Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Western Civilizations > Test 1 Multiple Choice > Flashcards

Test 1 Multiple Choice Flashcards

1
Q

French Revolution

Main idea

A

Far-reaching social and political upheaval in France.

Culmination of frustrations (rule by absolute monarch)

Questioning social order
(Woman’s role, slaves, Catholic Church)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Four stages of the French Revolution

A
  1. National Assembly
  2. Republic and Terror
    (Leadership executing anyone they suspected might be against the revolution)
  3. Thermidor and directory (group of 5 men who held executive power)
  4. Napoleon
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Class conflict theory

A

Competing between the classes

All worked together to overthrow the king

Blurred lines between classes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Three estates

A
  1. Clergy
  2. Nobility
  3. Everyone else (middle class, peasants, etc.)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Physiocrats

A

Believed the wealth of nations was derived solely from the value of agriculture

Agriculture=wealth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Estates general

A

Representative body of the three estates

Supposed to have power to change laws but usually ignored by the king

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Tennis court oath

A

Third estate meets here and says they will create a New France

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

October days of 1789

A

Poor harvest->Parisian woman demand bread at city hall->denied->marched 12 miles to Versailles to confront royal family

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Passive vs. Active Citizens

A

Passive=everyone

Active Citizens=vote, hold office (landowning white male)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

French constitution of 1791

A

First written constitution in France
(By the National Assembly)

Enlightenment goals

Limited monarchy

Rights for male citizens

Ended church interference in government

Lasted less than a year

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Edmund Burke

A

Counterrevolutionary

Rights are not natural, but bound to tradition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

National convention

A

New government in France

Organized as a republic (no monarchy)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Trial and execution of king Louis XVI

A

He was found to be co spiting with foreign powers

Tried and executed by national convention

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Committee on public safety

A

12 people

Go after potential enemies of the revolution

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Maximilian Robespierre

A

Director/father of the reign of terror

President of the national convention

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

The vendee

A

Peasant protests against priests who had persecuted them long enough

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Grand Armee

A

Army commanded by Napoleon in the napoleonic wars

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Battle of Trafalgar / Horatio Nelson

A

Naval battle fought by the British against French/Spanish

Horatio Nelson led the British to victory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Peninsular War

A

France against Spain/Portugal

Napoleon loses

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Defeat of Napoleon/Exile to Elba

A

Battle of the nations (napoleons enemies united against him)

He lost the battle and was forced to step down

He was then exiled to Elba

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

St. Helena

A

After Napoleon came back from Elba (for 100 days)

He was exiled to St. Helena where he died

22
Q

Saint Domingue(Haiti)/slave rebellion

A

Free men want representation in the National Assembly

National Assembly says no-ANGER

Slaves rebel

Ended slavery and French control in Haiti

23
Q

Protestant ethic

A

You make yourself wealthy “help yourself”

Objectifies the poor

24
Q

Middle class “respectability”

A

Merchant class

“Respectable”

25
Q

Cult of domesticity

A

Middle class women should stay at home/take care of kids

26
Q

Working class life (General characteristics)

A

Unsanitary living conditions

Women in the workforce

Factories and sweatshops

Domestic service

27
Q

Class consciousness

A

Concept of time and routine

Industrial slavery “machines will hurt you”

Lack of job security

Separation of classes

28
Q

Consequences of industrialization

A

Free trade

New countries

New political theory (class based society)

29
Q

Restoration of monarchies

A

Congress of Vienna restores monarchies

30
Q

Balance of power

A

No one nation in Europe should be super powerful

31
Q

Concert of Europe

A

Countries support each other if revolutions broke out

32
Q

Latin American uprisings (who led them)

A

Simon bolivar- South American revolutionary figure

Successful revolution led to the creation of new countries

33
Q

Czar Nicholas I

A

New czar of Russia
New code of law
Modernization & organization

34
Q

1830 French “revolution”

A

Charles X imposed strict rules (claiming absolute monarchy)and the people revolted

Louis-Philippe is put on throne

35
Q

King Charles X of France/July Ordinances

A

Set of rules intended to prevent revolution (like limiting the press)

Caused revolution

36
Q

July Monarchy

A

Louis-Philippe’s reign

37
Q

Peterloo Massacre/Six Acts

A

Workers rising up->British militia fire at them

Government implements reforms so revolutions don’t happen

38
Q

Rotten (pocket) Burroughs

A

Representative district with little to no people

How the Tories (conservatives) kept power

39
Q

Tories vs Whigs

A

Tories=conservative

Whigs=liberal

40
Q

Corn laws/anti-corn law league

A

Tariffs and restrictions on imported food and grain enforced in Great Britain

Anti-corn law league successful political movement against corn laws

FREE TRADE

41
Q

Chartist movement

A

Every man in Britain could vote

42
Q

End of trans Atlantic slave trade

A

Britain!!!!!!

43
Q

Conservatism

A

Backlash on liberalism

Favored tradition, monarchy, noble privilege, the church, natural social hierarchy

44
Q

Liberalism

A 
Everyone should be equal
Should select leader
Right to revolt
Free trade
Natural rights
45
Q

John Locke

A

Natural rights

Life, liberty, and property

46
Q

Jeremy Bentham

A

Everyone should do what makes them happy

This will give success in society (if you’re good at it)

47
Q

Utilitarianism

A

Action is right if it tends to promote happiness

48
Q

Left wing radical republicans

A

Radical liberals

More people voting, more allowed citizenship

49
Q

Socialism

A

More cooperative

Everyone shares economic power

People are equal socially

Redistribution of power

Organization of ideal communities “hippies”

50
Q

Karl Marx/Marxism

A

Father of Communism

Materialism

Western Civilizations (8 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions