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21 Cards in this Set
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What was the "hungry 40s" in reference to in regards to European history?
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A decade that was coming out of
- Industrial Economic Downturn - high unemployment - famine of potatoes - food prices doubled - Bread and potato riots |
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What year was the German Confederation established?
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In the year 1815, created by the congress of Vienna
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What is the Frankfurt Assembly?
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May 1848 – May 1849
First freely elected parliament for all of Germany |
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What was the organization of smaller states which was established for no government power, but to provide protection to the other states?
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German Confederation
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What Reforms came from the Creation of the German Confederation (1815)?
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-The reconstitution of the army
Officer recruitment based on merit, but still drawn from the Junkers -The abolition of serfdom and the estate system (1807) -Expanded facilities for primary and secondary education |
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A customs union which promoted free trade amongst the German states while also imposing a tariff on all imports into the German states?
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Zollverein
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The Prussian created nation of Zollverein (1834) included all German estates except...
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Austria
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During the Frankfurt Assembly, what were the main two ideas going into the discussion room?
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"Great Germany"- called for the incorporation of a greater German State including Austria
"Small Germany"- Germany is to contain lands not owned by larger countries |
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What happened March 15, 1845?
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Revolt in Berlin which forced Fredrick William the IV to meet to discuss the idea of a representative government within Germany
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Why did Frederick William the IV refuse the crown on April 3, 1849?
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Because he wanted the country on his terms.
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What did the Austrian Empire look like in 1848?
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Composed of may different races like the slovaks, czechs, poles, and croats, slovenes, who each wanted their own independent state.
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The momentum of the revolution began March 3, 1848 and was led by who?
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Lajos Kossuth
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The term that signified the unification of the Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Macedonians, and Bulgarians
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Pan-Slavism
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What was the date of where the Revoluitionaries for the Slavic speaking people went into Buda and Pest, promoting their "12 point plan" of Government Reform?
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March 15, 1848
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As a result of all the revolutions along the Austrian Empire like of Italy and the Bohemian diet, what were some of the concessions?
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-Male Suffrage
-Worked towards the abolition of Serfdom -Withdrawal of troops in Vienna -Yield to Czechs demands in Bohemia |
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Who declared war on the Austrians, sparking an all out Italian War against the Austrians?
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King Charles Albert of Sardinia
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Created in Response to a nationalistic fervor, believed that seperating from germany was a "necessary evil" in order to help the slav's people progress?
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Pan-Slav Assembly (June 1848)
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Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?
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was an Italian patriot, philosopher and politician. His efforts helped bring about the modern Italian state[2] in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. He also helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state.
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Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
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Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and afterward returned to Italy as a commander in the conflicts of the Risorgimento.
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Who is Napoleon III?
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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d'état in 1851, becoming dictator before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the unusual distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France.
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What were some of Napoleon III accomplishments?
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-Created an elected Assembly that had no real power
-Massive rebuilding -Signed a free-trade agreement with England (1860) - |
