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Unit 12 Assignment – Reaction & Reform

Unit Readings:

Western Heritage

    Chapters 21 & 22

Modern European History

    Chapters 18-22

Sophie’s World – "Marx"

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1. Create a colorful, complex image (or set of images) that illustrates the values and goals represented by each of the following concepts. Refer especially to pp. 766-772 in the Big Red Book. You may use some text to help convey the meaning of your images. Be creative! Use drawings, paintings, clipart, photos, crayons, fingerpaints, etc.

a) Liberalism (19th Century Style)

b) Nationalism

c) Concert of Europe

2. Identify each of the following terms and explain whether each represented the forces of conservatism, liberalism, or nationalism (or some combination thereof).

Austria

a. Metternich

German States (including Prussia)

b. Burschenshaften

c. Carlsbad Decrees

Great Britain

d. Peterloo Massacre

e. Six Acts

f. Catholic Emancipation Act (1829)

g. Great Reform Bill (1832)

h. Chartism Movement

France

i. Louis XVIII

j. White Terror

k. Charles X (formerly the Duke of Artois)

l. Louis Phillipe ("the July Monarchy")

Spain

m. 1820 Revolution

Greece

n. Greek Independence (1821)

Russia

o. Decembrist Revolt

Belgium

p. Convention of 1839

3. In 1848, a series of liberal and nationalist revolutions erupted in France, Austria, Italy, and the German states. Create a chart like the one below explaining the causes and results of these political upheavals. Draw information from the Big Red Book (p. 824-834) and MEH (Chapter 22).

 

FRANCE

AUSTRIA

HUNGARY

(Part of Austrian Empire)

BOHEMIA

(Part of Austrian Empire)

GERMAN STATES

ITALY

Goals of Revolutionaries

 

         

Short-term Gains Made in Revolution

 

 

         

How was Revolution Suppressed?

 

 

         

Permanent Political Changes Resulting From Revolution (government, laws, etc.)

           

 

 

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