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17171192HumanismThe philosophy of the liberal arts that emphasized human beings and their achievements
17171193"Universal Man"This was the term given to those in the Renaissance who were able to excel in more than one subject matter
17171194Johann GutenbergMan who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books
17171195DogeThe ruler of Venice
17171196OligarchyThe rule of a nation or state by a few people
17171197GuelphThis is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope
17171198GhibeleinesThis is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire
17171199Francesco SforzaThe Duke of Florence and the old ruler of the city-states of Italy
17171200Cosmo deMediciOne of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government
17171201Lorenzo the MagnificentThis was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels, frescoes, religious panels and
17171202DanteFirst comedy writer that wrote 100 verses that described the realms of the next world
17171203GiottoAn artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body
17171204MasaccioHe used light and dark imagery to illustrate different feelings and emotions
17171205BotticelliThe artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work: slender, pale skin, a high forehead, red-blond hair, and sloping shoulders
17171206BrunelleschiHe was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence
17171207DonatelloOne of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works
17171208Da VinciOne of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted, wrote, sculpted, invented, among his philosophical ideas
17171209MichelangeloThis was an artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
17171210The PrinceA short political treatise about political power: how the ruler should gain, maintain, and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests
17171211Renaissance PopesThese were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches
17171212SavonarolaA Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city
17171213PetrarchThe man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era
17171214The DecameronA work that portrays an acquisitive, sensual, and worldly society through descriptions of merchants, friars, and husbands
17171215The CourtierA treatise that sought to train, discipline, and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal, the gentleman
17171216TitanA Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama
17171217Northern HumanismThis humanism philosophy interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity, individualism, and humanism in terms of their own traditions
17171218UtopiaA work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place
17171219ErasmusThis man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith
17171220RabelaisHe was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire
17171221ShakespeareThis man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time
17171222CervantesThis man was a poet, playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)
17171223El CidThis was the Spanish equivalent to the Knights of the Round Table
17171224ProtestantismThis was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.
17171225SimonyThe common crime of paying for holy offices for the position of power
17171226NepotismThis was the other common crime in which the members of the church would give positions to relatives
17171227Sale of IndulgencesThis was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money
17171228Pope Leo XThis was the pope that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica and he was also the pope who challenged Martin Luther
17171229Banking FamiliesThese were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state
17171230WycliffeThis was one o the original men to challenge the church. His writings became "scriptures" for other reformers to follow.
17171231HusA man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy
17171232Martin LutherThis was the most famous and one of the first concrete reformer who began to reject some of the more obscure and selfish laws of the Catholic Church
17171233Ninety-five ThesesThis was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance
17171234Johann TetzelThis was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences, which he did extremely successfully
17171235Diet of WormsThis was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak
17171236Frederick Elector of SaxonyThis was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms
17171237Peasants' WarThis was the revolt that occurred in Germany where the peasants rebelled alongside the new Protestant thought. They were viciously quashed and the public appeal to the Reformation went substantially down
17171238Peace of AugsburgThis was the treaty that was reached that ended the Habsburg-Valois Wars which also made Charles V recognize Lutheranism as a legitimate following
17171239Ulrich ZwingliThis was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences, the Mass, the institution of monasticism, and clerical celibacy
17171240Meeting at MarburgThis was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
17171241John CalvinThis was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship
17171242Institutes of the Christian ReligionThis was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin
17171243PredestinationOne of the main points of Calvinism that said that God had already determined if you were damned or saved
17171245John KnoxThis was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church, not bishops
17171246PuritanThis was one of the reforms in England in which the leaders wanted all Catholic elements in the Church of England eliminated
17171247Henry VIIIThis was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife
17171248Edward VIDuring his short reign of England, Protestant ideas exerted a significant influence on the religious life of the country
17171249Mary IThis was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign, she executed many Protestants
17171250Elizabeth IThis queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
17171251AnabaptistsThese were the "radicals" in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized
17171252Council of TrentThis was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants
17171253Pope Paul IIIThis was the Pope that called the Council of Trent
17171254Ignatius of LoyolaThis was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world
17171255JesuitsThis was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity
17171256Francis XavierThis was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity
17171257Index of Prohibited LiteratureThis was the list of books that were prohibited by the papacy in order to stop more religious thinkers
17171258Spanish InquisitionThis was the harsh and violent conversion of Spain back into Catholicism. They used several versions of torture and fear tactics to convert people back to Catholicism
17171259Gold Glory and GodThis was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money, glory, or to convert non-Christians
17171260Favorable balance of tradeThis was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials
17171261Modern imperialismThis was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states
17171262Prince Henry the NavigatorThis was the Portuguese Prince that gave steadfast financial and moral support to the navigators
17171263DiazThis was the first explorer who rounded the southern tip of the Cape of Good Hope but was never able to go all the way around
17171264da GamaThis was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail into the Indian Ocean trade
17171265CabralThis explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India
17171266Ferdinand and IsabellaThis was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition
17171267ColumbusThis was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.
