ch 20 Flashcards
What is Concert of europe?
– a series of diplomatic agreements, designed by Austrian minister Klemens von mettermich, to maintain a balance on the continent to prevent destabilizing on social and political change
What is monroe doctrine?
the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
Who initiated the Decembrist Revolt of 1825?
Tsar Alexander I and a group of army officers
What did the Greeks hope to achieve in the Greek war of independence (1821–1827)?
They hoped to expand their commercial networks in the eastern Mediterranean
Who painted Liberty Leading the People?
Eugene Delacroix
What was the most significant example of middle-class power in nineteenth-century Britain?
The corn laws in 1846 protected British landowners and farmers from foreign competition by establishing tariffs for imports and keeping bread prices high
What did the Reform Bill of 1832 accomplish?
It eliminated the rotten boroughs and reallocated 143 parliamentary seats, mostly from the rural south to the industrial north
Where did the slave revolt that forced French revolutionaries to contend with the contradictions of revolutionary policy occur?
Haitian Revolution
The story of ________ told of the horrors of slave ships and became immensely popular among audiences sympathetic to the plight of slaves.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
What was the last country to abolish slavery?
brazil
The basis of nineteenth-century conservatism was a belief in political stability, which the conservatives thought would be guaranteed by which political system?
The monarchy and that the nobility were the rightful leaders of the nation.
The writings of which seventeenth-century political philosopher formed the basis for English liberalism?
john locke
Which system of thought was in large measure a response to the visible problems ushered in by industrialization?
Socialism
Who was the father of modern socialism?
Karl Marx
Briefly describe what types of qualities were stressed by Romanticism.
It stressed emotion, freedom, and imagination. R Artists prized intense individual experiences and considered intuition and emotion to be better guides to truth and human happiness than reason and logic
