Question 1

Who warned the French Chamber of Deputies that by not responding to the working class, they were "sleeping on a volcano"?

Accepted Answer

A) Blanc 
B) Lamartine 
C) de Tocqueville 
D) Cavaignac 
E) Blanqui 
A) Blanc 
B) Lamartine 
C) de Tocqueville 
D) Cavaignac 
E) Blanqui C

Question 2

Liberal gains due to the revolutions of 1848 include

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A) universal manhood suffrage in France. 
B) abolition of serfdom in Austria. 
C) establishment of parliaments in Prussia and other German states. 
D) adoption of elements of the liberal agenda by conservatives who held on to power. 
E) all of the above 
A) universal manhood suffrage in France. 
B) abolition of serfdom in Austria. 
C) establishment of parliaments in Prussia and other German states. 
D) adoption of elements of the liberal agenda by conservatives who held on to power. 
E) all of the above E

Question 3

What sparked the Revolution of 1830 in France?

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A) Louis XVIII died. 
B) Charles X invalidated an election, changed the election laws, and censored the press. 
C) The revolutions in Belgium and Poland ignited revolutionary fervor in France. 
D) Without warning, Charles X abdicated and retired to the south of France. 
E) Industrialization drove the urban working class to revolt. 
A) Louis XVIII died. 
B) Charles X invalidated an election, changed the election laws, and censored the press. 
C) The revolutions in Belgium and Poland ignited revolutionary fervor in France. 
D) Without warning, Charles X abdicated and retired to the south of France. 
E) Industrialization drove the urban working class to revolt. B

Question 4

All of the following experienced at least one revolution in the 1820s. The only revolution to succeed was in

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A) Spain. 
B) southern Italy. 
C) Greece. 
D) Russia. 
E) northern Italy. 
A) Spain. 
B) southern Italy. 
C) Greece. 
D) Russia. 
E) northern Italy.

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 democratic idealists

Accepted Answer

Democratic idealists are individuals or

Question 6

The "Five Glorious Days" occurred when

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A) the people of Milan successfully expelled the Austrians in March 1848. 
B) revolutionaries established "a pure democracy with the glorious name of the Roman Republic." 
C) Louis Napoleon and the French regained the city of Rome for the Pope. 
D) Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia expelled the Austrians from Lombardy and Venetia. 
E) revolutionaries in Naples forced the king to grant the country a liberal constitution. 
A) the people of Milan successfully expelled the Austrians in March 1848. 
B) revolutionaries established "a pure democracy with the glorious name of the Roman Republic." 
C) Louis Napoleon and the French regained the city of Rome for the Pope. 
D) Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia expelled the Austrians from Lombardy and Venetia. 
E) revolutionaries in Naples forced the king to grant the country a liberal constitution.

Question 7

The bulk of the population in the Hapsburg Empire was

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A) of mixed ethnic background. 
B) Slavic. 
C) Hungarian. 
D) German. 
E) Romance. 
A) of mixed ethnic background. 
B) Slavic. 
C) Hungarian. 
D) German. 
E) Romance.

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Congress of Vienna

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna was a conference

Question 9

The Reform Bill of 1832

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A) increased the number of voters in Britain to about two million. 
B) was supported from its formulation by the House of Lords. 
C) gave the vote for the first time to workers. 
D) may have helped to avert revolution in Britain. 
E) all of the above 
A) increased the number of voters in Britain to about two million. 
B) was supported from its formulation by the House of Lords. 
C) gave the vote for the first time to workers. 
D) may have helped to avert revolution in Britain. 
E) all of the above

Question 10

Who was the minister in Louis Philippe's government who declared "Get rich, then you can vote" when criticized about the narrow franchise?

Accepted Answer

A) Lamartine 
B) Guizot 
C) Ledru-Rollin 
D) Michelet 
E) Michelin 
A) Lamartine 
B) Guizot 
C) Ledru-Rollin 
D) Michelet 
E) Michelin

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How does the Hungarian revolution of 1848 illustrate both the great-mindedness and the small-mindedness of the champions of nationalism?

