HUM 2250 Final Exam Latest Update
Liberalism - ANSWER fighting the concept of autocrats and devine leaders; power to the
people
Nationalism - ANSWER sense of patriotism for your country
Imperialism - ANSWER countries invade properties in Asia and Africa
hegemony - ANSWER the feeling of superiority over another group (done by Europeans
to Africans and Asians)
1848 Revolutions - ANSWER led by the Bourgeoisie against the government, reached
critical masses before it was taken. ended in repression and failed
Marxism - ANSWER introduces a new concept of capitalism; money is both good and
bad. "money makes an ugly man beautiful."
Karl Marx - ANSWER writes Communist Manifesto and Das Capital that examines the
harsh environment of workers and how alienated the worker is to the product they
produce
Frederich Engels - ANSWER Marx's colleague who also believed in the opposition of
nationalism, wanted there to be equal sharing of all goods and services
communism - ANSWER the belief that if one's goods and services are equally available
to everyone, that the government will soon dissolve and have no purpose
National Workshops - ANSWER areas of work provided to the unemployed after the 1848
Revolutions, in the end no one had jobs; the army kills 10,000 workers and sent 11,000
to Africa
Red Fear - ANSWER the middle class was afraid of the mob
Coup d'etat - ANSWER a sudden and illegal seizure of power from a government,
Napoleon the III staged it and declared himself emperor of France
Alfred Stevens - ANSWER painted "What is called Vagrancy" where a mother is being
evicted and carrying her child out
Haussmannization - ANSWER (Paris) makes streets wider, less medieval; kicked poor
people out, improved sanitation, takes down poor homes, factories pushed to outskirts
of Paris
Hapsburg Empire - ANSWER controlled a lot of central Europe, autocratic, lots of ethnic
groups
, Magyars - ANSWER ethnic group who wanted to create their own country
Pan-Slavic Congress - ANSWER Czechs wanted their own state too so they created this
Pogrom - ANSWER sanctioned attack on Jews by police in Rome and Russia; extremely
violent practice
Sholom Aleichem - ANSWER wrote "Fiddler on the Roof" which takes place in Russia
Baudelaire - ANSWER writes about Bourgeoisie to make them uncomfortable, so he
writes "Les Fleurs du mal" and is forced to remove 6 poems due to lesbianism and
vampirism
Manet - ANSWER naturalism; paints "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe"
Flaneur - ANSWER someone who dresses extravagantly and tries to make people feel
uncomfortable; no job (Manet & Baudelaire)
Salon de Refuses - ANSWER a salon with the rejected works from the Paris Salon
Zola - ANSWER French writer that was banned, writes in naturalistic terms; writes
"Germinal"
Avant garde - ANSWER "before its time"; Parisians wanted this as a tremendous social
role
Garnier - ANSWER opera writer that is also an opera house, Phantom of the Opera was
made famous here. People went to the opera to be seen; it was a social function
Verdi - ANSWER Italian opera writer; "Rigoletto", he believed opera should be more than
singing; his opera successful in Paris
Jockey Club - ANSWER group of aristocratic men that dined before the opera and
showed up late
Wagner - ANSWER German; petitions Napoleon III to play his operas. writes
"Tannhauser" produces a new idea of music
Leitmotif - ANSWER by Wagner, means a theme of music; used in "Der Ring des
Nibelungen" and "Gesamtkunstwerk"
Franco-Prussian War - ANSWER a war between France and Germany who was led by
the Prussian Empire, France lost
Offenbach - ANSWER works in Paris, invents the operetta's (funny light operas that use
satire to make a point against the gov't)
The Abolitionist Movement - ANSWER the movement to end slavery
American Anti-Slavery Society - ANSWER an anti-slavery society created by William
Lloyd Garrison who Frederick Douglass was a key member of
Liberalism - ANSWER fighting the concept of autocrats and devine leaders; power to the
people
Nationalism - ANSWER sense of patriotism for your country
Imperialism - ANSWER countries invade properties in Asia and Africa
hegemony - ANSWER the feeling of superiority over another group (done by Europeans
to Africans and Asians)
1848 Revolutions - ANSWER led by the Bourgeoisie against the government, reached
critical masses before it was taken. ended in repression and failed
Marxism - ANSWER introduces a new concept of capitalism; money is both good and
bad. "money makes an ugly man beautiful."
Karl Marx - ANSWER writes Communist Manifesto and Das Capital that examines the
harsh environment of workers and how alienated the worker is to the product they
produce
Frederich Engels - ANSWER Marx's colleague who also believed in the opposition of
nationalism, wanted there to be equal sharing of all goods and services
communism - ANSWER the belief that if one's goods and services are equally available
to everyone, that the government will soon dissolve and have no purpose
National Workshops - ANSWER areas of work provided to the unemployed after the 1848
Revolutions, in the end no one had jobs; the army kills 10,000 workers and sent 11,000
to Africa
Red Fear - ANSWER the middle class was afraid of the mob
Coup d'etat - ANSWER a sudden and illegal seizure of power from a government,
Napoleon the III staged it and declared himself emperor of France
Alfred Stevens - ANSWER painted "What is called Vagrancy" where a mother is being
evicted and carrying her child out
Haussmannization - ANSWER (Paris) makes streets wider, less medieval; kicked poor
people out, improved sanitation, takes down poor homes, factories pushed to outskirts
of Paris
Hapsburg Empire - ANSWER controlled a lot of central Europe, autocratic, lots of ethnic
groups
, Magyars - ANSWER ethnic group who wanted to create their own country
Pan-Slavic Congress - ANSWER Czechs wanted their own state too so they created this
Pogrom - ANSWER sanctioned attack on Jews by police in Rome and Russia; extremely
violent practice
Sholom Aleichem - ANSWER wrote "Fiddler on the Roof" which takes place in Russia
Baudelaire - ANSWER writes about Bourgeoisie to make them uncomfortable, so he
writes "Les Fleurs du mal" and is forced to remove 6 poems due to lesbianism and
vampirism
Manet - ANSWER naturalism; paints "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe"
Flaneur - ANSWER someone who dresses extravagantly and tries to make people feel
uncomfortable; no job (Manet & Baudelaire)
Salon de Refuses - ANSWER a salon with the rejected works from the Paris Salon
Zola - ANSWER French writer that was banned, writes in naturalistic terms; writes
"Germinal"
Avant garde - ANSWER "before its time"; Parisians wanted this as a tremendous social
role
Garnier - ANSWER opera writer that is also an opera house, Phantom of the Opera was
made famous here. People went to the opera to be seen; it was a social function
Verdi - ANSWER Italian opera writer; "Rigoletto", he believed opera should be more than
singing; his opera successful in Paris
Jockey Club - ANSWER group of aristocratic men that dined before the opera and
showed up late
Wagner - ANSWER German; petitions Napoleon III to play his operas. writes
"Tannhauser" produces a new idea of music
Leitmotif - ANSWER by Wagner, means a theme of music; used in "Der Ring des
Nibelungen" and "Gesamtkunstwerk"
Franco-Prussian War - ANSWER a war between France and Germany who was led by
the Prussian Empire, France lost
Offenbach - ANSWER works in Paris, invents the operetta's (funny light operas that use
satire to make a point against the gov't)
The Abolitionist Movement - ANSWER the movement to end slavery
American Anti-Slavery Society - ANSWER an anti-slavery society created by William
Lloyd Garrison who Frederick Douglass was a key member of
