AP Euro Chapter 23 Flashcards
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AP Euro Chapter 23 Flashcards

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Who was Ludwig van Beethoven?

A German composer of instrumental music, especially symphonic and chamber music.

Who was Frédéric Chopin?

A nineteenth-century Polish romantic composer known for his expressive piano pieces.

Who was Franz Liszt?

A Hungarian composer known for writing many nationalistic pieces during the Romantic era.

Who was Anton Dvořák?

<p>A Czech composer who became the Director of the New York Conservatory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Giuseppe Verdi?

<p>A nineteenth-century Italian composer known for his operas such as Aida, Otello, and La Traviata.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Richard Wagner?

<p>A German composer of operas and inventor of the music drama.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Peter Tchaikovsky?

<p>A nineteenth-century Russian composer known for his symphonies and ballets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is gothic revival architecture?

<p>A style of architecture that contains elements of medieval Gothic architecture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Henri de Saint-Simon?

<p>He was called the 'father of French socialism' and believed in social organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Louis Blanc?

<p>A Paris journalist and author who proposed social workshops as a solution to industrialization problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was William Wilberforce?

<p>A British statesman and reformer who led the abolitionist movement in Parliament.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Mines Act of 1842 do?

<p>It forbade the employment underground of women, girls, and boys under 10 in coal mines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were Chartists?

<p>Reformers who sought universal male suffrage and other political rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Anti-Corn Law League?

<p>A coalition formed in 1838 against the Corn Laws due to high food prices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the Revolutions of 1848?

<p>A series of democratic and nationalist revolutions across Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Charles Fourier?

<p>A French thinker who advocated for self-sufficient communes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Karl Marx?

<p>A 19th-century philosopher recognized as the father of communism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Friedrich Engels?

<p>A German communist and co-author of 'The Communist Manifesto' with Marx.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'The Communist Manifesto'?

<p>A book by Karl Marx outlining the revolution led by the proletariat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is dialectical materialism?

<p>A Marxist theory stating that history is shaped by class conflicts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is conservatism?

<p>A set of beliefs advocating a limited role for national government and support for traditional values</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does liberalism emphasize?

<p>Civil rights and representative government</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is nationalism?

<p>A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Romanticism?

<p>19th-century Western European artistic and literary movement emphasizing emotion and impression.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is socialism?

<p>A theory advocating for the community control of the means of production.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Congress of Vienna?

<p>A meeting to reestablish the old order after Napoleon's defeat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Klemens von Metternich?

<p>A German-Austrian politician and important diplomat involved in the Congress of Vienna.</p> Signup and view all the answers

The three principles of the Congress of Vienna were legitimacy, compensation, and ______.

<p>balance of power</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the German Confederation?

<p>A loose association of 39 German states dominated by Austria and Prussia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Concert of Europe?

<p>A series of alliances to prevent revolutions in 19th-century Europe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Quadruple Alliance?

<p>An alliance between Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Great Britain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Carlsbad Diet?

<p>Set of decrees that censored nationalist materials and suppressed liberalism in universities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who were the Tories?

<p>A British political party known as the Conservative Party since about 1832.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Corn Laws of 1815 do?

<p>Introduced heavy taxes on foreign corn</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Peterloo Massacre?

<p>A violent event during a meeting for parliamentary reform on August 16, 1819.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Decembrist Uprising?

<p>A rebellion in Russia in 1825 against Tsar Nicholas by army officers wanting reform.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is classical liberalism?

<p>Philosophy advocating for the protection of individual rights and limiting government power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Adam Smith promote in his work, Wealth of Nations?

<p>Laissez-faire and the free-market economy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'iron law of wages' according to David Ricardo?

<p>Wages will always sink to subsistence level due to population pressure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Jeremy Bentham's utilitarianism advocate?

<p>The greatest good for the greatest number.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is John Stuart Mill's book On Liberty about?

<p>Advocating for individual freedom and liberty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Johann Gottfried Herder?

<p>A German writer and philosopher who advocated for national identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term Volksgeist about?

<p>The idea that true culture must arise from the native common people of a country.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?

<p>A German philosopher who promoted a national economic system independent from the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the Carbonari?

<p>A secret nationalist group in Italy during the Napoleonic era.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Greek Revolution?

<p>A revolt by the Greeks against Ottoman rule for independence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'Eastern Question' refer to?

<p>The foreign policy concern regarding the decline of the Ottoman Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Treaty of Adrianople?

<p>A treaty that ended conflict and defined future territorial control in Greece.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the Revolutions of 1830?

