unit 5

Question 1

age of isms

Answer 1

emergence of new, popular ideologies such as liberalism, romanticism, nationalism, conservatism, socialism, and zionism transformed the way people viewed their society.

Question 2

enlightenment ideas

Answer 2

freedom, constitutional government, natural rights, and free-market economics set the stage for popular revolutions around the world.

Question 3

The American Revolution (1775-1783)

Answer 3

Americans declared independence from GB on July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence; after the Revolutionary War the United States of America was created.

Question 4

US constitution (1789)

Answer 4

written plan for gov’t; replaces the weak Articles of Confederation

Question 5

American Founding Fathers

Answer 5

embody several Enlightenment ideals - write those into the new Nation’s government (Bill of Rights, three branches of government).

Question 6

The French Revolution, 1789-1815

Answer 6

Influenced by the American Independence Movement, the French people, led by the Third Estate, ignited a revolution that would transform French society as well as reshape the political landscape of Europe…The French Revolution is divided into Four Phases, *FR spreads nationalism and liberalism across Europe (“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”)

Question 7

National Assembly, 1789-1793

Answer 7

first phase of FR, moderate period of reform

Question 8

Reign of Terror, 1793-1794

Answer 8

second phase of FR, radical phase, many people sent to guillotine for “treason”
(King Louis XVI killed in January, 1793; Queen Marie Antoinette killed in October, 1793)

Question 9

The Directory, 1795-1799

Answer 9

third phase of FR, reactionary phase, restored order and appointed Corsican general, Napoleon Bonaparte, as a director and First Consul of France

Question 10

Age of Napoleon, 1799-1815

Answer 10

fourth phase of FR, France became an empire under Napoleon; Napoleon institutes a number of popular reforms