Unit 11 Flashcards
time after the defeat of Napoleon when conservatives restored many of the monarchies that were overthrown during the French Revolutionary period (1789-1815)
Restoration Europe
established the conservative European diplomatic system that would dominate the Restoration period (1815-1848)
Congress of Vienna
International equilibrium of political and military power that would discourage future aggression
balance of power
French dynasty
Bourbons
weak association of German states dominated by Prussia and Austria
German Confederation
Austrian Foreign Minister whose Congress system dominated the period from 1815-1850
Prince Klemens von Metternich
political ideology that believes in maintaining status quo; it dominated the period 1815-1850
Conservatism
agreement between Prussian, Austria, and Russia that vowed to crush forces of change wherever they popped up
Holy Alliance
laws that instituted university censorship in German Confederation
Karlsbad Decrees
held in response to revolutions in Spain and Kingdom of Two Sicilies; declared intervention by conservative powers
Troppau Conference
Political ideology that believed in ideas of the EARLY French Revolution
liberalism
economic idea that government should interfere in the economy minimally
laissez faire
Idea that a group has its own identity that unites it and that should result in autonomy
nationalism
nationalism based on language, religion, history, or “race”
cultural nationalism
nationalism based on a set of common ideas
civic nationalism
19th century movement that sought to overcome income inequality by appealing to middle class and state to help poor
Utopian socialism
19th century movement that sought to overcome income inequality by fomenting revolution of poor against middle class and state
Marxian socialism
believed “parasites” (court, aristocracy) should give way to “doers” (engineers, scientists)and that all institutions should aim to help poor
Count Henri de Saint Simon
German intellectual who believed a revolution of the proletariat would overthrow exploitation by bourgeois middle class
Karl Marx
outlined dialectical materialism and called on workers of the world to unite against the middle class; published in 1848
The Communist Manifesto
term for wealthy middle class
bourgeoisie
term for working class
proletariat
19th century cultural revolt against classicism and the Enlightenment
Romanticism
leader of Greek revolt against Ottoman Turks
Alexander Ypsilanti
