The Road to World War I Flashcards
Civil Liberty
A freedom from absolute rule or power.
French Revolution
The overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in France. (1789-1799)
France’s national motto
Liberté, égalité et fraternité. (Liberty, equality and fraternity)
Jacobins
People who belonged to the Jacobin club
What was the timeframe of Napoleon’s reign?
1799-1815
The ruling family of Austria
The Hapsburgs
The ruling family of Prussia
The Hohenzollerns
Define Conscription
The process of drafting for the army.
The Corsican who was a product of the revolution.
Napoleon.
The two cities that were the borders of the French army under revolution.
Madrid and Moscow
The year in which Napoleon was exiled
1815
The parties of the Congress of Vienna
England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria
The man who ruled Austria at the time of the Congress of Vienna
Metternich
Define reactionary
Someone who resists change and wants to move to a previous condition
The desire of the Congress of Vienna
Absolutism
Define absolutism
An absolute monarchy
The two things the Congress of Vienna wanted to crush
Nationalism and liberalism
Define nationalism
Loyalty to ones’s country and desire for a country of your own.
Define liberalism
The movement to secure individual liberties (religion, speech, press, etc…)
The timespan of the Concert of Europe
1815-1848
Define Concert of Europe
European government by agreement that resisted change, especially liberalism and nationalism
The two beliefs which no longer coincided after 1848
Nationalism and liberalism
The country that unifies Germany and the man responsible
Prussia and Bismarck
The two enemies of Bismarck
Austria and France
Define “real politik”- taking actions to solve conditions as they are, not as they should be
- Taking actions to solve conditions as they are, not as they should be
Define: Danish war
A war between Austria and Prussia that occurred in 1864.
Define: 7 weeks war.
Another way between Austria and Prussia
Define: “needle gun”
A gun that could fire 6 times faster than a rifle
Define: Franco-Prussian war
A war between France and Prussia (obviously) in which Prussia annihilated the French army that occurred between 1870-1871
The treaty that emerges from the Franco-Prussian war
The Treaty of Frankfort
The three conditions under the Treaty of Frankfort
- Bismarck wants Alsace and Lorraine
- Indemnity of 5 billion francs
- Prussia king crowned Emperor at Versailles
Define: ultimatum
Set of commands which must be completed within a certain time
Define: mobilization
Calling of troops
