Saylor Final Exam Study Guide/107 Questions
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The social classes in France. The first was the clergy, or people who had
been ordained as priests. The second was nobles and the third was
townspeople or peasants. - -3 Estates
-A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in
which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new
constitution. - -Tennis Court Oath
-French Revolution document that outlined what the National Assembly
considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they
possessed as citizens. - -Declaration of the Rights of Man
-A person or state of mind that is disposed to favor gradual rather than a
sudden change, that wishes to preserve existing conditions and institutions,
that is, at most, "cautiously" moderate. - -Conservatives
-Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme. Not violent or
subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate. - -Moderates
-A person or state of mind that favored the sudden change, that wished to
completely change existing conditions and institutions through any means
necessary. - -Radicals
-A model of government that is often characterized as being a local and
transparent organization composed of delegates bound by mandates. - -
Commune
-A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention
in 1793. - -Girondist
-The most radical political faction of the French Revolution who ruled France
during the Reign of Terror led by Maximilien Robespierre. - -Jacobins
-Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French
Revolution; his execution ended the Reign of Terror. He believed in
abolishing the old monarchy. - -Maximilien Robespierre
-(1793-94) During the French Revolution when thousands were executed for
"disloyalty". This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used
revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were
all judged severely and most were executed. - -Reign of Terror
, -French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821). - -
Napoleon
-(1814-1815 CE) Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to
reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon. - -Congress of Vienna
-Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna.
Wanted to promote peace, conservatism, and the repression of liberal
nationalism throughout Europe. - -Metternich
-A movement for the unification and independence of Italy. - -Risorgimento
-Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and
independent Italy (1805-1872). - -Mazzini
-A kingdom that was created in 1815 in recognition of Austria's rights to
Lombardy and the former Republic of Venice after the collapse of the
Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. - -Lombardy & Venetia
-Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy. - -Cavour
-Contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of
Italy. - -Garibaldi
-The name of the free trade zone that German states created in the early
19th century, decades prior to their unification. - -Zollverein
-(1815-1898) Prussian chancellor who engineered the unification of
Germany under his rule. Delivers "blood and iron" speech. - -Bismarck
-The carefully edited dispatch by Bismarck to the French ambassador
Benedetti that appeared to be insulting and thus requiring retaliation by
France for the seeming affront to French honor. - -Ems Telegram
-Emperor of Germany. - -Kaiser
-The popularly elected lower house of government of the new German
Empire after 1871. - -Reichstag
-The process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian
empire. - -Russification
-Elected local rural governments allow some democracy without weakening
the central government. - -Zemstvos
with complete Solutions
The social classes in France. The first was the clergy, or people who had
been ordained as priests. The second was nobles and the third was
townspeople or peasants. - -3 Estates
-A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in
which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new
constitution. - -Tennis Court Oath
-French Revolution document that outlined what the National Assembly
considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they
possessed as citizens. - -Declaration of the Rights of Man
-A person or state of mind that is disposed to favor gradual rather than a
sudden change, that wishes to preserve existing conditions and institutions,
that is, at most, "cautiously" moderate. - -Conservatives
-Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme. Not violent or
subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate. - -Moderates
-A person or state of mind that favored the sudden change, that wished to
completely change existing conditions and institutions through any means
necessary. - -Radicals
-A model of government that is often characterized as being a local and
transparent organization composed of delegates bound by mandates. - -
Commune
-A moderate group that fought for control of the French National Convention
in 1793. - -Girondist
-The most radical political faction of the French Revolution who ruled France
during the Reign of Terror led by Maximilien Robespierre. - -Jacobins
-Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French
Revolution; his execution ended the Reign of Terror. He believed in
abolishing the old monarchy. - -Maximilien Robespierre
-(1793-94) During the French Revolution when thousands were executed for
"disloyalty". This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used
revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were
all judged severely and most were executed. - -Reign of Terror
, -French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821). - -
Napoleon
-(1814-1815 CE) Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to
reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon. - -Congress of Vienna
-Austrian foreign minister who basically controlled the Congress of Vienna.
Wanted to promote peace, conservatism, and the repression of liberal
nationalism throughout Europe. - -Metternich
-A movement for the unification and independence of Italy. - -Risorgimento
-Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and
independent Italy (1805-1872). - -Mazzini
-A kingdom that was created in 1815 in recognition of Austria's rights to
Lombardy and the former Republic of Venice after the collapse of the
Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. - -Lombardy & Venetia
-Italian statesman: leader in the unification of Italy. - -Cavour
-Contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of
Italy. - -Garibaldi
-The name of the free trade zone that German states created in the early
19th century, decades prior to their unification. - -Zollverein
-(1815-1898) Prussian chancellor who engineered the unification of
Germany under his rule. Delivers "blood and iron" speech. - -Bismarck
-The carefully edited dispatch by Bismarck to the French ambassador
Benedetti that appeared to be insulting and thus requiring retaliation by
France for the seeming affront to French honor. - -Ems Telegram
-Emperor of Germany. - -Kaiser
-The popularly elected lower house of government of the new German
Empire after 1871. - -Reichstag
-The process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian
empire. - -Russification
-Elected local rural governments allow some democracy without weakening
the central government. - -Zemstvos
