extra studies Flashcards

1
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which blood 1819 event occurred in Eng. when a crowd protested the corn laws?

A

peterloo massacre

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2
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which laws led by Metternich in a diet were created to drive liberals and nationalists underground in the German Confederation?

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Carlsbad decrees

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3
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Which series of arrangements was formed by the quadruple alliance to maintain the status quo and a general peace until the 1850s?

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Concert of Europe

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4
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Which conservative system sought to resolve European disputes through a series of conferences but it only lasted until 1822 when Britain opted out?

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Congress System

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5
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Which ultra-conservative arrangement, proposed by Tsar Alexander I, was a throwback to the Middle Ages but had little influence outside Eastern Europe?

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Holy alliance

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6
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Which “ism” sought to return European society to the ancien regime ways prior to the French rev

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conservatism

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7
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Which “ism” strongly advocated representative gov. and was favored especially by mid class?

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liberalism

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8
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which ism was advocated but Herder, who believed a unique “volksgeist” existed among different groups of peoples”

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nationalism

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9
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which ism rejected the rationalism of the Enlightenment?

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romanticism

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10
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which movement were Emile Zora and Heinrich Ibsen leading writers of?

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Realism

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11
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Which Monumental British law made the House of Commons the most powerful body in Parliament?

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Reform Bill 1832

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12
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Which law prohibited the employment of children under the age of 9?

A

factory act of 1833

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13
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which group advocated universal male suffrage for men?

A

chartist movement

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14
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which organization worked tirelessly for decades to kill the high tariff of 1815?

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Anti-Corn Law League

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15
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Which religiously driven reformer campaigned to end slavery in British empire?

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William Wilberforce

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16
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Which 1848 revolution saw the overthrow of Louis Philippe an the creation of the 2nd French Republic

A

February Revolution

17
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Which 1848 revolution in France saw class warfare between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

A

June Days Revolution

18
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What failed 1849 attempt by Frederick William IV of Prussia to unify the German states became known by this term

A

Humiliation of Olmutz

19
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which newly created body oversaw the 1848 revolution in the German Confederation seeking to unify Germany under Prussian leadership?

A

Frankfurt Parliament

20
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Which Magyar leader nearly succeeded in winning Hungary’s independence from Austria?

A

Louis Kossuth

21
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Which urban planner rebuilt Paris under the reign of Napoleon III?

A

Georges von Haussmann

22
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Which Benthamite’s “sanitary idea” helped clean up cities and reduce disease?

A

Edwin Chadwick

23
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The scientist’s germ theory of disease was responsible for the greatest breakthrough in reducing the transmission of disease

A

Louis Pasteur

24
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Which 1890s innovation represented the real revolution in public transportation?

A

electric streetcar

25
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Which term refers to the new urban phenomenon where the wife was the home maker and the husband was the wage earner

A

separate spheres

26
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which 18th century Enlightenment economist was championed by liberals for his belief in laissez- faire

A

Adam Smith

27
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Which country became Europe’s leading industrial nation by 1914?

A

Germany

28
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Which innovation resulted in iron being turned into steel, a new major industry of 2nd Industrial Revolution?

A

Bessemer Process

29
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Which free-trade zone developed in Germany Confederation after 1834?

A

Zollverein

30
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Which liberal economist spoke about an “iron law of wages” that kept wages very low for workers due to overpay. in cities?

A

David Ricardo