Deck 19: The Birth of Modern Politics

Question 1

The leader of the Congress of Vienna was

A) Napoleon
B) Metternich
C) Burke
D) Bismarck

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The ________ controlled the Congress of Vienna.

Answer 2

Conservatives

Question 3

Metternich believed that _______.

A) change was never necessary
B) the traditional aristocracy should remain in power at all costs
C) the common people were too stupid to take part in government
D) any change should happen gradually, not through revolution

Answer 3

D

Question 4

At its most basic level, conservatism

A) stated that no one had the right to overthrow the government
B) valued a stable community over the individual
C) championed laissez-faire government
D) wanted the overthrow of monarchies

Question 5

The Polish were united by the Congress of Vienna.

Question 6

Greek patriots rose up against the Ottomans in ___________.

Question 7

One of the basic ideas of political liberalism in the 19th century was

A) individual freedom
B) law and order
C) military control
D) divine right monarchy

Question 8

Edmund Burke's _________ is commonly regarded as one of the foundational texts of conservatism.

Question 9

According to the conservative poor law in Britain, a welfare recipient received his payment in the parish where he was born.

Question 10

Conservatism was anti-industrialization.

Question 11

Liberalism regards the primary function of government to be the promotion of ________.

A) tradition
B) social order
C) personal freedom
D) big government

Question 12

_______, who wrote On Liberty, was the primary philosopher of Liberalism.

Question 13

Whose new-found economic muscle depended upon individual freedom and property rights?

A) Nobles
B) Bourgeoisie
C) Peasants
D) Royalty

Question 14

The British Reform Bill of 1832 _______.

A) reallocated parliamentary seats in industrial areas.
B) eliminated child labor.
C) mandated a minimum wage for workers.
D) limited the number of hours that women could work.

Question 15

Charles X of France abdicated in:

A) 1890
B) 1830
C) 1820
D) 1864

Question 16

The right to vote is known as _______.

Question 17

"Proletariat" comes from the Latin word meaning:

A) Workers
B) People from the villages
C) Untouchables
D) People who smell

Question 18

Chartists issued their People's Charter in _______.

Question 19

After nearly a decade of discontent, urban workers and the poor rose up in protest in:

A) 1848
B) 1838
C) 1898
D) 1900

Question 20

In 1848 Karl Marx published ____________.