Euro Ch 21 Test

The Frankfurt Assembly of 1848-1849

Accomplished nothing at all.

Following the death of Alexander I in 1825, Russian society under Nicholas I became

A police state, as the czar feared both internal and external revolutionary upheavals.

The most important factor in preventing the European overthrow of the newly independent nations of Latin America was

British naval power.

The growing forces of liberalism and nationalism in central Europe were exemplified by the

Burschenschaften, the student societies of Germany.

The foreign minister and diplomat who dominated the Congress of Vienna was

Klemens von Metternich

Which of the following were major themes/subjects of Romantic artists?

Landscapes and depictions of nature.

J.S. Mill's On the Subjection of Women stated that

Men and women did not possess different natures.

The Romantic movement can be viewed as a(n)

Reaction against the Enlightenment's preoccupation with reason.

By 1815, following the Congress of Vienna, the Italian peninsula

Remained divided into several states subject to the domination of other European powers.

The Polish national uprising of 1830 was crushed by

Russia.

The man long regarded as the George Washington of Latin America is

Simón Bolívar

Which one of the following brought an end to the Federalist party in the United States?

The War of 1812, which Federalists had opposed.

Religion in the age of Romanticism experienced

A Catholic revival especially in Germany.

The revolution of 1848 in France ultimately resulted in

A new French empire under Louis Napoleon.

Central to the liberal ideology in the nineteenth century was

An emphasis on individual freedom.

Louis Blanc's "national workshops" in France

Became little more than unemployment compensation units through public works projects.

Romanticism in art and music was well characterized by

Beethoven, whose compositions bridged the gap between Classicism and Romanticism.

The most successful nationalistic European revolution in 1830 was in

Belgium.

Klemens von Metternich

Believed European monarchs shared the common interest of stability.

King Louis-Phillipe of France

Cooperated with François Guizot and the Party of Resistance against the Party of Movement.

The Congress of Vienna

Created policies that would maintain the European balance of power.

The English Poor Law of 1834 was based on the theory that

If the conditions of provision for state welfare were intentionally made miserable, then the poor would be encouraged to find profitable employment.

The Karlsbad Decrees of 1819 did all of the following except

Dissolved several smaller German states.

The American romantic author of The Fall of the House of Usher was

Edgar Allan Poe

The author of Reflections on the Revolution in France and the founder of modern philosophical conservatism was

Edmund Burke

Mazzini's Risorgimento

Failed due to opposition of the French, the Austrians, and the pope.

In 1848, the Frankfurt Assembly

Failed in its attempt to create a united Germany.

Giuseppe Mazzini's nationalist organization, Young Italy,

Failed to achieve his goal of "resurgence" by 1849.

Professional civilian police forces known as serjents first appeared in 1829 in

France.

In architectural styles, the Romantics were particularly attracted to the

Gothic.

Which of the following statements best applies to Thomas Maccaulay's thoughts on reform in Britain?

He supported reforms as a means of prevent more radical revolutionary movements.

The primary driving force in the Revolutions of Belgium, Poland and Italy in 1830 was

Nationalism.

By 1824, which Latin American states had not become independent?

Panama

Charles Fourier advocated a system of cooperative communities called

Phalansteries

The most important form of literary expression for the romantics was

Poetry

At its most elementary Burkean level, conservatism

Sought to preserve the achievements of previous generations by subordinating individual rights to communal welfare.

Charles X was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution because he

Supported the interests of the aristocrats and Church.

France's representative at the Congress of Vienna was

Talleyrand

The literary model for early Romantics was

The Sorrows of the Young Werther, by Goethe.

Regular police forces and prison reform were geared toward

The creation of more disciplined and law-abiding societies.

The foremost social group embracing liberalism was made up by

The industrial middle class.

London's police were called "bobbies" because

The legislation to create them was introduced by Robert Peel.

All of the following were characteristics of Romanticism except

The rejection of the supernatural and unfamiliar.

The argument that population must be held in check for any progress to take place was popularized by

Thomas Malthus

Which one of the following was the English political party in power until 1830, the party that represented tradition?

Tories

The Romantic artist whose paintings were described as "airy visions, painted with tinted steam" was

Turner.

Metternich's "principle of legitimacy" was another term for

Unfettered monarchy.

The Reform Bill of 1832 in Britain primarily benefited the

Upper middle-class.

David Ricardo's iron law of wages stated that

Wages would stay low as workers bred more children.

The growing movement of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe

Was radical since it encouraged people to shift their political loyalty away from existing states and rulers.