17171268VespucciThis was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia, thus the continent was named after him
17171269Pope Alexander VIThis was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America
17171270Line of DemarcationThis was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America
17171271"Conquistadors"This was the name given to the Spanish explorers who would conquer the land they discovered and utilize the resources they found there for Spain
17171272MagellanThis was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world
17171273Northwest PassageThis is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly
17171274Commercial revolutionThis was the period of economic and political expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism that occurred in Europe
17171275ValoisThis was a German dynasty that often had conflicts with the Habsburgs that often involved other countries and papal troops
17171276Francis IThis was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots
17171277HuguenotsThese were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes
17171278St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreThis was the massacre that occurred during the wedding of a Catholic and Huguenot that would resolve the conflict between the two conflicting parties
17171279War of the Three HenrysThis was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France, between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)
17171280Henry IV of FranceThis was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes
17171281Charles VThis was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation
17171282Philip II of SpainThis was the king who started the success of Spain's foreign colonies
17171283Dutch RevoltThis was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state
17171284Thirty Years' WarThis was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe
17171285"Spanish Armada"This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary, Queen of Scots
17171286Peace of WestphaliaThis was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War that recognized the independent authority of over three hundred German principalities
17171287Edict of NantesThis was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots
17171288Louis XIIIThis French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu
17171289Cardinal RichelieuThis was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy
17171290Louis XIVThis French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France
17171291Cardinal MazarinThis was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies
17171292Jean BodinThis was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice
17171293Thomas HobbesThis was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war
17171294War of Spanish SuccessionThis was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler, Phillip V
17171295Peace of UtrechtThis was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession
17171296The StuartsThis was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I
17171297English Civil WarThis was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually, the kingship was abolished
17171298Roundheads and CavaliersThese were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I
17171299Oliver CromwellThis was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England
17171300Rump ParliamentThis was the Parliament after Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Cavaliers
17171301The Commonwealth of EnglandThis was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished
17171302The ProtectorateThis was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell
17171303The RestorationThis was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England
17171304Charles IIThis was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next king
17171305Test Act of 1673This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights
17171306Habeas Corpus ActThis was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted
17171307Whigs and ToriesThese were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was
17171308James IIThis was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government
17171309Glorious RevolutionThis was the "revolution" that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed
17171310Two Treatises on Government (John Locke)This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property, than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown
17171311William and MaryThese people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament
17171312House of OrangeThis was the house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution
17171313StadholderThis was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands
17171314HapsburgsThis was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary
17171315Maria TheresaThis was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria, strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs
17171316Pragmatic SanctionThis was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided, in order to allow his daughter to be ruler
17171317Joseph IIThis was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely, granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews, and abolished serfdom
17171318HohenzollernsThis was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia
17171319Frederick William (The Great Elector)This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.
17171320Frederick the GreatThis was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects, abolished torture and made the laws simpler
17171321RomanovsThis was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion
17171322Peter the GreatThis was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe
17171323Catherine the GreatThis was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia, created a new law code, and greatly expanded Russia
17171324Partition of PolandThis was the splitting up of Poland by Russia, Prussia, and Austria
17171325CopernicusThis was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun
17171326KeplerThis astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical, the planets do not orbit at a constant speed, and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun
17171327GalileoThis scientist formulated the experimental method and using this, came up with the law of inertia, among several discoveries related to the moon
17171328NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science
17171329BaconThis scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method
17171330DescartesThis thinker developed a philosophy of two different worlds: a material world and a world of the mind. This was called Cartesian dualism. He combined his ideas with Bacon to form the scientific method
17171331VesaliusThis was the scientist who began to study anatomy in depth. He is referred as the father of anatomy
17171332HarveyThis was the man who first detailed the accounted for the circulation of blood flow
17171333BoyleThis was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt
17171334An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingThis was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently
17171335Modern liberalismThis was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism
17171336Effects of the Scientific RevolutionThis involved the beginning of using reason to solve problems in the community by using inductive and deductive reasoning
17171337PhilosophesThese were the French philosophers
17171338SalonsThese were meeting places for philosophical discussion that were for the upper and middle class citizens who would talk about different doctrines
17171339EncyclopediaThis was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues
17171340Philosophy of the EnlightenmentThis dealt with skepticism, the government, and the role of reason in everyday life
17171341Role of reasonThe Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life
17171342Natural lawsThese were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible
17171343DeismThis was a way of thinking that God exists, but does not intervene in daily life, for he already has a plan for the universe that cannot be altered
17171344"Separation of powers"This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges
17171345VoltaireThis was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays
17171346EmileThis work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing
17171347PhysiocratsThis was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land
