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Reaction/Nationalism

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

After Napoleon's defeat, the "reaction" of the Quadruple Alliance ______________.

a)

sent troops to sack Paris

b)

restored the old Bourbon monarchy to France in the person of Louis XVIII

c)

returned Corsica to Italian control

d)

delivered an ultimatum to the pope demanding full control over Italy

2.

At its most elementary level, conservatism ___________________.

a)

sought to preserve the achievement of previous generations by subordinating individual rights to communal welfare.

b)

became the most popular political philosophy in Russia.

c)

sought above all else the achievement of individual rights.

d)

was never popular among the political elite of Europe

3.

The Peterloo Massacare involved __________________.

a)

the price of corn in France.

b)

the price of bread in England.

c)

the price of potatoes in Ireland.

d)

the right of farmers to grow corn in England.

4.

The growing forces of liberalism and nationalism in central Europe were exemplified by the __________________.

a)

increased liberal reforms of Frederick William III of Prussia between 1815 and 1840

b)

national affinity and unity felt by the many Austrian ethnic groups under Frederick II

c)

liberal constitutions of the German Confederation.

d)

Burchenshaften, the student societies of Germany.

5.

Tsar Alexander I of Russia did all of the following EXCEPT _________________.

a)

grant a constitution freeing the serfs

b)

reform the Russian education system

c)

revert to a program of arbitrary censorship as a tool of governing

d)

was the leader of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars

6.

The argument that population must be held in check for any progress to take place was popularized by ___________.

a)

David Ricardo

b)

Joseph de Maistre

c)

Edmund Burke

d)

Thomas Malthus

7.

Central to the liberal ideology in the 19th century was _____________.

a)

child labor laws

b)

the preservation of law and order

c)

an emphasis on individual freedom

d)

the buildup of a nation's military

8.

French socialist, Flora Tristan _____________________.

a)

demanded absolute equality of the sexes.

b)

established a cooperative socialist community in New Harmony, Indiana

c)

started the international "Women's Social and Political Union"

d)

condemned Karl Marx as being too revolutionary.

9.

King Louis Phillipe is also know as ____________

a)

The King in Tights

b)

The King without Tights

c)

The Bourgeois Monarch

d)

Best Friend of the Working Class

10.

Which piece of legislation by the British Parliament was based on the premise that providing government assistance to the poor encouraged laziness.

a)

Reform Act of 1832

b)

Poor Law of 1834

c)

Pauper Act of 1850

d)

Mean Parliament Act of 1834

11.

Which of the following was most successful in pursuing their nationalist agenda in the 19th century?

a)

The Frankfurt Assembly support of Grossdeutsch

b)

Mazzini's resorgimento

c)

Hungarian Magyar attempts at independence form Austria

d)

Greek nationalists seeking independence from Ottoman control.

12.

Regular police force and prison reform in the 19th century were geared toward ______________.

a)

appeasing the public outcry against corporal punishment.

b)

the creation of more disciplined and law-abiding societies.

c)

protecting the poor from exploitation by businessmen and the rich.

d)

ensuring the continuance of oligarchic government.

13.

Napoleon III gained power in France by ______________.

a)

military force/coup

b)

election

c)

military force/coup and election

d)

agreement of the wealthiest members of French society

14.

As a result of Russia challenging French control of the Christian shrines in Palestine all of the following happened EXCEPT _________________.

a)

Great Britain allied with France to declare war on Russia

b)

Florence Nightingale became famous

c)

Russia invaded Moldavia and Walachia

d)

Austria allied with Russia to fight Great Britain and France.

15.

In seeking unification, many Italian nationalists in the 1850's looked for leadership from _____________.

a)

the Pope

b)

the Kingdom of Piedmont

c)

the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

d)

Young Italy

16.

The Ausgleich Compromise of 1867 ___________________

a)

created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empier

b)

made Austria part of the North German Confederation

c)

granted Czechs and Slovenes home-rule

d)

created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary

17.

Alexander II is famous for

a)

introducing Beluga caviar to America

b)

inspiring the great Operas of Wagner

c)

freeing the serfs

d)

marrying an American

18.

The British Liberal responsible for an impressive series of reform acts between 1869 and 1874 was _________.

a)

Lord Palmerston

b)

Sir Robert Peel

c)

Benjamin Disraeli

d)

William Gladstone

19.

According to Karl Marx, the final product of the struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat would be _________________.

a)

equal amounts of property for everyone

b)

dictatorship of the proletariat

c)

a utopian society

d)

a classless society