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Concert of Europe Flashcards

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Minor characteristics of a constitution (6)

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  • popular sovereignty
  • limited powers of government
  • federalism (local state federal)
  • separation of, checks and balances
  • representational Republic
  • judicial review
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medium charactaristics of a constitution (4)

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  • provides the blueprint and limitations of government
  • written down in native language
  • made known to the public
  • not easily changed, needs amendments
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major charactaristics of a constitution (2)

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  • no absolute monarchs or conservatives
  • nationalist and liberals
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The three overall classes after the concert of Europe where: (name and describe)

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  • King / Queen - remain in power, some under a constitution
  • bourgeoisie - business owners, own means of production
  • proletariat - propertyless poor people
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what is a pogrom?

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A pogrom is a state sponsored discrimination against a minority

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Who did Belgium revolt against? Did they successfully win their independence? details?

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  • revolted against the Dutch
  • won independence
  • set barricades
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Who did Poland revolt against? Did they successfully win their independence? details?

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  • revolted against Russia
  • did not win independence
  • jewish people faced pogroms
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Who did Italy revolt against? Did they successfully win their independence? details?

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  • revolted against Austrian Empire
  • did not win independence
  • but did get a constitution
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The 1830 and 1848 revolutions in Europe were about _________. These regions wanted to unify because they shared what five qualities?

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  • nationalism
  • political unity
  • language
  • ethnicity
  • religion
  • customs
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Since the Enlightenment began, what had the British been focusing on?

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The industrial revolution

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In Great Britain, in 1832, the middle class gained what?

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Suffrage

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What is suffrage?

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The right to vote

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Who was the British monarch from 1837 to 1901?

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Queen Victoria

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Which family was pushing for women’s suffrage in britain?

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the pankhurst family

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What did the Austrian-Hungarian empire want to prevent most? Why?

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  • industrialization
  • it would change the empires way of life
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Who crushed nationalistic revolutions in the Austrian-Hungarian empire?

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the habsburgs

17
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give examples for each letter of SPACE for great britain.

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S - constitutional monarchy
P - Industry, the extension of voting rights
A - imperialism, second wave of colonization
C - Queen Victoria, victorian age, western culture
E - Eurocentric (exclusive, ethnicity)

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give examples for each letter of SPACE for the austrian-hungarian empire.

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S - conservative/traditional monarchy
P - conservative, hold onto land, crash rebellions
A - Hungarian identity, dual monarchy of Austrian/Hungarian empire
C - many cultures, customs, cuisines, languages
E - Multiethnic, exclusive and inclusive

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how many nations was Italy fractured into?

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5

20
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Who was The Italian, Prime Minister, that wanted to defeat the Austrian empire?

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Camilo de Cavour

21
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which country reigned over Italy?

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Austria

22
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Who helped unify italy?

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Giuseppe Garbaldi

23
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what was a major part of italys unification?

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military protection

24
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Who fought against who in the Crimean war?

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britain + france + ottoman empire
VS
russia

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Why were Britain France and the Ottoman Empire unified against Russia?

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Russia was trying to gain access to trade routes from the Black Sea to sell green, as Russia never industrialized like other countries had. These allies wanted to keep Russia weak and poor, so they fought. Russia lost the war along with czar Nicholas I.

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Who gave the blood and iron speech? Where were they from?

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  • Otto von Bismarck
  • German
27
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What did the blood and iron speech mean to represent?

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blood - military strength
iron - industry

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“realpolitik” meaning

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politics, based on practical means, rather than ethics

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What position did Otto von Bismarck rise to after his blood and iron speech?

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adviser to the Kaiser

30
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The unification of Germany followed what war?

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franco-prussian war

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what territory did the Germans capture from France?

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alsace lorraine

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when Germany unified their economy, what advancements did they pursue?

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chemistry, science, and engineering

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