1815-1847 Flashcards
How did Wartburg show disorganisation of Nationalism?
Karl Ludwig Sand murdered Kotzebue. Led to the Carlsbad Decrees 1819.
Did not suggest an alternative political system.
What did Wartburg show in terms of demographics and aims?
- Demographics: middle class educated movement that was not popular - 500 students.
- Aims: Replacement of Bund (burning of political effigies and documents).
How did Wartburg contribute to culture and how did this effect demographics?
Period of Romanticism. Filling of cultural well.
Carlsbad Decrees made Nationalism illegal so it could not be a popular movement.
How did the Vienna Final Act show the dominance of Austria?
Austria were given the power to forcefully intervene in any Bund member state to suppress any revolutionary act. Austria dominant over Bund.
What inspired the Hambach Festival 1832?
The Second French Revolution 1830.
Hambach 1832: the demographics remained the same.?
25000 people. But most were business opportunists in times of financial hardship shown by mc nature of Frankfurt Assembly. Had the same demographics, had to be literate mc to understand invitations and speeches. Demographics diversifying due to different interpretations of Liberalism.
How would you argue that Hambach was more organised than Wartburg?
Invitations
Alternative suggestions made for Bund.
How would you argue that Hambach showed disunity ? How was this anti establishment?
Radical Nationalist students attempted to take the Diet building in Frankfurt. Disorganised as Nationalism unable to restrain extremists.
Anti establishment as replace Bund by force.
In what year was the Prussian Zollverein introduced?
1834
Rhine crisis: how did it show temporary unity and proestablishmentarianism?
Unity: cohesive movement against the French threat.
Pro-establishment: protect Bund against France.
How did the amount of rail due to the Zollverein change between 1840 and 1848?
1840: 469 km of rail
1848: 5000 km of rail
By 1842, how many of the 39 Bund states had joined the Zollverein?
28
How did the Zollverein effect the demographics of Nationalism?
Created businessman Nationalists! Widened demographics in mc.
What in 1846 showed that Nationalism was still a cultural movement?
The First Pan-German Learned Congress took place in Frankfurt to celebrate German intellectual and cultural heritage.
What in 1847 shows that literacy rates were growing due to the economic context?
Deutsche Zeitung. Economic context facilitated the spread of ideas and supported the growth of the media/literacy rates.