Accepted Answer

The Hungarian revolution of 1848 serves

Question 12

During the revolutions of 1848-1849, Hungarian liberalism was accompanied by

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A) economic interests. 
B) an intense sense of superiority over non-Hungarians in Hungary. 
C) religious interests. 
D) loyalty to the Hapsburg dynasty. 
E) none of the above 
A) economic interests. 
B) an intense sense of superiority over non-Hungarians in Hungary. 
C) religious interests. 
D) loyalty to the Hapsburg dynasty. 
E) none of the above

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Chartists

Accepted Answer

Chartists were a social and political mo

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Congress of Vienna?

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A) a balance of powers that lasted until the 1870s 
B) the avoidance of a major European war for about a hundred years 
C) growing pressure to satisfy the national aspirations of a number of European people denied statehood 
D) the disarming and isolation of France 
E) subordination of the interests of smaller states for the sake of peace among the Great Powers 
A) a balance of powers that lasted until the 1870s 
B) the avoidance of a major European war for about a hundred years 
C) growing pressure to satisfy the national aspirations of a number of European people denied statehood 
D) the disarming and isolation of France 
E) subordination of the interests of smaller states for the sake of peace among the Great Powers

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How realistic was Metternich's "dissolution complex"? Explain your position using at least two examples to support your conclusion.

Accepted Answer

Metternich's "dissolution complex" refer

Question 16

Which of the following social groups participated in the February Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) the laboring poor hurt by poor harvests and unemployment 
B) artisans who had manned the barricades in 1830 and favored a democratic republic 
C) professionals and small tradesmen not wealthy enough to vote 
D) intellectuals and nationalists 
E) all of the above 
A) the laboring poor hurt by poor harvests and unemployment 
B) artisans who had manned the barricades in 1830 and favored a democratic republic 
C) professionals and small tradesmen not wealthy enough to vote 
D) intellectuals and nationalists 
E) all of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is the best assessment of the Chartist movement?

Accepted Answer

A) It failed. 
B) Although it did not accomplish its goals, the Chartist movement did pacify the restive working class. 
C) Some of the Chartist demands were eventually met. 
D) The movement died out just as most of Europe erupted in revolution. 
E) All Chartist demands were met by 1848. 
A) It failed. 
B) Although it did not accomplish its goals, the Chartist movement did pacify the restive working class. 
C) Some of the Chartist demands were eventually met. 
D) The movement died out just as most of Europe erupted in revolution. 
E) All Chartist demands were met by 1848.

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 universal manhood suffrage

Accepted Answer

Universal manhood suffrage refers to the

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were the main political problems that England faced in the first half of the nineteenth century? How did the government respond to these tensions?

Accepted Answer

In the first half of the nineteenth cent

Question 20

Which of the following sought to create a European community based on Christian teachings and aroused distrust among other diplomats at the Congress of Vienna?

Accepted Answer

A) Alexander I 
B) Talleyrand 
C) Castlereagh 
D) Metternich 
E) Hardenberg 
A) Alexander I 
B) Talleyrand 
C) Castlereagh 
D) Metternich 
E) Hardenberg

Exam 22: Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Who warned the French Chamber of Deputies that by not responding to the working class, they were "sleeping on a volcano"?

Liberal gains due to the revolutions of 1848 include

What sparked the Revolution of 1830 in France?

All of the following experienced at least one revolution in the 1820s. The only revolution to succeed was in

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? democratic idealists

The "Five Glorious Days" occurred when

The bulk of the population in the Hapsburg Empire was

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Congress of Vienna

The Reform Bill of 1832

Who was the minister in Louis Philippe's government who declared "Get rich, then you can vote" when criticized about the narrow franchise?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How does the Hungarian revolution of 1848 illustrate both the great-mindedness and the small-mindedness of the champions of nationalism?

During the revolutions of 1848-1849, Hungarian liberalism was accompanied by

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Chartists

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Congress of Vienna?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How realistic was Metternich's "dissolution complex"? Explain your position using at least two examples to support your conclusion.

Which of the following social groups participated in the February Revolution?

Which of the following is the best assessment of the Chartist movement?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? universal manhood suffrage

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were the main political problems that England faced in the first half of the nineteenth century? How did the government respond to these tensions?

Which of the following sought to create a European community based on Christian teachings and aroused distrust among other diplomats at the Congress of Vienna?

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The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

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Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

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The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

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The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

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Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

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World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

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