Western Civ: Nineteenth Century test

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The first congress under the congress system met in 1818 in

Aix-la-Chapelle

All of the following were goals embraced by the congress depicted here excpet

An acknowledgement of nationalist ambitions by some European people groups

What contributed to the rise of the new labor system in England that Andrew Ure referenced?

Available supply of natural materials like coal or iron ore

What is an example of a European government's application of Mill's ideas about governance

Britain's Great Reform Act of 1832

What principle most dominated the conference depicted in this image? (The Congress, 1814-15)

Conservatism

In his work _______, Jean-Jacques Rousseau laid out how to live a good life without being adversely influenced by society

Emile

In addition to his ideas in this passage, what other cause did John Stuart Mill support in the nineteenth century?

Enfranchisement of women

Who was most likely to provide the capital needed for this system of labor and production?

Factory owner

Which nineteenth century writer disagreed with Andrew Ure's description of labor

Friedrich Engles

The single largest free-trade area in Europe during the eighteenth century was

Great Britian

Who wrote the Critique of Pure Reason?

Immanuel Kant

______ developed the steam engine

James Watt

What nineteenth century ideology is reflected in this selection? (J.S. Mill, On Liberty)

Liberalism

What type of production became obsolete as a result of technological changes like the one in this image?

The "putting out" or domestic system

What event brought an end to the era inaugurated by the event shown here (the Congress of Vienna)?

The Revolutions of 1848

Which statement would most likely be embraced by S. T. Coleridge?

The artist's imagination is God at work in the mind

What idea associated with the Romantic movement of the nineteenth century did Caspar Friedrich demonstrate in the Polar Sea?

The power of nature is much greater than the influence of mankind

What other mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century development came alongside improvements in productivity

The social standing of women declined

The first practical engine using steam power was invented by

Thomas Newcomen

As a political outlook, nationalism was and is based on the relatively modern concept that a nation is composed of people who are joined together by

a common language, customs, culture, and history

Cities grew due to industrialization and

agricultural improvements

In the years between 1600 and 1750, the cities that grew most vigorously were ________.

capitals and ports

Architectural tastes during the Romantic period led to the restoration of many medieval _______

cathedrals

Prince Klemens von Metternich is remembered as a

conservative statesman

A significant difficulty for nationalism was, and is

determining which ethnic groups could be considered nations

In his "iron law of wages," David Ricardo posited that as wages increased, workers would

have more children

The Sorrows of Young Werther is quintessentially romantic in being

highly emotional

The term "Concert of Europe" refers to

informal arrangement among major European powers for resolving mutual foreign policy issues

Early nineteenth century nationalism directly opposed the principle upheld at the Congress of Vienna that

legitimate monarchies or dynasties, rather than ethnicity, provide the basis for political unity

What correctly identifies the major pillars of nineteenth century conservatism?

legitimate monarchies, landed aristocracies, and established churches

Romantics were drawn to the art, literature, and architecture of ________.

medieval Europe

The single most powerful European political ideology proved to be ___

nationalism

Romantic artists shared a belief in the power of the sublime, or

nature's power to evoke strong emotions

According to Rousseau, parents should provide children with

only the basic necessities and care

The main sites of textile production in the eighteenth century were

peasant homes

Most ____ is made from iron

productive machinery

The steam engine was revolutionary because it

provided a virtually unlimited source of power

Religious developments in Continental Europe during the Eighteenth century were largely a

reaction against the religious ideas of the Enlightenment and French Revolution

Under the congress system, France was

readmitted to good standing among European nations

The thing that made Lyrical Ballads unique is that it ______

rejected the rules of eighteenth century criticism

Immanuel Kant argued that human perception is as much a product of the mind's activity as of

sensory experience

Factory production of purely cotton fabric was made possible by the invention of the ___

spinning jenny

Thomas Malthus predicted that the working class would

suffer from overpopulation and lack of food

A major impediment to an alliance between liberals and workers was liberals'

support for a free market

The machine depicted here (?) resulted in major changes in

textile manufacturing

The romantics generally opposed the ideas of

the Enlightenment

"Ode on Intimations of Immortality" reflects Romanticism's tendency to believe that

the individual's experience is of utmost importance

What common element of Romanticism do Freidrich's and Wordsworth's two artistic pieces reflect?

the power and attraction of nature

The characters in romantic novels were

treated as symbols of a larger truth of life

The bourgeoisie was the ________ class

urban middle

Nineteenth century liberals delivered their political ideas from the

writers of the enlightenment

Nineteenth century liberals would most likely be associated with

written constitutions


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