The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 18: Coping with Change

Essay Quiz

1
How did the Congress of Vienna represent the interests and views of European conservatives?
2
Metternich wrote in 1820 that "passions are let loose and league together to overthrow everything which society respects as the basis of its existence." What were the "passions" that Metternich feared, and why were they coming to the forefront at that time?
3
In what ways did the ideas and actions of liberals, nationalists, and socialists challenge conservatives between 1815 and 1850?
4
Why did the restoration of the Bourbons in France turn out to be only a temporary political solution?
5
Nineteenth-century ideologies did not emerge in isolation from one another. How and why did romanticism appeal simultaneously to nationalists, liberals, and conservatives?
6
Why did Britain not experience revolution in 1848?
7
Which European states faced the greatest threat from nationalism? Why?
8
Why did the ideology of socialism threaten both liberals and conservatives?
9
Analyze the commonalities in the several revolutions and movements for reform that developed between 1820 and 1848.
10
Why did the "passions" that Metternich feared fail to bring significant change to the states of Europe by 1848?
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