Key Terms Flashcards
What was the Bill of Rights?
A legislative guarantee to citizens of a country that their liberaties willl be respected and that they will not be subject to arbitrary rule.
Defiine franchise?
The right to vote in elections.
What is a Constituent Assembly?
An elected body whose task is to draw up a new constitution, or a set of rules under which a country is to be run.
What is a absolute monarchy?
The is rule by a monarch who is free to pursue any policy and has no responsibility to any elected assembly or to their people. Absolute monrchs often claimed they had been chosen by God and were responsible only to God.
What was the Three-tier system?
Each district was divided into three classes of voters according to the amount of tax paid. Generally the richest (class 1) were around 5%, the next richest (class 2) were 13% while the majority (82%) were class 3. Elections were held in the open and only men aged over 21 could vote. Each class in each electoral area chose a third of electors, who in turn voted for the deputies of the parliament. So the richest 18% voted for two-thirds of the electors, while the bulk of the population opted for one-third. This undemocratic system persisted in Prussian elections until 1918.
Define Zollverein
The means customs (zoll) union or association (verein). A customs union is an area where members trade without paying tariffs or payments when goods are moved from one area to another.
Grossdeutsch?
Refers to a greater Germany that includes Austria.
Kleindeutsch?
Refers to a smaller Germany that only consists of purely German states (excludes Austria and co).
