Question 1

Romanticism as an ideology and a mood embraced emotionality but avoided individualism, playing more to notions of collectivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joseph de Maistre and conservatism

Accepted Answer

Joseph de Maistre was a prominent figure

Question 3

By 1815, following the Congress of Vienna, the Italian peninsula

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A)  was entirely unified as a single country. 
B)  remained divided into several states subject to the domination of other European powers. 
C)  had been devastated by the last campaigns of Napoleon. 
D)  had been completely annexed by Austria, a move confirmed by the Congress. 
E)  sunk into complete anarchy and chaos. 
A)  was entirely unified as a single country. 
B)  remained divided into several states subject to the domination of other European powers. 
C)  had been devastated by the last campaigns of Napoleon. 
D)  had been completely annexed by Austria, a move confirmed by the Congress. 
E)  sunk into complete anarchy and chaos.

Question 4

The Reform Bill of 1832 in Britain primarily benefited the

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A)  landed aristocracy. 
B)  peasants. 
C)  working class. 
D)  clergy. 
E)  upper middle-class. 
A)  landed aristocracy. 
B)  peasants. 
C)  working class. 
D)  clergy. 
E)  upper middle-class.

Question 5

King Louis-Philippe in France

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A)  did all he could to help the impoverished industrial workers. 
B)  cooperated with François Guizot and the Party of Resistance against the Party of Movement. 
C)  allowed for great reforms in the electoral system. 
D)  was the son of the former reactionary King Charles X. 
E)  died peacefully in France. 
A)  did all he could to help the impoverished industrial workers. 
B)  cooperated with François Guizot and the Party of Resistance against the Party of Movement. 
C)  allowed for great reforms in the electoral system. 
D)  was the son of the former reactionary King Charles X. 
E)  died peacefully in France.

Question 6

Following the death of Alexander I in 1825, Russian society under Nicholas I became

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A)  the most liberal of the European powers. 
B)  rapidly industrialized. 
C)  an industrial power after the abolition of serfdom. 
D)  increasingly influenced by ultra-conservative societies, such as the Northern Union. 
E)  a police state, as the czar feared both internal and external revolutionary upheavals. 
A)  the most liberal of the European powers. 
B)  rapidly industrialized. 
C)  an industrial power after the abolition of serfdom. 
D)  increasingly influenced by ultra-conservative societies, such as the Northern Union. 
E)  a police state, as the czar feared both internal and external revolutionary upheavals.

Question 7

The Polish national uprising of 1830 was crushed by

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A)  France. 
B)  Prussia. 
C)  Austria. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Britain. 
A)  France. 
B)  Prussia. 
C)  Austria. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Britain.

Question 8

The Frankfurt Assembly of 1848-1849

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A)  prevented a Communist revolution in Germany. 
B)  negotiated peace with France. 
C)  created Germany's first tariff union. 
D)  overthrew King Frederick William IV. 
E)  accomplished nothing at all. 
A)  prevented a Communist revolution in Germany. 
B)  negotiated peace with France. 
C)  created Germany's first tariff union. 
D)  overthrew King Frederick William IV. 
E)  accomplished nothing at all.

Question 9

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

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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.

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

Charles X was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution because he

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A)  got involved in one too many sordid scandals. 
B)  supported the interests of the aristocrats and Church. 
C)  was a victim of a vicious smear campaign by opponents. 
D)  refused to convert to the Catholic faith. 
E)  embezzled money meant to build churches. 
A)  got involved in one too many sordid scandals. 
B)  supported the interests of the aristocrats and Church. 
C)  was a victim of a vicious smear campaign by opponents. 
D)  refused to convert to the Catholic faith. 
E)  embezzled money meant to build churches.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Louis Kossuth

Accepted Answer

Louis Kossuth was a Hungarian lawyer, jo

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-revolutions of 1848

Accepted Answer

The revolutions of 1848, also known as t

Question 14

Professional civilian police forces known as serjents first appeared in 1829 in

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A)  Germany. 
B)  Russia. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Bavaria. 
E)  France. 
A)  Germany. 
B)  Russia. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Bavaria. 
E)  France.

Question 15

The man long regarded as the George Washington of Latin America is

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A)  José de San Martín. 
B)  Simón Bolívar. 
C)  Guillermo Pelgrón. 
D)  Simón Carreño. 
E)  George Washington. 
A)  José de San Martín. 
B)  Simón Bolívar. 
C)  Guillermo Pelgrón. 
D)  Simón Carreño. 
E)  George Washington.

Question 16

In what specific ways did Europe respond to the need for order in society in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

In the first half of the nineteenth cent

Question 17

All nineteenth century conservatives, from Edmund Burke to Joseph de Maistre, opposed any change whatsoever in the traditional political and social structures of society, and argued that a hereditary monarchy must be maintained at all costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following were major themes/subjects of Romantic artists?

Accepted Answer

A)  portraits 
B)  Madonnas and religious scenes 
C)  landscapes and depictions of nature 
D)  scenes from aristocratic family life 
E)  urban scenes. 
A)  portraits 
B)  Madonnas and religious scenes 
C)  landscapes and depictions of nature 
D)  scenes from aristocratic family life 
E)  urban scenes.

Question 19

Did the Congress of Vienna represent a resurgence of old traditions or the emergence of a new international order, or, perhaps, some of both?

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna represented both

Question 20

Ludwig von Beethoven and Hector Berlioz

Accepted Answer

Ludwig van Beethoven and Hector Berlioz

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

Romanticism as an ideology and a mood embraced emotionality but avoided individualism, playing more to notions of collectivity.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph de Maistre and conservatism

By 1815, following the Congress of Vienna, the Italian peninsula

The Reform Bill of 1832 in Britain primarily benefited the

King Louis-Philippe in France

Following the death of Alexander I in 1825, Russian society under Nicholas I became

The Polish national uprising of 1830 was crushed by

The Frankfurt Assembly of 1848-1849

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

In 1848, the Frankfurt Assembly

Charles X was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution because he

IDENTIFICATIONS -Louis Kossuth

IDENTIFICATIONS -revolutions of 1848

Professional civilian police forces known as serjents first appeared in 1829 in

The man long regarded as the George Washington of Latin America is

In what specific ways did Europe respond to the need for order in society in the first half of the nineteenth century?

All nineteenth century conservatives, from Edmund Burke to Joseph de Maistre, opposed any change whatsoever in the traditional political and social structures of society, and argued that a hereditary monarchy must be maintained at all costs.

Which of the following were major themes/subjects of Romantic artists?

Did the Congress of Vienna represent a resurgence of old traditions or the emergence of a new international order, or, perhaps, some of both?

Ludwig von Beethoven and Hector Berlioz

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the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

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the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

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a Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

the Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

an Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

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the Beginning of the Twentieth-century Crisis: War and Revolution

the Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

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