APEH Unit 6 - Vocab 2/2 (copy)

Important law that granted voting rights to urban, middle-class men in Britain. It almost doubled the number of eligible voters.

Term that refers to the power to vote.

Term that refers to the power to vote.

Term that refers to people, usually women, who are employed to work in a home as maids, cooks, and laundresses.

Political term that means that all adult man have the right to vote.

A national petition in Britain that demanded universal manhood suffrage, secret ballots, and salaries for members of Parliament. It gathered over 6,000,000 signatures but was never accepted by Parliament.

The political and social movement that fought to end the slave trade and the practice of human slavery all over the world.

One of the most important diplomatic events in European history, the Congress went from November 1814 to June 1815. The goal of the diplomats was to restore European order after the defeat of Napoleon.

he served as the Austrian Foreign Minister and later the Chancellor (Prime Minister) during most of the first half of the 1800's. His conservative views dominated European international politics for decades after the Congress of Vienna.

The act of returning a monarch to their throne, a government to power, or the control of a previous regime.

Something that is legal, rightful, or appropriate.

The European diplomatic goal of preventing any single nation from dominating the entire continent. Britain was especially dedicated to it.

An 1820 diplomatic agreement between Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia that pledged military assistance to any European government threatened by revolution. Britain strongly opposed the agreement.

Ideas and ideals that form the basis of thoughts and attitudes toward economic and political goals.

The political ideology that supports free-enterprise, private ownership of property, and traditional social values.

The political ideology that supports personal liberty, individual rights, and equality before the law.

A phrase by John Stuart Mill that summarizes the philosophy of liberalism.

The economic policy that argues that international trade should have no restrictions, such as tariffs, quotas, or embargoes.

An economic system in which business is controlled by private companies and individuals, not the state.

An economic theory that supports the state's control of the major resources and businesses in society. Socialists believe that the state can ensure that all benefit equally from economic activity.

To bring someone or something under domination or control, especially by conquest.

A branch of socialism that advocated the formation of small, idealistic communities that focused on communal living around a specific business.

A large textile factory community in Scotland that was turned into a model Utopian Socialist experiment by Robert Owen. Owen built good worker housing, schools for the town's children, and paid fair wages.

The nickname for the reign of the French monarch, King Louis Philippe. It lasted from the July Revolution in 1830 until the Revolution of 1848.

A temporary government set up after the overthrow of Louis Philippe in February 1848. It lasted until June 1848. A term applied to any interim government set up to temporarily keep a state functioning until a new permanent regime can be formed.

An employment program established by the French Second Republic in February 1848. It guaranteed work for any unemployed laborer who could prove residence in Paris. It was designed by the socialist, Louis Blanc.

This was a violent uprising from June 22 - June 26, 1848 when Parisian proletarians battled the French Army. Workers were angry at the closure of the National Workshops. Over 10,000 were killed.

Term for the government that administered France from the fall of Louis Philippe to the beginning of the Second Empire.

The nephew of Napoleon, he was elected president of the Second Republic and in 1852 he reestablished his uncle's Empire as the "Second Empire."

Term for the government that administered France under the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. It was an authoritarian state that experienced many successes, but was destroyed by military defeat.

self-government for a region

A synonym for Hungarian.

A philosophy that opposes any political or social reforms.

A German nationalist meeting that gathered in hopes of forming a unified German state. It ended in failure.

The "Small German" faction at the Diet of Frankfurt. They favored the creation of a unified Germany under Prussian dominance and the exclusion of Austria.

The "Big German" faction at the Diet of Frankfurt. They favored the creation of a unified Germany under Austrian dominance.

Italian nationalist leader who led the decades long effort for the creation of a unified Italian state.

The Italian nationalist movement led by Mazzini. By 1848 it had over 50,000 members all over the Italian peninsula.

It was a secret network of Italian nationalist groups that loosely cooperated in an effort to unify Italy.

A major European art movement that flourished between the 1790's and the 1830's. The Romantics focused on injecting passion and emotion into their art, music, and writings.