Question 1

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Congress of Vienna

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna was a conference

Question 2

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
socialism

Accepted Answer

Socialism is a political, social, and ec

Question 3

Who wrote Prometheus Unbound ?

Accepted Answer

A) Percy Bysshe Shelley 
B) Lord Byron 
C) Mary Wollstonecraft 
D) William Wordsworth 
E) Edgar Allan Pole 
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley 
B) Lord Byron 
C) Mary Wollstonecraft 
D) William Wordsworth 
E) Edgar Allan Pole

Question 4

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Robert Owen

Accepted Answer

Robert Owen was a Welsh social reformer

Question 5

Which author is associated with Gothic literature?

Accepted Answer

A) Ralph Waldo Emerson 
B) Thomas Carlyle 
C) Edgar Allan Poe 
D) Herman Melville 
E) Henry David Thoreau 
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson 
B) Thomas Carlyle 
C) Edgar Allan Poe 
D) Herman Melville 
E) Henry David Thoreau

Question 6

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
classical economics

Accepted Answer

Classical economics is a school of thoug

Question 7

The Austrian Empire was an ethnically homogenous state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
France's July Revolution of 1830

Accepted Answer

The July Revolution of 1830, also known

Question 9

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
balance of power

Accepted Answer

The balance of power refers to a situati

Question 10

In 1848, the Frankfurt Assembly

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A) unanimously adopted a Grossdeutsch solution for the Germanies. 
B) succeeded in making Prussia's Frederick William IV president of a united Germany. 
C) failed in its attempt to create a united Germany. 
D) gained the support of Austria. 
E) declared its solidarity with revolutionary France. 
A) unanimously adopted a Grossdeutsch solution for the Germanies. 
B) succeeded in making Prussia's Frederick William IV president of a united Germany. 
C) failed in its attempt to create a united Germany. 
D) gained the support of Austria. 
E) declared its solidarity with revolutionary France.

Question 11

Who was the author of Reflections on the Revolution in France and the founder of modern philosophical conservatism?

Accepted Answer

A) Viscount Castlereigh 
B) William Pitt the Younger 
C) Horatio Nelson 
D) Edmund Burke 
E) Robert Owen 
A) Viscount Castlereigh 
B) William Pitt the Younger 
C) Horatio Nelson 
D) Edmund Burke 
E) Robert Owen

Question 12

Discuss the revolutions of 1848 in France, central Europe, and Italy. What caused them? What did they achieve initially? Why did the revolutionary forces fail? What were the long-term achievements of the revolutions?

Accepted Answer

The revolutions of 1848 were a series of

Question 13

Did the goals of the Congress of Vienna attempt to reassert old traditions or to create a new idea of order for Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna, which took place

Question 14

Which revolutionary led the movement for Italian unification?

Accepted Answer

A) Edmund Burke 
B) Giuseppe Mazzini 
C) Cristina Belgioioso. 
D) Nicholas I 
E) Louis-Philippe 
A) Edmund Burke 
B) Giuseppe Mazzini 
C) Cristina Belgioioso. 
D) Nicholas I 
E) Louis-Philippe

Question 15

After the Congress of Vienna, Italy

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A) was entirely unified as a single country. 
B) had been divided into nine states, subject to the domination of other European powers. 
C) was divided into two states, one in the north and the other in the south. 
D) was annexed by Austria, a move confirmed by the Congress. 
E) sank into complete anarchy and chaos. 
A) was entirely unified as a single country. 
B) had been divided into nine states, subject to the domination of other European powers. 
C) was divided into two states, one in the north and the other in the south. 
D) was annexed by Austria, a move confirmed by the Congress. 
E) sank into complete anarchy and chaos.

Question 16

Great Britain, Russia, France, Prussia and __________ met periodically in conferences known as the Concert of Europe to discuss common interests.

Accepted Answer

A) Austria 
B) Spain 
C) Italy 
D) Greece 
E) Belgium 
A) Austria 
B) Spain 
C) Italy 
D) Greece 
E) Belgium

Question 17

In which of these 1830 revolutions did liberalism play the primary role?

Accepted Answer

A) The revolution in Spain 
B) The revolution in Belgium 
C) The revolution in France 
D) The revolution in Poland 
E) The revolution in Italy 
A) The revolution in Spain 
B) The revolution in Belgium 
C) The revolution in France 
D) The revolution in Poland 
E) The revolution in Italy

Question 18

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Greek Revolt

Accepted Answer

The Greek Revolt, also known as the Gree

Question 19

Compare and contrast the core of ideas of the Enlightenment and the Romantic movement.

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment and the Romantic movem

Question 20

The growing forces of liberalism and nationalism in central Europe were exemplified by the

Accepted Answer

A) increased liberal reforms of Frederick William III of Prussia between 1815 and 1840. 
B) national affinity and unity felt by the many Austrian ethnic groups under Frederick II. 
C) liberal constitutions of the states of the German Confederation. 
D) Burschenschaften , the student societies of Germany. 
E) the enlightened leadership of central European political elites. 
A) increased liberal reforms of Frederick William III of Prussia between 1815 and 1840. 
B) national affinity and unity felt by the many Austrian ethnic groups under Frederick II. 
C) liberal constitutions of the states of the German Confederation. 
D) Burschenschaften , the student societies of Germany. 
E) the enlightened leadership of central European political elites.

Exam 21: Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Congress of Vienna

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. socialism

Who wrote Prometheus Unbound ?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Robert Owen

Which author is associated with Gothic literature?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. classical economics

The Austrian Empire was an ethnically homogenous state.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. France's July Revolution of 1830

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. balance of power

In 1848, the Frankfurt Assembly

Who was the author of Reflections on the Revolution in France and the founder of modern philosophical conservatism?

Discuss the revolutions of 1848 in France, central Europe, and Italy. What caused them? What did they achieve initially? Why did the revolutionary forces fail? What were the long-term achievements of the revolutions?

Did the goals of the Congress of Vienna attempt to reassert old traditions or to create a new idea of order for Europe?

Which revolutionary led the movement for Italian unification?

After the Congress of Vienna, Italy

Great Britain, Russia, France, Prussia and __________ met periodically in conferences known as the Concert of Europe to discuss common interests.

In which of these 1830 revolutions did liberalism play the primary role?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Greek Revolt

Compare and contrast the core of ideas of the Enlightenment and the Romantic movement.

The growing forces of liberalism and nationalism in central Europe were exemplified by the

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