Chapter 17 Flashcards
What is associated with the word “same?”
conservatism
What is associated with the word “change?”
liberalism
What is associated with the word “rewind?”
reactionism
What is the love of one’s country?
nationalism
What are the focuses of romanticism?
focus on distant lands focus on distant times love of nature love of freedom noble savages
When did France “sneeze?”
July 1830
June 1848
Who was affected by France in 1830?
Italy and Belgium
Who was affected by France in 1848?
Italy and Germany
Who was the leading figure of the congress of Vienna?
Meternich
What is the quote from our chapter?
“When France sneezes, all Europe catches cold”
In what city did representatives of the victorious nations gather to decide how to restore the order and stability of Europe?
Vienna
What principles guided the congress as they sought to restore those rulers whom Napoleon had ousted?
Conservatism and Reactionism
The cooperation among the member nations of Europe to avoid wars and to suppress nationalism and liberalism was known as what?
Congress system
Name the two countries in which the alliance system suppressed uprisings in the 1820s.
Spain and Italy
What country did members of the alliance system assist in its revolt during the 1820s?
Spain
In what country were the revolutionary fires of the 1830s and 1848 first sparked?
France
What country gained its independence from the Netherlands through the revolts of the 1830s?
Belgium
Following the violence of the “June Days,” whom did the people of France elect as president of the Second French Republic?
Louis Napoleon
Name the young Austrian ruler who renounced the concessions of his predecessor and crushed nationalistic revolts throughout his empire.
Franz Josef I
What policy did Czar Nicholas I institute in Russia to strengthen his control over the state?
Russification
What three European nations fought on the side of the Turks against Russia in the Crimean War?
Britain
France
the kingdom of Sardinia
Who was the prime minister of Sardinia primarily responsible for the unification of Italy?
Count Cavour
Who was the Prussian politician primarily responsible for the unification of Germany?
Otto von Bismarck
Against what three European nations did Otto von Bismarck take Prussia to war to achieve his goal?
Denmark
Austria
France
As a result of Austria’s military defeat, what nationality within the Austrian Empire was able to achieve self-government?
Hungarians
What was Czar Alexander II’s most important social reform?
the abolishment of serfdom
What is the name of the cultural movement that gave literary and artistic expression to the concepts of “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity”?
romanticism
List one of the prominent themes in the works of romantic writers.
- longing for distant lands or the distant past
- fascination with the supernatural and the mysterious
- glorification of the “noble savage”
- emphasis on nature
- love of freedom
- pride in one’s nation
