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8646547108Dual RevolutionEconomic and political changes that tended to fuse and reinforce each other after 18150
8646547109Congress of Viennarestored a balance of power to Europe after Napoleon's reign1
8646547110Balance of Powerdistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong2
8646547111Holy AllianceLeague formed by Russia, Austria, and Prussia3
8646547112active interventionTo maintain all autocratic regimes whenever they were threatened4
8646547113Carlsbad Decrees1819, it discouraged liberal teachings in southern Germany5
8646547114Prince Klemens von MetternichAustrian prince who strongly influenced policy decision-making at the Congress of Vienna6
8646547115foreign ministera government official who is in charge of a nation's foreign affairs7
8646547116DiplomatA representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.8
8646547117LiberalismA belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.9
8646547118Adam SmithScottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.10
8646547119Laissez FaireIdea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs11
8646547120NationalismLoyalty and devotion to a particular nationality12
8646547121Socialismthe factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all13
8646547122BourgeoisieMiddle class minority14
8646547123ProletariatMarx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production15
8646547124Romanticism19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason16
8646547125Sturm and drangStorm and Stress, movement begain in 1770s Germany. Stream of writers. It is romanticism.17
8646547126Corn Laws1815 tariff on imported grain to protect domestic producers. Repealed in 1846.18
8646547127Battle of PeterlooMassive protests by urban laborers against Corn Laws; resulted in numerous deaths19
8646547128Great FamineResult of the potato blight in Ireland in the 1840's20
8646547129Louis XVIIIConstitutional charter of 1814 a response to political pressures basically a liberal constitution21
8646547130Charles XHe inherited the throne after Louis XVIII died. He tried to rule as absolute monarch.22
8646547131Louis Napoleondeclared himself emperor after he was elected President by the people (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte)23
8646547132Fredrick WilliamAlso known as the great elector. He ruled Prussia and established absolutism there.24

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