Mr Trengrove

Question 1

What is Nationalism?

Answer 1

The belief that your country is superior without question or doubt.

Question 2

What is the Diet?

Answer 2

Meeting of government.

Question 3

What is a proclamation?

Answer 3

Public or official announcement with great importance.

Question 4

What is unification?

Answer 4

Process of being united or made whole.

Question 5

What is liberalism?

Answer 5

Rights of
-Individual
-Equality
-Liberty
before that of the law

Question 6

Who was Thiers?

Answer 6

Frances 1st minister in 1840

Question 7

What does industrialise mean?

Answer 7

Development in industry in a country/region on a wide scale.

Question 8

What is Feudalism?

Answer 8

Land is owned by small ruling class. Worked by peasants in exchange for protection.

Question 9

What is Urbanisation?

Answer 9

Increased amount of people living in towns/cities. Rural to urban.

Question 10

What is free trade?

Answer 10

Trade with no tax, tariffs or restrictions.

Question 11

What is protectionism?

Answer 11

Restriction of international trade to help domestic industries.

Question 12

What are tariffs?

Answer 12

Custom duties on merchandise imports.

Question 13

What are custom duties?

Answer 13

Tax on cross boarder goods.

Question 14

1750’s how many people lived in the countryside?

Answer 14

90%

Question 15

1825 how many people lived in the countryside?

Answer 15

60%

Question 16

Four factors effecting the failure of feudalism?

Answer 16

-Enlightenment
-French/American revolution
-Urbanisation
-Industrialisation

Question 17

Which German state wanted to industrialise?

Answer 17

Prussia.

Question 18

Which German state denounced industrialisation?

Answer 18

Austria.

Question 19

Why was the middle union bad for Prussia?

Answer 19

Split the two halves of Prussia. Stopped access to Northern ports and cities in South/Central Germany.

Question 20

What did Prussia favour? Free trade or protectionism?

Answer 20

Free trade.

Question 21

What did Hessen-Cassel do in 1830?

Answer 21

Left Middle Union due to economic hardships triggering the collapse of the union.

Question 22

What did Prussia Union get re-named in 1834?

Answer 22

Zollverein

Question 23

How did the Middle Union try and limit Prussia?

Answer 23

Built roads and ports that didn’t go through Prussia Union states.

Question 24

What year was the Offenburg meeting?

Answer 24

1847

Question 25

In the Offenburg meeting, who did they declare the military to swear allegiance to?

Answer 25

The constitution

Question 26

What is absolutism?

Answer 26

Political system where one ruler has complete power and authority.

Question 27

Who abolished the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 27

Napoleon.

Question 28

What was Prussia economy largely based off of?

Answer 28

Agriculture.

Question 29

What were Junkers?

Answer 29

Rich landowners from East Prussia dominating the civil service, government and army.

Question 30

What political policy did Frederick William 3rd take after 1806?

Answer 30

Reactionary.

Question 31

What is a reactionary policy?

Answer 31

Conduct that leads to reacts negatively to the thought of radical change.

Question 32

When was the Carlsbad Decree signed?

Answer 32

1819

Question 33

What did the Carlsbad Decree lead to?

Answer 33

-Reduction in freedom of the press. -University life restrictions.

Question 34

Which two major international events challenged the social and political order of the 18th century?

Answer 34

-French Revolution -Creation of the USA (civil war)

Question 35

What is liberalism?

Answer 35

Protection and enhancement of the freedom of the individual within politics.

Question 36

Who were people loyal to in the Middle Ages?

Answer 36

Monarchy

Question 37

What two events lead to the encouragement of nationalism?

Answer 37

-French Revolution -Formation of the USA

Question 38

Who did the French Nationalists beat from Germany?

Answer 38

Prussia

Question 39

Why was Germany split in terms of nationalism?

Answer 39

Split between cultural and political.