<p>A series of revolts in Europe including the French Revolution against limited voting rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the July Revolution?

<p>A revolution in France in 1830 that overthrew Charles X and established Louis-Philippe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is Louis Philippe known as the 'Bourgeoisie King'?

<p>He represented the interests of the upper middle class and resisted further reforms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the goal of Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy?

<p>To promote independence and establish a united Italian state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Risorgimento refer to?

<p>A movement in Italy aimed at creating a strong, unified nation-state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Zollverein?

<p>A German customs union established to foster trade among German states.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who were the Whigs?

<p>A political party in Britain known for supporting industry and protective tariffs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Earl Grey achieve in Britain?

<p>He helped reform the electoral system to increase voter representation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Reform Bill of 1832 accomplish?

<p>Extended voting rights to most members of the middle class.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Factory Act of 1831?

<p>Legislation prohibiting child labor under the age of 9 in Britain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What triggered the February Revolution in 1917?

<p>The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and creation of a provisional government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Second French Republic?

<p>A government established after the 1848 revolution guaranteeing universal male suffrage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What marked the beginning of class warfare during the 'June Days' Revolution?

<p>The closure of national workshops by the government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?

<p>An Italian radical and nationalist leader who aimed to liberate Sicily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are Magyars known for?

<p>Establishing Hungary by converting to Christianity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Louis Kossuth?

<p>Hungarian statesman who led a revolt for national autonomy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Bohemia known for?

<p>A region known for its nonconformist writers and artists.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Prague Conference promote?

<p>Austroslavism, advocating for constitutional autonomy within the Hapsburg Empire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Frankfurt Parliament?

<p>An unsuccessful attempt to unify Germany focused on creating a liberal constitution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Frederick William IV?

<p>King of Prussia who declined the offer to unite Germany under his rule.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'Humiliation of Olmutz'?

<p>An event in which Prussia was forced to concede to Austria regarding German unification.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Jean-Jacques Rousseau known for?

<p>Believing in the inherent goodness of humans and advocating for democracy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Immanuel Kant?

<p>A German philosopher known for his critical philosophy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'sturm and drang' mean?

<p>'Storm and Stress', a movement expressing extreme emotions in art and literature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel?

<p>A German philosopher who perceived history as a goal-driven process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does dialectic signify?

<p>A system of reasoning that arrives at truth through logical arguments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What poem is William Wordsworth famous for?

<p>'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

<p>An English Romantic poet known for 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Lord Byron represent in literature?

<p>An important figure in British Romantic poetry, known for his personal and passionate style.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What famous works did Percy Bysshe Shelley write?

<p>'Prometheus Unbound', 'Ode to the West Wind'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are Grimm's Fairy Tales?

<p>Folktales collected by the Brothers Grimm, important for German culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe contribute to literature?

<p>His works marked the end of the German Enlightenment and fueled the Sturm und Drang movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Victor Hugo best known for?

<p>His novels 'Hunchback of Notre-Dame' and 'Les Miserables'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was Caspar David Friedrich?

<p>A German Romantic painter known for depicting nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Eugène Delacroix known for?

<p>Leading the French Romantic movement with expressive color and brushstrokes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Théodore Géricault known for?

<p>His painting 'The Raft of the Medusa'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are J.W.M. Turner’s notable works?

<p>'Rain, Steam, and Speed' and 'Fisherman at Sea'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was John Constable?

<p>An English landscape painter known for 'The Haywain'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What style is the British Houses of Parliament known for?

<p>Neo-Gothic architecture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Key Ideologies and Movements

  • Conservatism: Advocates for limited government involvement, traditional values, and cautiousness towards change.
  • Liberalism: Prioritizes civil rights, representative government, and private property, gaining support mostly from the middle class.
  • Nationalism: A strong sense of pride and devotion to one's nation.
  • Romanticism: A 19th-century movement favoring emotion and passion over reason in art and literature.
  • Socialism: Proposes the community's ownership and control over production and distribution of goods.

Important Historical Events and Conferences

  • Congress of Vienna (1814-1815): Aimed to restore the old order post-Napoleon, emphasizing legitimacy, compensation, and balance of power.
  • Carlsbad Diet (1819): Instituted by Metternich to censor unification advocacy and suppress liberal and nationalist sentiments in universities.
  • Peterloo Massacre (1819): A tragic result of protests for parliamentary reform, leading to deaths and arrests.
  • Decembrist Uprising (1825): A revolt by Russian army officers against Tsar Nicholas I advocating for reform.

