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Modern Western Civilization Lecture #7. Ideologies and Politics 1815-1852. Themes. The promise of liberty continued after the French Revolution, even though many European governments tried to establish a conservative order after Napoleon.
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Modern Western CivilizationLecture #7 Ideologies and Politics 1815-1852
Themes • The promise of liberty continued after the French Revolution, even though many European governments tried to establish a conservative order after Napoleon. • Liberalism, industrialization, and nationalism combined to inspire political revolutions.
Quadruple Alliance • Great Britain • Austria • Russia • Prussia
Reform Bill of 1832 • Eliminated “rotten boroughs” • Created new seats in Parliament for industrial areas. • Reduced the property and wealth qualifications, which increased suffrage by 50%--now 12% of the male population could vote.
Chartist Movement • Universal Male Suffrage • Annual Parliaments • Voting by secret ballot • Equalization of electoral districts • Remove property qualifications for members of Parliament • Pay salary to members of Parliament
Revolutions of 1848 • What roles did Alex de Tocqueville and Carl Schurz play in the Revolutions of 1848? • What were the various revolutionary factions in France? • How did de Tocqueville depict the workers in France? How did he depict Socialism? • According to Schurz, what inspired revolution in Germany in 1848? What was the end result? • In what ways were the Revolutions of 1848 similar or different to the French Revolution of 1789
This print from 1848 encourages the revolutionary on the barricades to put away his rifle and trust the democratic process. Pointing to the rifle, our French revolutionary announces, "This is for the external enemy." "As for the internal ones," he says, indicating the election urn, "this is how one fights them loyally."