The Overthrow of Napoleon and the "Conservative" Reaction

Question 1

According the Dominic Lieven, the Russian contribution to the overthrow of Napoleon has traditionally been “misunderstood and underestimated” because?

Answer 1

• national traditions.
• harsh Russian winter.
• during the Soviet era, Western scholars were denied access to Soviet (Russian) archives.
• Soviet scholars were isolated from scholars and subjected to Soviet dogmas

Question 2

At the congress of Vienna, representatives of the so-called “great powers”

Answer 2

• created a diplomatic order based on a balance of power.
• initially excluded French representatives from the negotiations.
• attempted to suppress national consciousness.
• attempted to restore the prerevolutionary political order

Question 3

A political conservative in the nineteenth century (for example, Metternich) would be likely to advocate?

Answer 3

• the restoration of the French monarchy after the defeat of Napoleon.
• limiting suffrage to men of property.
• censorship as a reasonable means of preventing social unrest.
• government support of the established church

Question 4

According to Henry Kissinger, the foundation of a stable international order is

Answer 4

the relative security of its members

Question 5

The Carlsbad Resolutions were an attempt to?

Answer 5

reduce the freedom of expression and enforce the “proper” instruction of German university students