Following Napoleon’s defeat at Leipzig in 1813 and his abdication in 1814, the allies
restored Louis XVIII to the throne.
How did Napoleon view women’s roles within his new paternalistic vision of French society?
He believed women should be restricted to the private sphere of the home; his legal code curtailed women’s rights, and he took little interest in girls’ education
Napoleon’s attitude toward the French novelist Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël is a prime example of his
inability to tolerate criticism, particularly from writers.
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) was known throughout the world for
playing a leading role in Latin America’s struggle for independence from Spain and Portugal.
Why did western Europeans support the Greek independence movement?
Europeans identified with the Greeks because Greece was viewed as the birthplace of Western civilization.
Why was the Reform Bill of 1832 a political landmark?
It increased the number of male voters by about 50 percent and set a precedent for widening suffrage further.
Which of the following is true of Ferdinand VII after his restoration to the Spanish throne in 1814?
He restricted freedoms and abolished the constitution of 1812.
Nineteenth-century poets and writers who collected old legends and folktales that expressed a shared cultural and linguistic heritage stretching back to the Middle Ages embraced what ideology?
Romantic nationalism
In the early 1820s, rebellions against the monarchies in Spain and Russia were led by army officers because these men
had been influenced by French ideas about reform during the long campaigns against Napoleon.
The British political theorist Edmund Burke (1729–1799) was known for what influential belief?
That government should be rooted in experience and that all change should be gradual and respect tradition
Which of the following was part of Metternich’s campaign to suppress dissent within the states of the German Confederation?
The Carlsbad Decrees
How did the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) set the parameters for future relations between European states?
It established a new framework for international relations based on periodic meetings, or congresses, between the major powers.
Napoleon’s attitude toward the French novelist Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël is a prime example of his
inability to tolerate criticism, particularly from writers
Which of the following actions did Napoleon undertake in 1804 with the pope’s blessing?
He crowned himself emperor.
Why was the Reform Bill of 1832 a political landmark?
It increased the number of male voters by about 50 percent and set a precedent for widening suffrage further.
Who benefited the most from Napoleon’s introduction of a hierarchy of noble titles?
Napoleon’s family members, who were given positions of power in France’s new satellite territories across Europe
What was the intention behind the French invasion and occupation of Egypt in 1798?
The Directory wanted to strike a blow at British trade by cutting off Great Britain’s route to India.
Which of the following ideologies argued for the restoration of social and religious hierarchies in the years after the Napoleonic wars?
Conservatism
Following Napoleon’s defeat at Leipzig in 1813 and his abdication in 1814, the allies
restored Louis XVIII to the throne.
After Napoleon defeated the Russians at Friedland in 1807, the ensuing Treaties of Tilsit
forced Prussia to relinquish its territory west of the Elbe, which became the kingdom of Westphalia under Napoleon’s brother.
The British political theorist Edmund Burke (1729–1799) was known for what influential belief?
That government should be rooted in experience and that all change should be gradual and respect tradition
Which of the following was part of Metternich’s campaign to suppress dissent within the states of the German Confederation?
The Carlsbad Decrees
In 1812, Napoleon made what disastrous military error?
He opened a second front by invading Russia.
Which of the following provided a major test for the theory of conservatism in the post-Napoleonic order?
The restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the throne of France
