon was required by the constitution to share power with a very ______________ National Assembly
Conservative
Why did Napoleon sign some bills increasing the role of the church in education and decreasing male suffrage?
He wanted the National Assembly to allow him to run for another term and pay his national debts
What was Napoleons reaction to the National Assembly refusing to elect him for a second term?
He staged a coup d’état
Napoleon restores _________________
Universals male suffrage
How did the people react to Napoleon after the coup d’état?
They elected him as a hereditary emperor
How did Napoleon support economic growth?
- public works projects
- promoted banks
- promote railroad construction
Was Napoleon a nationalist?
Yes
This social class denounced napoleons middle class rule
Liberal middle class
How did Napoleon respond to the demands of the middle class?
Progressive liberalization
-gave the National Assembly more power and opposing candidates more freedom
What did the new constitution passed under Napoleon entail?
-a parliamentary regime with a hereditary emperor as chief
Italians wanted ____________
Unification
What was the first approach to Italian unification?
Giuseppe Mazzini called for a centralized democratic republic based on male suffrage and the will of the people
What was the second approach to Italian unification?
Vincenzo Gioberti called for a federation of existing states under a progressive pope
What was the 3rd approach to Italian unification?
-Italy united under Sardinia, led by King Victory Emmanuel II
The papacy ______________ unification
Opposed
In which Pope Pius IX denounced rationalism, socialism, and religious liberty
Syllabus of Europe
Who was the statesmen who led Sardinia?
Camillo Benso De Cavour
Cavour had limited and ___________ national goals
Realistic
What did Cavour want in regards to unification?
Wanted central and northern Italy United under an expanded Sardinia
Who did Cavour ally with to drive Austria out of Italy?
Napoleon III
Why did Napoleon abandon Italy?
Criticism from French Catholics in supporting the popes enemy
What was the compromise that Napoleon made with Austria?
Sardinia would receive only Lombardy
Italian super patriot who thought unification was only half done
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Garibaldi’ guerrilla army that invaded Sicily in 1860 in an attempt to liberate it
Red shirts
Why was there tension between Prussia and Austria?
Prussian King had previously tried and failed to unify them
Austria had not been included in the _____________
Zollverein
Prussian parliament was in the hands of who?
Liberal middle class
Who was the King of Prussia?
William I
Who was the prime mister of Prussia?
Count Otto Von Bismarck
Bismarck collected ________ without parliamentary approval
Taxes
What was the slogan of Bismarck?
Might makes right
Why did was break out between Austria and Prussia?
Bismarck wanted complete control of the northern Protestant part of the confederation.
How long did the Austria-Prussia war last?
7 weeks
Prussia defeats Austria at the battle of __________
Sadowa
What were the generous peace terms settled on between Austria and Prussia?
- Austria pays no repression or loses any territory
- has to stay out of German affairs
Final act in German unification
The Franco-Prussian war
Why did Besmarck want war with France?
He thought it would drive the southern German territories into his arms
Who won the Franco-Prussian war?
Prussia
France had to endure __________ peace terms with Prussia
Harsh
Conflict over Russian desire to spread into ottoman territory
Crimeon war
Who defeated Russia in the Crimean war?
France, Great Britain, Ottoman Empire, Sardinia
What were the effects of the Crimean war on Russia?
Showed them the power of machinery and modernization
Liberal leaning tsar of Russian who started a campaign of reform and modernization
Alexander II of Russia
What’s Russian social or industrial reform more effective?
Industrial
A member from this anar hits group assassinated Alexander II, bringing modernization to an abrupt end
Peoples will
Finance minister who led Russia’s second wave of industry
Sergei Witte
How did Sergei Witte promote industry?
- railroad building
- protective tariffs,
- put country on the gold standard
A massacre of peaceful protesters at Winter palace that sparked the Russian revolution
Bloody Sunday
Russian decree that granted full civil rights and promised a popularly elected Duma (parliament) would get legislative power
October manifesto
New Russian constitution in which the tsar still held lots of power
Fundamental laws
The Duma consisted primarily of ___________
Middle class liberals
Nicholas II eventually dismissed the _________
Duma
Ottoman governor of Egypt
Muhammed Ali
Ottoman governor of Egypt
Muhammed Ali
Ali’s growing strength threatened the sultan ______________
Mahmud
Reforms designed to remake the Ottoman Empire on a Western European model
Tanzimat
New sultan, issued the imperial rescript
Abdulhamid II
-ottoman patriots who seized power in a coup, and forced the sultan to implement reform
Young Turks
The popularly elected lower house of the German confederation
Reichstag
Supported legislation useful for economic growth and unification
national liberals
Besmarcks attack in the Catholic Church
Kulturkampf
Where was Kulturkampf only remotely successful?
Protestant Prussia
Championed Marxism but in practice turned away deal Marxism revolution. Worked for social and workplace reforms
German Social Democrats Party
New German emperor, opposed Besmarck’s attempt for anti socialist laws and forced him to resign
William II
Wanted to govern Paris without interference from country people
Paris commune
National Assembly led by ___________ ordered the army to crush the commune
Adolphe Thiers
Gave universal male suffrage to almost all men
Third reform bill
Proposed after the liberal party came to power, increase spending on social welfare services
Peoples budget
Led the liberal party
David Lloyd George
Who won the French presidency of 1848?
Louis Napoleon