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19th Century Nationalism Flashcards

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370802486NationalismA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country; the ideology or doctrine of nations.0
370802487SocialismA political theory advocating state ownership of industry1
370802488AbolitionismThe doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery2
370802489MarxismThe political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Karl Marx that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded3
370802490UnionismLabor union organizing method through which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union4
370802491ImperialismA policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.5
370802492NativismA policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones6
370802493Social DarwinismThe application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.7
370802494CapitalismAn economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.8
370802495ConservativismA political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes9
370802496LiberalismA political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.10
370802497Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon11
370802498Pax BrittaniaAbout one hundred years of peace and prosperity in Europe, where England held the balance of power.12
370802499Klemens Von MetternichAustria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression13
370802500RisorgimentoThe italian nationalistic movement, which its goal of liberation and unification; secret societies had to form because nationalists could not support their cause openly.14
370802501Giuseppe MazziniThe most important leader of romantic republican nationalism. He encouraged support for Italian unity.15
370802502Young Italy MovementGroup of Italian patriots dedicated to spreading ideas of nationalism.16
370802503Count Camilo di CavourPrime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia who advises attack on the Kingdom of two Sicily's first and hold off from marching Rome.17
370802504Giuseppe GaribaldiItalian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882)18
370802505Red ShirtsGirabaldi's troops, volunteers fighting after being inspired by Italian nationalism19
370802506Germanic ConfederationThe union of 38 sovereign states of the old Holy Roman Empire, Austria, and Prussia; little power; no real executive; the federal diet needed the consent of all member states to take action, making it virtually powerless; came to serve as Metternich's instrument to repress revolutionary movements within the German states.20
370802507ZollvereinA tariff-free zone in Germany, in order to boost German economy. Also helps build German nationalism, advocated by Friedrich List.21
370802508Otto von BismarckChancellor of Prussia from 1862 until 1871, when he became chancellor of Germany. A conservative nationalist, he led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire.22
370802509RealpolitikPolitics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations23
370802510Ems DispatchA message from William I of Prussia to Napoleon III which brought France into the Franco Prussian war.24
370802511Kaiser Wilhelm IThe King of Prussia who chose Bismark to be his Prime Minister; later crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.25
370802512Franco-Prussian WarBismark sought to unify all Germans by creating a common enemy in France; Germany defeated France easily and German unification upset the balance of power.26
370802513Second ReichDescribes the unified German Empire; second Empire, first empire was Roman, third was Hitler27
370802514Kulturkampf LawsBismarck's battle for civilization, in which his goal was to make Catholics put loyalty to the state above their allegiance to the Church28
370802515Kaiser Wilhelm IIThe Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe.29
370802516AusgleichAustro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. It was signed by Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and a Hungarian delegation.30
370802517Young Turk MovementTurkish nationalist movement that ended up mixing European liberal ideas, national pride, desire for independence, & modern views of Islam; an attempt to drag Ottoman Emp into political 20th century.31

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