Ch22 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Positivism
1850s - 1860s
Darwinism become influential
1850s - 1860s
Realism in the arts
1850s - 1870s
Crimean War
1853 - 1856
British-led forces suppress Indian Rebellion
1857
Victor Emmanuel declared king of a unified Italy
1861
Abolition of serfdom in Russia
1861
US Civil War
1861 - 1865
Second Reform Bill in England
1867
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
1867
Meiji Restorations begins in Japan
1868
Suez Canal opens
1869
Women’s colleges are founded at Cambridge University
1869 - 1871
Franco-Prussian War
1870 - 1871
German Empire is proclaimed at Versailles
1871
Self-governing Paris Commune is established
1871
Which year the Crimean War took place ?
1853 - 1856
Which year Victor Emmanuel declared king of a united Italy?
1861
Which year and at which place the German Empire was declared ?
January 1871, Palace of Versailles
Which event took place in the Austrian Empire in 1867?
Austro-Hungarian compromise: under this compromise, the lands of the House of Habsburg were reorganized as a real union between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary
Realpolitik
Policies developed after the revolutions of 1848 and initially associated with nation building
mir
Village commune where the serfs lived and worked collectively in order to meet redemption payments to the government.
nation-state
An independent political unit representing a united people.
Otto von Bismarck
Leading Prussian politician and German prime
minister
Waged war to create a united German Empire