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AP Euro: 23 Age of Romanticism
Ideologies and Upheavals, 1815-1850
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History
10th Grade
01/03/2012

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What is meant by the dual revolution?
Definition
Economic and political changes tended to fuse
Term
Who was Robert Castlereagh?
Definition
British foreign minister at Congress of Vienna
Term
Who was Charles Talleyrand?
Definition
French foreign minister after Napoleon
Term
How did the Congress of Vienna treat France? (4) Why?
Definition
Leniency: 1) 1792 boundaries, 2) No war reparations
Barriers: 3) Unification of Belgium and Holland, 4) Prussia gets more land near France's eastern border

Balance of power
Term
How did Alexander I's desire to take Poland in 1815 create controversy? How was this resolved?
Definition
Prussia agrees as long as they can take Saxony, Castlereagh and Metternich fear disruption of balance of power and sign alliance with France

Russia only takes a small part of Poland and Prussia only part of Saxony (to keep balance of power)
Term
How did the Congress of Vienna start the European Congress system?
Definition
Members of Quadruple Alliance agree to meet periodically to discuss interests and maintain peace in Europe
Term
What was the Holy Alliance and what was its goal?
Definition
Austria, Prussia, Russia
Put down liberal and revolutionary movements with active intervention
Term
In 1820, the Holy Alliance restored conservative monarchs to the throne after liberal uprisings in _____ and _____.
Definition
Spain
Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Term
What were the Carlsbad Decrees (1819)? (2)
Definition
1) 38 German states have to censor liberal ideas in universities, newspapers
2) Spy system established
Term
How did Klemens von Metternich's personal background affect his policies?
Definition
He was born a German aristocrat and defended the privileges his class held
Term
Why did Metternich hate liberalism? (3)
Definition
1) Responsible for a generation of war
2) Stirred up lower classes
3) Linked to nationalism --> political revolutions (Austrian Empire cannot support b/c of ethnic divisions)
Term
What ethnic groups comprised the population of Austria during Metternich's time?
Definition
Germans (25%), Magyars, Czechs, Slavs
Term
Why did Metternich fear Austria's diverse ethnicities?
Definition
Liberal and nationalist movements could not be supported
Term
How were the Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires similar? (4)
Definition
1) Absolutist monarchies
2) Powerful armies and military tradition
3) Multicultural, multiethnic
4) Dominant ethnic group in each
Term
What were the principal ideas of classical liberalism?
Definition
liberty and equality
Term
What were political goals associated with classical liberalism? (3)
Definition
1) Representative government with propertied suffrage
2) Equality before the law
3) Specific individual freedoms
Term
What are economic ideas associated with classical liberalism?
Definition
Laissez-faire: free enterprise
Term
Which class was associated with classical liberalism?
Definition
middle class
Term
Of the early 19th c. movements against conservatism, liberalism was the least _____.
Definition
radical
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Nationalism had its immediate origins in the _____.
Definition
French Rev. and Napoleonic Wars
Term
What was the basic argument of nationalism?
Definition
Self-evident cultural unity --> political unity
Term
The idea of nationalism threatened which states? Gave hope to which states?
Definition
Large states- Austria, Russia, Ottomans
Small states- Germans and Italians
Term
Between 1815 and 1850, nationalism was linked to which political ideas?
Definition
liberalism
radical democratic republicanism
Term
Why was nationalism so appealing in the 19th c.? (4)
Definition
1) Industrialization brings people together
2) Common languages
3) "imagined communities", symbols and ceremonies
4) Dynamic nature: fresh, idealistic, and progressive
Term
Which nationalist argued that a "symphony of nations" would promote world harmony?
Definition
Guiseppe Mazzini
Term
What were the core beliefs of French Utopian socialists? (3)
Definition
1) Economic planning
2) Moral commitment to poor
3) Community ownership of property
Term
What were the beliefs of Count Henri de Saint Simon? (3)
Definition
1) Proper social organization: doers > parasites
2) Public works, investment banks
3) Moral commitment to poor
Term
What were the ideas of Charles Fourier? (2)
Definition
1) Self-sufficient communities
2) Total emancipation of women, no marriage
Term
What were the ideas of Louis Blanc? (2) What did he write to support them in 1839?
Definition
1) Universal male suffrage
2) Right to work- government workshops

Organization of Work
Term
What were the ideas of Pierre Joseph Proudon? (2)
Definition
1) What is property? Theft.
2) Anarchism
Term
Socialism is associated with which class?
Definition
working class
Term
From what intellectual movements did Marx compile his own communist ideas? (3)
Definition
1) French Utopianism
2) Classical Economics
3) German Philosophy
Term
What is dialectic materialism and who came up with it? How did Marx apply it to his ideas?
Definition
Thesis, antithesis --> synthesis (philosophy)
Historical Evolution of ideas

