AP Euro – Industrialization Test //
Revised Questions and Answers / Sure
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(Grand National Consolidated Trade Union) GNCTU - Created by Robert Owen, it was an
unsuccessful attempt at creating a union confederation in GB. It never got support outside of London.
Alexander I - King of Russia from 1801 to 1825. Became conservative and religious after
revolution. Wanted to control Poland and create a Holy Alliance.
Battle of Peterloo - The massacre of peaceful protestors seeking more parliamentary
representation in 1819. (Named ironically after Waterloo.)
Carlsbad Decrees - A set of revolutionary restrictions that said that banned nationalism in German
states, removed all liberal university professors and German states had to use secret police to stomp out
subversive/liberal thought.
Castlereagh - British member of the Congress of Vienna. Sought a balance of power on the
continent and the creation of buffer states around France.
Charles Fourier - A French socialist (Charles Fourier)
Chartists - People who supported the People's Charter of 1838. Often called the "Working Man's
Association".
Combination Acts - Laws passed by Parliament in 1799 prohibiting trade unions and collective
bargaining by British workers. Repealed in 1824.
Concert of Europe - Where the Great Powers met to discuss issues of concern. Provided security
against revolution in other nations as well.
, Congress of Vienna - Meeting in 1815 that restored the French monarchy after their little trip
with Napoleon, also restoring the Church and the aristocracy in the process. It compensated lost
territory of invaded nations, so everything basically went back to normal. The most major change was
the creation of buffer states around France to prevent them from attacking neighboring countries as
easily.
Corn laws - Laws passed by Parliament in 1815 that protected British grain from external
competition, but caused higher prices as a result. Repealed in 1846.
Craft Unions - Created in the 1850s, these were groups organized by profession to ensure job
security by banding together (?)
Crystal Palace - The name of the building that house the very first World's Exposition in London.
The World's Fair showed the rapid advancements being made around the world.
David Ricardo - A British political economist who advocated for the 'Iron Law of Wages'.
Supported free trade and sought to repeal the Corn Laws.
Decembrist Revolt - Protest in Russia, after the death of Alexander I, for the accession of
Constantine to the throne rather than Nicholas I. Nicholas I crushed it.
Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre - Conservative. Change through adaptation, not violent
revolution. Customs and traditions are key.
Factory Act - Law passed by Parliament in 1833 regulating child labor conditions in GB.
French Utopian Socialism - This ideology predates Marx and goes back to the French Rev. It
supported government economic planning, collective or state ownership of key industries, equality of
rich and poor and the limitation of private property. It also believed that the decrease in prices should
cause the increase in wages. In practice, this ideology gave old age pensions, a social safety net,
universal healthcare, and employment regulation.
Revised Questions and Answers / Sure
A+
(Grand National Consolidated Trade Union) GNCTU - Created by Robert Owen, it was an
unsuccessful attempt at creating a union confederation in GB. It never got support outside of London.
Alexander I - King of Russia from 1801 to 1825. Became conservative and religious after
revolution. Wanted to control Poland and create a Holy Alliance.
Battle of Peterloo - The massacre of peaceful protestors seeking more parliamentary
representation in 1819. (Named ironically after Waterloo.)
Carlsbad Decrees - A set of revolutionary restrictions that said that banned nationalism in German
states, removed all liberal university professors and German states had to use secret police to stomp out
subversive/liberal thought.
Castlereagh - British member of the Congress of Vienna. Sought a balance of power on the
continent and the creation of buffer states around France.
Charles Fourier - A French socialist (Charles Fourier)
Chartists - People who supported the People's Charter of 1838. Often called the "Working Man's
Association".
Combination Acts - Laws passed by Parliament in 1799 prohibiting trade unions and collective
bargaining by British workers. Repealed in 1824.
Concert of Europe - Where the Great Powers met to discuss issues of concern. Provided security
against revolution in other nations as well.
, Congress of Vienna - Meeting in 1815 that restored the French monarchy after their little trip
with Napoleon, also restoring the Church and the aristocracy in the process. It compensated lost
territory of invaded nations, so everything basically went back to normal. The most major change was
the creation of buffer states around France to prevent them from attacking neighboring countries as
easily.
Corn laws - Laws passed by Parliament in 1815 that protected British grain from external
competition, but caused higher prices as a result. Repealed in 1846.
Craft Unions - Created in the 1850s, these were groups organized by profession to ensure job
security by banding together (?)
Crystal Palace - The name of the building that house the very first World's Exposition in London.
The World's Fair showed the rapid advancements being made around the world.
David Ricardo - A British political economist who advocated for the 'Iron Law of Wages'.
Supported free trade and sought to repeal the Corn Laws.
Decembrist Revolt - Protest in Russia, after the death of Alexander I, for the accession of
Constantine to the throne rather than Nicholas I. Nicholas I crushed it.
Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre - Conservative. Change through adaptation, not violent
revolution. Customs and traditions are key.
Factory Act - Law passed by Parliament in 1833 regulating child labor conditions in GB.
French Utopian Socialism - This ideology predates Marx and goes back to the French Rev. It
supported government economic planning, collective or state ownership of key industries, equality of
rich and poor and the limitation of private property. It also believed that the decrease in prices should
cause the increase in wages. In practice, this ideology gave old age pensions, a social safety net,
universal healthcare, and employment regulation.
