HIEU Exam 2 Questions and Verified Solutions Graded A

The main objective of the Congress of Vienna was to restore the Napoleonic Empire to power following the battle at Waterloo. - False This movement, which emphasized emotion, freedom, and imagination, was a reaction against the reason and discipline of the Enlightenment. - Romanticism Watch the following video in which Professor Cole discusses the lessons that conservatives and liberals learned from the French Revolution. Identify the lessons that liberals learned. - - society could be improved through the public use of reason - Earlier forms of political rule were insufficient for an educated populace - People could be taught to become active citizens that participated in government Which of the following outcomes best describe the results of the French Revolution of 1830? - - Expanded the electorate - Led to a constitutional monarchy - Influenced other revolutions in Europe Identify possible reasons why illegitimate births increased in the nineteenth century. - - Economic vulnerability and uncertainties - Increased migration from villages to the cities - Weaker family ties Identify the relationship between industry and empire. - - Europeans gained control over non-Europeans through loans and trade agreements - In general, non-Europeans supplied raw materials to Europe, which European industries processed into manufactured goods Industrialization led to downward mobility from skilled to unskilled labor for some. - True July Crisis - A diplomatic crisis among the major powers of Europe in the summer of 1914 that led to the First World War - Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Austria blames Serbia (hotspot of Slavic nationalism Balkans - First Balkan War - 1912 - Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montonegro vs. the Ottoman Empire - Ottoman Empire loses territories Second Balkan War - Bulgaria collapses under Greek army - Ottoman Empire recaptures land Russia had problems with Austria-Hungary in the Balkans from losing pieces of the Ottoman Empire Slavic Nationalism - Is known as the "struggle" to gain more political independence for the many national Slavonic language-speaking groups in the Balkans and Eastern Europe Austria-Hungary has a desire to crush Slavic Nationalism as a matter of survival "Splendid Isolation" - Period of isolation in Great Britain where they feel as though they do not need to get involved in the war Triple Entente - Great Britain, France, and Russia Bismarckian System of Alliances - Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (shaky ally) Triple Entente: Great Britain, France, and Russia Results: - German Empire allies with Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Italy - Great Britain isolates - France is alone Boer War - Lasting from 1899 to 1902, Dutch colonists and the British competed for control of territory in South Africa - concentration camps - international condemnation Motives - - France seeks revenge for their defeat in 1871