Georg Hegel

Applied to history- class struggle leads to revolution. Proletariat next to triumph over bourgeoisie, who triumphed in French Revolution
Term
The romantic movement was a revolt against _____ and _____.
Definition
Classicism
the Enlightenment
Term
In which countries was Romanticism the strongest? (2)
Definition
Britain, Germany
Term
German romantics called themselves Sturm and Drang. What does this mean and why did they call themselves this?
Definition
Storm and Stress- they lived lives of tremendous emotional intensity
Term
Romantics loved nature, and thus they hated the _____ in their time.
Definition
growth of modern industry
Term
Did romantics approach history similarly to Enlightenment thinkers? How was their approach similar or different?
Definition
No, they loved history but believed it was "organic and dynamic," not mechanical and static
Term
What are common themes in the works of William Wordsworth? (2)
Definition
1) ordinary speech
2) Love of nature
Term
Who wrote Lyrical Ballads (1798)?
Definition
Wordsworth and Coleridge
Term
What types of works did Walter Scott write? What/Who were his influences?
Definition
Long narrative poems, historical novels

Goethe's 16th c. knight (drama)
History of Scotland
Term
Who wrote On Germany (1810)? What was it about and what was its influence?
Definition
Germaine de Stael
about Romanticism in Germany
Inspired Romanticism in France
Term
Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Miserables (1862)?
Definition
Victor Hugo
Term
Who wrote Lelia? What was it about?
Definition
George Sand
Semi-autobiographical novel about her quest for individualism and freedom in her personal life
Term
What are the Brothers Grimm best known for? What political movement are their works tied to?
Definition
German fairy tales
Nationalism
Term
Who was the greatest Russian romantic poet?
Definition
Aleksander Pushkin
Term
Mary Shelley is the daughter of _____. Her most famous work is _____.
Definition
Mary Wollstonecraft
Frankenstein
Term
In the romantic musical movement, the size of ______ increased.
Definition
symphonic orchestras
Term
How did general attitudes towards music change during the romantic period?
Definition
Musicians' prestige rises, sit-down performance concerts were much more popular (compare reaction to modern rock concerts)
Term
Who led the Greek Nationalist revolt in 1821?
Definition
Alexander Ypsilanti
Term
After 1821, how did Europeans respond to the Greek nationalist movement?
Definition
Conservatives (incl. Metternich) oppose revolution, but Greeks have popular support for a "holy cause"
Term
Who allied with Greece in 1827 against the Turks?
Definition
Britain, France, Russia
Term
Greece was declared an independent state in [year]. A ______ prince was installed as king in [year].
Definition
1830
German
1832
Term
What were the Corn Laws and why did the Tory Party implement them in 1815?
Definition
Rose price of wheat and grain- hurt everyone but aristocracy

Ultra-conservatism created by French Revolution scared aristocrats, they selfishly needed to keep other classes in check
Term
How did the British government initially respond to liberal demands for the repeal of the Corn Laws?
Definition
1817- British government suspends peaceable assembly and habeas corpus
1819- Six Acts- put restrictions on press, outlawed mass meetings
Term
What was the Battle of Peterloo?
Definition
Enormous and orderly liberal protest at St. Peter's fields in Manchester, broken up by the armed cavalry
Term
What were liberal political demands in Britain in the 1820s? (5)
Definition
1) Reform of town government
2) New police force (Bobbies)
3) Reform of Poor Laws
4) Rights to religious minorities
5) New voting districts based on population (would give central/northern England more voting power) and vote to middle class
Term
What makes the House of Lords finally give in to liberal demands in 1832? What reforms are passed? (3)
Definition
Whig Party and King: propose liberal reform bills in the interest of the new wealthy m.c., House of Lords and Tories give in

1) House of Commons' power rises
2) New representation in Commons for industrial areas
3) % of adult males voting: 8% to 12%
Term
What do the Chartists demand in Britain in 1838? Do their demands lead to reform?
Definition
Universal male suffrage (democracy)

