Question 1

Which of the following statements best applies to Thomas Macaulay's thoughts on reform in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  He opposed giving political concessions to the middle class. 
B)  He was convinced that reforms were largely unnecessary due to Britain's democratic heritage. 
C)  He supported reforms as a means of preventing more radical revolutionary movements. 
D)  He was afraid reforms would cause the collapse of the current Parliament and the political domination of the landed elite. 
E)  He adamantly opposed any and all political and social reforms. 
A)  He opposed giving political concessions to the middle class. 
B)  He was convinced that reforms were largely unnecessary due to Britain's democratic heritage. 
C)  He supported reforms as a means of preventing more radical revolutionary movements. 
D)  He was afraid reforms would cause the collapse of the current Parliament and the political domination of the landed elite. 
E)  He adamantly opposed any and all political and social reforms.

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the congress system

Accepted Answer

The Congress System, also known as the C

Question 3

Britain's New Poor Law of 1834 established workhouses for the unemployed where the living conditions were designed to be intentionally miserable and cruel so that people would be encouraged to leave the workhouse and find employment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Solitary confinement of prisoners, including the wearing of leather masks and sitting in separate stalls when in chapel, was abolished in the early nineteenth century as being barbaric and uncivilized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-brothers Grimm

Accepted Answer

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl Gr

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"legitimacy"

Accepted Answer

The term "legitimacy" refers to the gene

Question 7

Metternich's "principle of legitimacy" was another term for

Accepted Answer

A)  freedom of religion. 
B)  economic liberalism. 
C)  the sanctity of marriage. 
D)  constitutional monarchy. 
E)  unfettered monarchy. 
A)  freedom of religion. 
B)  economic liberalism. 
C)  the sanctity of marriage. 
D)  constitutional monarchy. 
E)  unfettered monarchy.

Question 8

London's police were called "bobbies" because

Accepted Answer

A)  on their horses they seemed to "bob" above the crowd like an apple in a barrel. 
B)  no one knows the reason. 
C)  the legislation to create them was introduced by Robert Peel. 
D)  the first officer sworn into duty was named Bob. 
E)  that way they would have a nickname. 
A)  on their horses they seemed to "bob" above the crowd like an apple in a barrel. 
B)  no one knows the reason. 
C)  the legislation to create them was introduced by Robert Peel. 
D)  the first officer sworn into duty was named Bob. 
E)  that way they would have a nickname.

Question 9

The argument that population must be held in check for any progress to take place was popularized by

Accepted Answer

A)  Adam Smith. 
B)  David Ricardo. 
C)  Joseph de Maistre. 
D)  Edmund Burke. 
E)  Thomas Malthus. 
A)  Adam Smith. 
B)  David Ricardo. 
C)  Joseph de Maistre. 
D)  Edmund Burke. 
E)  Thomas Malthus.

Question 10

The growing movement of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe

Accepted Answer

A)  was resisted by liberals, who felt that all ethnic groups should live together harmoniously. 
B)  advocated the formation of one European nation to end economic and military conflicts. 
C)  was radical since it encouraged people to shift their political loyalty away from existing states and rulers. 
D)  found its best expression in the writings of John Stuart Mill. 
E)  declined after the Congress of Vienna. 
A)  was resisted by liberals, who felt that all ethnic groups should live together harmoniously. 
B)  advocated the formation of one European nation to end economic and military conflicts. 
C)  was radical since it encouraged people to shift their political loyalty away from existing states and rulers. 
D)  found its best expression in the writings of John Stuart Mill. 
E)  declined after the Congress of Vienna.

Question 11

All of the following were characteristics of Romanticism except

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A)  a strong, pantheistic worship of nature. 
B)  the rejection of the supernatural and unfamiliar. 
C)  a preoccupation with sentiment, suffering, and self-sacrifice. 
D)  a reverence for history that inspired nationalism. 
E)  a reaction to the excesses of the Industrial Revolution. 
A)  a strong, pantheistic worship of nature. 
B)  the rejection of the supernatural and unfamiliar. 
C)  a preoccupation with sentiment, suffering, and self-sacrifice. 
D)  a reverence for history that inspired nationalism. 
E)  a reaction to the excesses of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 12

Caspar David Friedrich, J.M.W. Turner and Eugene Delacroix

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The answer of Caspar David Friedrich, J.M.W. Turner and Eugene...