17171348Wealth of NationsThis work criticized mercantilism by saying that it meant a combination of stifling government regulations and unfair privileges for state-approved monopolies and government favorites
17171349RousseauThis man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement
17171350KantThis philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying "have the courage to use your own understanding"
17171351PietismThis was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship, allowed for the priesthood of all believers, and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs
17171352QuakersA form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord
17171353MethodismThis movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved, giving the people a message of hope
17171354War of Austrian SuccessionThis war was over the inheritance of the throne by Maria Theresa, for the Salic law prevented a woman from solely ruling the state
17171355Treaty of Aix-la-ChapelleThis was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land, taking land away from Maria Theresa, but still allowing her to rule
17171356Seven Years' WarThis war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria
17171357Treaty of Paris (1763)This treaty ended the Seven Years' War
17171358"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"The motto of the French Revolution and the demands of the popular people
17171359Causes of the French Revolution1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates
17171360Three EstatesThe clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land
17171361Estates-GeneralThis was the group of people called by Louis XVI that would keep the king in check like the English Parliament
17171362Tennis Court OathThis is the oath that the representatives of the third estate took when they swore that they would never disband until they had proper representation
17171363Declaration of the Rights of Man and CitizenThis was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law
17171364Women's March on VersaillesThis was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread
17171365JacobinsThis was the group of people in the National Assembly that met to discuss the political questions of the day
17171366GirondistsThese were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI, but The Mountain did anyway
17171367Reign of TerrorThis was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed
17171368Committee of Public SafetyThis was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror
17171369DantonOne of the leaders of The Mountain
17171370RobespierreThe main leader of The Mountain and the man who ruled France after the First Revolution
17171371Thermidorian Reaction and The DirectoryThis was the reaction to the despotism after the Second Revolution which led to the establishment of the five-man executive that supported the French military which was not popular with the French people
17171372Brumaire Coup and The ConsulateThis is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory
17171373Napoleonic CodeThis was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the interests of both the state and the financial oligarchy
17171374Concordat of 1801This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power
17171375Battle of AusterlitzThis massive victory by the French caused Russia and the Austrians to suspend their support against France
17171376Peninsular WarThis war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence
17171377Battle of WaterlooThis was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French rulers
17171378Congress of ViennaThis was the meeting between the Quadruple Alliance in order to formulate a peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars
17171379Cottage industryThis was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product
17171380Enclosure movementThis was the way that the English landowners would now organize their land so that the farmers would become more productive in their work
17171381Laissez-faire capitalismThis was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy
17171382LudditesThese were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result, they began to secretly destroy the machines
17171383John KayMan who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker
17171384James HargreavesThis was the man who created the spinning jenny which began the actual Industrial Revolution and the beginning of machines doing a man's work
17171385Eli WhitneyThis man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas
17171386Henry BessemerThis man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient
17171387Malthus (On Population)This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war, famine, and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late
17171388Ricardo (Iron Law of Wages)This man stated that because of population growth, the wages would always sink to subsistence level
17171389Bentham (Utilitarianism)This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons
17171390On Liberty (John Stuart Mill)This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today
17171391Robert OwenThis man both helped to lead the first national union in England and advocated the use of children in factories
17171392Saint-SimonThis man was one of the early and influential socialist thinkers who proclaimed the tremendous possibilities of industrial development
17171393Klemens von MetternichThis was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression
17171394Robert CastlereaghThis British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich
17171395Charles TalleyrandThis was the French supporter of Metternich's balance of power idea
17171396Alexander IThis czar of Russia wanted to restore the kingdom of Poland, which he wanted to bestow the benefits of his rule
17171397Louis XVIIIThis was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile
17171398Mary WollstonecraftThis was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France
17171399Giuseppe MazziniThis early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity
17171400Georg HegelThis man believed that each age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas, which produces opposing ideas and a new synthesis
17171401Raft of the Medusa (GĂ©ricault)This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked
17171402John Constable (The Haywain)This man was a Romantic painter
17171403William WordsworthLeader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside
17171404Lord ByronThis English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free
17171405Walter ScottThis Scottish Romantic poet used history to write his poems
17171406Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThis German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott
17171407Victor HugoThis was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry
17171408Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix)This work of art shows the glory of the French Revolution
17171409Wanderer in the Clouds (Friedrich)This work of art shows the insignificance of the human and the supremacy of nature
17171410Franz LisztThis was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day
17171411Ludwig van BeethovenThis pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music
17171412ConservatismThis was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy, bureaucracy, aristocracy, and respectful commoners
17171413RomanticismThis was the response to the Enlightenment in which they believed that not everything could be measured, because of the passion of emotion
17171414NationalismThis was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era
17171415Liberalism (Classical Liberalism)This was the political idea in which the government did not intervene in the economy and liberty and equality were stressed
17171416Varieties of SocialismThere were the early French socialists who believed in economic planning and argued that the government should rationally organize the economy and not depend on destructive competition to do the job. There was also dialectic socialism in which the followers believed that eventually, the proletariat will battle against the bourgeois to create one single class
17171417Quadruple AllianceThis was the alliance between Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia after the Napoleonic era
17171418Concert of Europe (Congress System)This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues
17171419Holy AllianceThis was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.