No, they are rejected thrice by Parliament
Term
What convinces Parliament to repeal the Corn Laws in 1846? What reform is passed?
Definition
Tory Robert Peel, Tory minority, and Whigs respond to mass popular revolts and threat of famine (Ireland 1845) and repeat the Corn Laws
Free trade- no tariffs in Britain
Term
What is the Ten Hours Act of 1847 and why do the Tories implement it?
Definition
Limit workday in factories to 10 hrs.
Aristocrats' support of w.c.: competition for support of w.c. with middle class
Term
Who controlled the land in Ireland in the 18th and 19th c. and who worked it?
Definition
Anglican landlords- worked by Irish Catholic peasants
Term
Why did the population grow so quickly in the 18th and early 19th c. in Ireland? (3)
Definition
1) Extensive cultivation of potato
2) Early marriage
3) Landlord exploitation of peasants
Term
Why did British relief efforts in Ireland after the Great Famine fail? (2)
Definition
1) Slow to act, laissez-faire ideology
2) Landlords demanded taxes and quickly evicted those who could not pay
Term
What were the results of the Great Famine in Ireland? (3)
Definition
1) 1.5 million dead, 1 million migrate
2) Only country w/ 19th c. decline in population: late marriage, migration, celibacy
3) Irish nationalism, anti-British feeling
Term
What are the conditions of Louis XVIII's (r. 1815-1824) Constitutional Charter of 1814? (4)
Definition
Liberal conditions
1) Economic and social rights --> m.c. and peasantry
2) Intellectual and artistic freedoms
3) Parliament created
4) Suffrage to 100,000 "notable people"
Term
In 1830, the French conquer _____. Why?
Definition
Algeria
rally French nationalism, gain popular support
Term
What is the immediate cause of the Revolution of 1830 in France? How long does it last and who is involved in the revolt?
Definition
Repudiation of the Constitutional Charter
"Three Glorious Days"
Middle-class and working-class take down government, Charles X flees
Term
What was Charles X's (r. 1824-1830) main political goal?
Definition
Re-establish old regime
Term
What are the results of the Revolution of 1830 in France? (5)
Definition
1) Louis Philippe (Orleans) to throne
2) Constitutional Charter restored
3) Slight but insignificant extension of suffrage
4) Wealthy elite tighten control: bourgeoisie monarchy
5) Disappoints reformers: republicans, democrats, socialists, and also disappoints the poor
Term
What were three common causes for the Revolutions of 1848?
Definition
1) Economic hardship
2) Ideologies of change
3) Romantic impulse
Term
Describe the general progression of the Revolutions of 1848.
Definition
Overthrow of old order, initial agreement undermined, resurgence of old order
Term
Why did the Revolutions of 1848 fail, in general? (2)
Definition
1) Ideological divisions among Revolutionaries
2) Powerful armies of old order
Term
Why were people unhappy with Louis Philippe's monarchy? (3)
Definition
1) Political stubbornness and inaction
2) Political corruption
3) Economic hardship
Term
In [mo., yr.], barricades went up in Paris and Louis Philippe abdicated.
Definition
Feb. 1848
Term
After Louis Philippe abdicates, the common people proclaim a ______, led by ______.
Definition
Provisional republic
10 man executive
Term
What are the initial decisions made by the First French Republic? (4)
Definition
1) Universal male suffrage
2) All slaves freed
3) Death penalty abolished
4) 10 hour workday in Paris
Term
What divisions emerged in France's 1848 revolutionary government? What issues divided them?
Definition
MODERATE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS
Temp. relief workshops
Economic liberalism
RADICAL SOCIALIST REPUBLICANS
Right to work (bad compromise: ntl workshops)
Unions
Term
Who do the French people elect to the Constituent Assembly in April 1848?
Definition
mix of politicians with different ideologies, but most are moderates
Term
Who was a moderate republican who predicted the overthrow of Louis Philippe and stated the significance of the socialists in the Revolutions of 1848?
Definition
Alexis de Tocqueville
Term
What events lead to the violence of the "June Days" and the end of the revolution?
Definition
May: W.C. tries to stage a coup and fails, put down by National Guard (made up of peasants)
June: National workshops closed
Term
Who was elected by the Constituent Assembly after the republican government defeated the working class June 1848 revolts?
Definition
Louis Napoleon (nephew of Napoleon I)
Term
What were initial demands of Hungarian nationalists in 1848? (3)
Definition
1) National autonomy
2) Full civil liberties
3) Universal suffrage
Term
Groups especially involved with revolts in Austria in early 1848 were _____ and _____.
Definition
Students
Peasants
Term
What is the result of initial protests in Austria in March 1848?
Definition
Ferdinand I capitulates and promises a liberal constitution, Metternich flees
Term
What divisions emerge in 1848 revolutionary Austria?
Definition
Peasants- no more serfdom, they lose interest

MIDDLE CLASS vs. WORKING CLASS
econ. liberalism vs. socialism
propertied suffrage vs. universal suffrage

NATIONALISTS vs. MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS
unification vs. cultural and political independence
Term
Who is responsible for the successful reactionary movement in June 1848 in Austria?
Definition
Archduchess Sophia, her son Francis Joseph to throne with support of aristocrats
Term
How do military forces crush revolutionary forces in 1848 in Prague, Vienna, and Hungary?
Definition
Prague (Jun), Vienna (Oct): Austrian army successfully subdues and controls

Hungary: Russians under Nicholas I conquer and control (Jun 1849)
Term
What are the goals of liberals in 1848 Prussia? (2)
Definition
1) liberal reforms
2) Unite German Confederation
Term
What did Frederick-William IV concede to Prussian liberals in March 1848?
Definition
Moderate constitutional liberalism and a promise to unite Germany
Term
What divisions emerge between revolutionaries in 1848 Prussia?
Definition
MIDDLE CLASS vs. WORKING CLASS
moderate liberalism vs. democracy and socialism
Term
In May 1848, the Frankfurt National Assembly meets to _____.
Definition
draft a constitution for new German state
Term
Why did Frederick-William IV reject the constitution of the Frankfurt Assembly? Why did Germany fail to unite?
Definition
Reaction triumphed everywhere, royal authority reasserted w. conservative constitution. refused "crown from gutter"

Revolutionaries too slow and unassertive, reaction too strong to unite Germany under Prussian absolutism because it would violate balance of power
Term
The Frankfurt Assembly in part failed because of preoccupation with a territorial issue in _____ that slowed their progress.
Definition
Denmark
Term
By [mo., yr.], the Frankfurt Assembly finished their constitution.
Definition
March 1849
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