Chapter 8 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Germany was built primarily upon the strength of what country?
Prussia
1830 and 1848 were known for what events in Europe?
Revolutions
In 1861, what important event occurrd in Russia?
Alexander II abolished serfdom (Edict of Emancipation)
In what year did Mexico gain independence?
1821
Louis Daguerre and others ushered in what totally new art form?
photography
realism [?]
Nationalism helped break up what 400-year-old empire?
czar (russian) empire
The Franco-Prussian War resulted in the creation of what modern country?
Germany
The industrial revolution turned artists away from romanticism to what new style?
realism
What Gothic novel was written by Mary Shelley?
Frankenstein
What relation was Louis-Napoleon to the famous emperor?
nephew
what revolutionary art style first shocked the Parisians in the 1860s?
impressionism
What was the term for a Spanish colonial born in Spain?
peninsulares
What was the term for a Spanish colonial born in the New World?
creoles
Which modern country came finally into existence in 1870?
Germany
Which political force favored drastic change?
radicals
Which political force favored monarchies?
Conservatives
Which political force favored parliament and limited democracies?
liberals
Which political force was made up mainly of the middle class?
liberals
Which political force was made up mainly of the wealthy?
conservatives
Who sought independence from the Ottoman Turks?
Greeks
Who was the ex-slave who led Haitian independence?
Toussaint L’Overture
Who was the military officer who led Argentinian and Chilean independence
Jose de San Martin
Who was the most famous romantic composer?
Beethoven
Who was the priest who led Mexican Independence
Miguel Hidalgo
