AP World History Chapter 29 Flashcards
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| 9566868837 | Absolutism | A political system in which a ruler holds total power | 0 | |
| 9566868838 | Ancien Regime | The traditional political and social order in Europe before the French Revolution | 1 | |
| 9566868839 | Bourgeoisie | French middle class | 2 | |
| 9566868840 | Congress of Vienna | restored a balance of power to Europe after Napoleon's reign 1814-1815 | 3 | |
| 9566868841 | Constitutionalism | Basic principle that government and those who govern must obey the law; the rule of law | 4 | |
| 9566868842 | Declaration of Independence | Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state. | 5 | |
| 9566868843 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | A new law passed by the National Assembly explaining the beliefs and aims of the revolution. | 6 | |
| 9566868844 | Emancipation Proclamation | Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union. | 7 | |
| 9566868845 | Jacobins | member of a radical political club during the French Revolution | 8 | |
| 9566868846 | Law Code of 1649 | Code enacted by Catharine II placing Russian serfs under the tight control of landlords. | 9 | |
| 9566868847 | Liberalism | A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity. | 10 | |
| 9566868848 | Manifest Destiny | 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent. | 11 | |
| 9566868849 | National Assembly | French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate | 12 | |
| 9566868850 | The Directory | 5 man executive branch of government proposed and adopted in France in 1795 | 13 | |
| 9566868851 | Volkgeist | "spirit of the people"; nationalistic connotation of ethnic unity and superiority | 14 | |
| 9566868852 | Zionism | A policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine. | 15 |