Conservatism prime time in Europe at first Flashcards

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Congress of Vienna

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conference of ambassadors of the major powers of Europe. It was held in Vienna

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who is the main guy of congress of vienna

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Metternich

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3
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German confederation

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After holy roman empire fell, separate countries unite under confederation to defend eachother. But the Confederation was never strong enough to be able to attack another country.

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What did congress of vienna (metternich do)

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Congress did not want to make them too strong, or they’d start taking over other countries

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5
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What began getting taught in universities

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Nationalism and liberalism

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6
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Volksgeist?

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conservative nationalism

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7
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Burschescheft

what was their goal

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University Student Radical Group from all over Germany

important goal was to foster loyalty to the concept of a united German national state as well as strong engagement for freedom, rights, and democracy.

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8
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What did the liberals in Germany want

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a united Germany w freedom!!

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9
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In 1819, Metternich passed the Carlsbad Decrees… which is?

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Reactionary Restrictions 
- outlawed burschenschaften 
- removed liberal university professors
expanded censorship of the press that talked about united Germany 
-secret police set up
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10
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Why doesn’t metternich want germany to unite

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because hes austrian and wants austrian influence

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11
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what other place in europe did conservative forces win?

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england

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12
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Corn laws passed in England in 1815 were___

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Tarrifs on corn

They were designed to keep grain prices high to favour domestic producers, and represented British mercantilism.

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why do corn laws banefit landowners

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because they get money for producing corn and keepting their land

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What were the protests in Manchester in 1819 for?

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People against corn laws, want male suffrage, didin’t like the rotten borg.

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WHat is the Peterlooo Massacre?

What ended up happeing?

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60,000 working class people marched to St Peter’s Field in central Manchester to demand political representation

650 ppl got injured and 15 people died

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16
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What were the Six Acts?

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Conservative Acts to repress people into doing nothing for radical reform

17
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In Russia, who takes over at 1825

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Alexander Dies-Czar Nicholas I

18
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“Orthodx, Autocracy, Nationalism”

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state religion and autocratic elite protected each other’s status at a time when serfdom existed and poor people were treated more as property than human beings.

19
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What does alexander Dies-Czar do?

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  • Has secret police

- more censorship in colleges

20
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were any liberal ideas spread to Russia

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some/

21
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Decembrist uprising

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took place in Imperial Russia on December 26, 1825.
Russian army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest against Nicholas I’s assumption of the throne after his older brother left the throne

22
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What did decembrist want? what is the result

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abolish serfdom

they lose- many executed in the cold

23
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What are the bad points of Congress of Vienna

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didn’t recognize democracy and nationalism rising

24
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What are the good points of Congress of Vienna

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no war broke out until 1914-

treaties kept through monarchies