17171420Troppau ConferenceThis was the conference at which the Troppau Protocol was signed in which any country that underwent a revolution was no longer part of the European Alliance
17171421Karlsbad DecreesThese decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations
17171422Seditious Meetings ActThis act made it illegal to meet with a group of more than fifty people
17171423CarbonariThese were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy
17171424PhalansteriesThese were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society
17171425DialecticsThis was the philosophical belief that for every thesis ever, there is an opposing antithesis that creates a synthesis
17171426Sturm und DrangThis was what the early German Romantics called themselves
17171427Greek revolutionThe Greeks revolted against the Ottomans for their independence, to which the Concert generally opposed to this
17171428July DecreesThese decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press
17171429Revolutions of 1830The French Revolution of 1830 occurred because Louis XVIII only granted a small percentage of people the right to vote and Charles X attack of Algeria and as a result, he censored the press and limited the voting rights of the wealthy
17171430PeterlooThis was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws
17171431Regulatory Legislation (Factory, Mines & 10 Hours Acts)These acts all started to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in the factories and helped make the Industrial Revolution better and the living conditions in the urban areas better
17171432Reform Bill of 1832This bill gave representation to most people in England
17171433Corn LawsThese laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially
17171434CharistsTheir demand was universal male suffrage
17171435Francois GuizotThis man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X
17171436Louis BlancThis man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully
17171437Frederick William IVThis king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution
17171438Lajos KossuthThis man was a Hungarian nationalist leader who demanded independence and a constitution
17171439Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)This was the first French president as a result of the election after the Revolution of 1848
17171440Pierre-Joseph ProudhonThis socialist man believed that property is theft
17171441Karl MarxThis man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other
17171442Revolutions of 1848These revolutions occurred in 1)France, because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy 2)Austria, because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire and were joined by the urban poor looking for employment, and 3) Prussia, because the artisans and factory workers joined with the middle-class liberals to rebel against the monarchy and eventually, Prussia became a constitutional monarchy
17171443Potato FamineThis was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year
17171444National WorkshopsThis was the group that gave work to the unemployed
17171445June DaysThese were the French workers' revolts in 1848 after the closure of the National Workshops
17171446"Crown from the gutter"This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia
17171447ProletariatThis was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners
17171448Combination ActsThese were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union
17171449Theory of Class StruggleThis was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other
17171450Surplus ValueThis is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit
17171451Evolutionary SocialismThis was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation, unions, and further economic development
17171452Edwin ChadwickThis was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses
17171453Urban living conditionsThese were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment, water conditions and bad foundations for buildings
17171454Georges HaussmannThis was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris
17171455Paris ReconstructionThis was planned by Georges Haussmann, who was assigned by Napoleon III, to provide employment, improved living conditions, and to show the glory of the French empire
17171456Urban planning and public transitThis was the act of planning out a city and building it from the blueprints. This caused in increase in public transit that millions of people used a day instead of their own transportation or walking
17171457Working class leisureThe working class still enjoyed drinking, although it was discouraged, they started to enjoy sports and music halls, although blood sports declined
17171458Joseph ListerThis man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating
1717145919th century class structureAristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)
17171460Middle class valuesThe middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue
17171461Jean-Baptiste LamarckThis man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology
17171462Charles DarwinThis was the scientist who published the theory of evolution after his travels to the Galapagos Islands
17171463Theory of EvolutionThis theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism
17171464Miasma Theory / Germ TheoryThese were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs
17171465Louis PasteurThis was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage
17171466Robert KochThis was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease
17171467Labor aristocracyThis was the union of skilled workers in the working classes that had a set behavioral code. They were usually run by construction bosses and factory foremen
17171468RealismThis was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion
17171469Emile ZolaThis was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized

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