Question 13

What were the chief ideas associated with the ideologies of liberalism, nationalism, and early or utopian socialism? Why were liberalism, nationalism, and early socialism considered revolutionary by many people? How were these ideologies similar? How were they different?

Accepted Answer

The chief ideas associated with the ideo

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-classical economics

Accepted Answer

Classical economics is a school of econo

Question 15

Klemens von Metternich

Accepted Answer

A)  supported much of the revolutionary ideology after Napoleon's defeat. 
B)  thought that a free press was necessary to maintain the status quo. 
C)  had little influence because of his extreme conservatism. 
D)  was anti-religious and supported atheistic causes. 
E)  believed European monarchs shared the common interest of stability. 
A)  supported much of the revolutionary ideology after Napoleon's defeat. 
B)  thought that a free press was necessary to maintain the status quo. 
C)  had little influence because of his extreme conservatism. 
D)  was anti-religious and supported atheistic causes. 
E)  believed European monarchs shared the common interest of stability.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron

Accepted Answer

Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron were

Question 17

Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity

Accepted Answer

Chateaubriand's "Genius of Christianity"

Question 18

The Karlsbad Decrees of 1819 did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  disband the Burschenshaften. 
B)  impose censorship on the German press. 
C)  placed most German universities under close government supervision. 
D)  dissolved several smaller German states. 
E)  placed restrictions upon university activities. 
A)  disband the Burschenshaften. 
B)  impose censorship on the German press. 
C)  placed most German universities under close government supervision. 
D)  dissolved several smaller German states. 
E)  placed restrictions upon university activities.

Question 19

In architectural styles, the Romantics were particularly attracted to the

Accepted Answer

A)  Gothic. 
B)  Baroque. 
C)  Neo-classical. 
D)  Post-Modernist. 
E)  Renaissance. 
A)  Gothic. 
B)  Baroque. 
C)  Neo-classical. 
D)  Post-Modernist. 
E)  Renaissance.

Question 20

The primary driving force in the revolutions of Belgium, Poland, and Italy in 1830 was

Accepted Answer

A)  nationalism. 
B)  religion. 
C)  racism. 
D)  socialism. 
E)  romanticism. 
A)  nationalism. 
B)  religion. 
C)  racism. 
D)  socialism. 
E)  romanticism.

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

Which of the following statements best applies to Thomas Macaulay's thoughts on reform in Britain?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the congress system

Britain's New Poor Law of 1834 established workhouses for the unemployed where the living conditions were designed to be intentionally miserable and cruel so that people would be encouraged to leave the workhouse and find employment.

Solitary confinement of prisoners, including the wearing of leather masks and sitting in separate stalls when in chapel, was abolished in the early nineteenth century as being barbaric and uncivilized.

IDENTIFICATIONS -brothers Grimm

IDENTIFICATIONS -"legitimacy"

Metternich's "principle of legitimacy" was another term for

London's police were called "bobbies" because

The argument that population must be held in check for any progress to take place was popularized by

The growing movement of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe

All of the following were characteristics of Romanticism except

Caspar David Friedrich, J.M.W. Turner and Eugene Delacroix

What were the chief ideas associated with the ideologies of liberalism, nationalism, and early or utopian socialism? Why were liberalism, nationalism, and early socialism considered revolutionary by many people? How were these ideologies similar? How were they different?

IDENTIFICATIONS -classical economics

Klemens von Metternich

IDENTIFICATIONS -Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron

Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity

The Karlsbad Decrees of 1819 did all of the following except

In architectural styles, the Romantics were particularly attracted to the

The primary driving force in the revolutions of Belgium, Poland, and Italy in 1830 was

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