Semester 2 Final Flashcards
Industrial capitalism
Economic system based on industrial production.
Socialism
System in which society, usually in the form of a government, owns and controls some means of production; factories and utilities.
The congress of Vienna
(September 1814) brought in order to arrange a final peace settlement. Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
Klemens von Metternich
Leader of congress of Vienna; Austrian foreign minister.
Principle of legitimacy
[Metternich] meant that lawful monarchs from the royal families that had ruled before Napoleon would be restored to their positions of power in order to keep peace and stability in Europe.
Conservatism
Based on tradition and social stability.
Principle of intervention
According to the principle of the great powers have the right to send armies to countries were there revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to their thrones.
Liberalism
A political philosophy based largely on Enlightenment principles, held that people should be as free as possible from government restraint.
Nationalism
The unique cultural identity of a people based on a common language, religion, national symbols.
Militarism
Reliance on military strength.
Otto von Bismarck
New prime minister of the Prussian army.
Realpolitik
“Politics of reality”
Kaiser
Emperor
Plebiscite
Popular vote
Emancipation
Edict the freed the serfs
Abolitionism
A movement to end slavery
Secede
Withdraw
Romanticism
Emerged as a reaction to the ideas of the enlightenment.
Secularization
Indifference or rejection of religion or religious consideration
Organic evolution
The basic idea that each kind of plant animal had evolved over a long period of time from earlier and simpler forms of life
Natural selection
“Some organisms are more adaptable to the environment than others”
Realism
A movement in the literary and visual arts.
Bourgeoisie
The middle class; the oppressors
Proletariat
The working class; the oppressed
