Chapter 21 - Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

Congress of Vienna

The ________ had established nine states in Italy.

industrial revolution

The ________ had made new thinkers and expanded the group of leaders that objected to the corrupt British electoral system.

Metternich

________ and his kind were representatives of the ideology known as conservatism.

aristocratic landowning class

The ________ was usually the driving force for legislation that halted some of the worst abuses in the industrial system by instituting government regulation of working conditions in the factories and mines.

Britain

The first half of the nineteenth century witnessed a significant increase in crime, especially against property, in ________, France, and Germany.

peace arrangements

The ________ of 1815 were the beginning of many forces unleashed due to the french revolution.

Nationalism

________ was a powerful ideology for change in the nineteenth century.

1815

In ________, Great Britain was governed by the aristocratic landowning classes that dominated both houses of Parliament.

urban residents

The rise in property crimes provoked a severe reaction among middle- class ________, who feared that the urban poor posed a threat to their security and possessions.

reform act

There was a(n) ________ in 1832 that benefited the upper middle class and they were able to vote, but the lower class still did not have a say.

British population

Suffrage for elections to the House of Commons, controlled by the landed gentry, was restricted and unequal, especially in light of the changing distribution of the ________ due to the Industrial Revolution.

Liberalism

________ is an ideology that owed a lot to the enlightenment of the 18th century.

Romantic writers

________ emphasized emotion, sentiment, and inner feelings in their works.

Government should not restrain the economic liberty of the individual and should restrict itself to only three primary functions

defense of the country, police protection of individuals, and the construction and maintenance of public works too expensive for individuals to undertake