Economic Theories and Social Structures

  • Classical Liberalism: Inspired by John Locke, stresses protection of individual rights and limits on government power.
  • Utilitarianism: Jeremy Bentham’s philosophy of achieving the greatest good for the majority.
  • Iron Law of Wages: David Ricardo's theory that population growth keeps wages low, only enough for survival.

Romantic Literature and Key Figures

  • Victor Hugo: A leading figure in French Romanticism known for works like "Les Misérables".
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Noted for "Faust" and his role in instigating the Sturm und Drang movement.
  • William Wordsworth: Celebrated for "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", contributing to the Romantic literature landscape.

Influential Artists and Their Contributions

  • Caspar David Friedrich: Captured nature's power and man's independence in his landscapes.
  • Eugène Delacroix: Pioneered expressive brush strokes and vivid color applications in art.
  • J.W.M. Turner: Known for his use of light and fleeting qualities of nature, paving the way to Impressionism.

Nationalist Movements and Figures

  • Giuseppe Mazzini: Founded Young Italy, advocating for Italian independence and national unity.
  • Louis Kossuth: Led Hungarian revolts seeking autonomy from the Habsburgs in 1848-1849.
  • Carbonari: Secret society in Italy aiming for nationalist goals during the Napoleonic era.

The Congress of Powers and Revolutions

  • Quadruple Alliance: Consortium of Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Britain focused on maintaining balance of power and suppressing revolutions.
  • Concert of Europe: Established to prevent revolutions and maintain peace in Europe post-Napoleon.

Reform Movements and Legislation

  • Reform Bill of 1832: Extended voting rights to many middle-class men in Britain.
  • Factory Act of 1831: Prohibited child labor for those under age 9 in Britain.
  • February Revolution (1848): Resulted in the abdication of Louis-Philippe and establishment of the Second French Republic.

Musical Contributions of the Romantic Era

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: German composer, significant in the development of symphonies and chamber music.
  • Frédéric Chopin: Renowned for expressive piano compositions, largely focused on the instrument.
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Influential Italian opera composer known for works like "Aida" and "La Traviata".

Architectural Developments

  • Gothic Revival Architecture: Merged elements of medieval Gothic style indicative of the period's cultural movements.### Industrialization Responses
  • Proposed social workshops and state-supported manufacturing centers aimed to address issues stemming from industrialization.
  • Recognized growing resentment towards the owning class (bourgeoisie).

William Wilberforce

  • British statesman and reformer; pivotal figure in the abolitionist movement.
  • Instrumental in the passage that ended the English slave trade in 1807.

Mines Act, 1842

  • Major legislation regulating coal mining in Britain.
  • Prohibited underground employment for women, girls, and boys under the age of 10.

Chartists

  • Reform movement advocating for universal male suffrage, the secret ballot, and financial compensation for Parliament members.
  • Promoted the People's Charter as a foundational document for their demands.

Anti-Corn Law League

  • Formed in 1838 as a coalition of Whig, liberal, and radical interests.
  • Provided a political platform against high food prices caused by the Corn Laws, which were detrimental to wage earners and industrialists.
  • The Irish famine catalyzed the movement as it necessitated grain imports due to crop failures.
  • Resulted in the repeal of the Corn Laws by the Tory government under Sir Robert Peel.

Revolutions of 1848

  • Series of democratic and nationalist uprisings across Europe, leading to the overthrow of the monarchy in France.
  • Revolutions in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Hungary were unsuccessful in achieving their goals.

Charles Fourier

  • French thinker (1772-1837) known for critiquing societal institutions.
  • Proposed "phalanstries," or self-sufficient communes, as a new model for social and economic organization.
  • Attempts to establish similar communities in France failed, though Brook Farm in America operated for around five years.

Karl Marx

  • Lived from 1818 to 1883; influential philosopher and revolutionary.
  • Considered the father of communism, formulated the belief that communism would succeed capitalism, just as capitalism succeeded feudalism.
  • Advocated for a classless society free from capitalist structures.

Friedrich Engels

  • Collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto.
  • A noted German social scientist and philosopher recognized as a key figure in the development of communist theory.

The Communist Manifesto, 1848

  • Co-authored by Karl Marx, outlining a predicted social revolution where the proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie.
  • Propositions for establishing a classless, socialist community laid the groundwork for future communist governments.

Dialectical Materialism

  • Concept developed by Karl Marx, asserting that historical change arises from class conflict.
  • Economic forces are seen as driving human behavior and societal evolution.

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