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World History #2test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Age of Napolean refered as? | 1789-1818 |
| Why was Napolean important? | becuase of his ideas, he left an important imprint, and he was gifted and talented. |
| Napolean benefited who? | the middle class |
| what did the enlightment ideas produce? | republicans, liberals, and democrats |
| when was Napolean born? | August 5, 1769 |
| Where was Napolean born? | on an island of Corsica(a french posession) |
| What did he change his name from Napolean Buonaparte to? | Napolean Bonaparte(french) |
| What was their culture? | very italian in their culture |
| He left at age 9 and went where? | Breinne, a military school. |
| what was he made fun of for? | his small stature, his italian accent and his relative poverty. |
| He dreamed of the day when he could what? | liberate corsica |
| was he extremely intelligent? | YES |
| which subjects did he enjoy? | history, geography, and math |
| the headmaster of his school thought napolean was what? | "extremely selfish" |
| What does he become at age 17? | 2nd lieutenant in the french army |
| he educated himself by doing what? | reading |
| what did he read? | the great ideas of the enlightment writers |
| who was his favorite writer? | Jouque Rousseau |
| in 178 what does he become? | ______officer |
| what were his 6 characteristics? | 1.Small stature(5ft.2in) 2.nerves of steel(always remained calm) 3.capacity for hardwork(he poured time and energy in strategies) 4.Unusually high intelligence 5.Generous(only if it benefited himself) 6.was ambitious(this is what drived his life) |
| When was napolean crowned emporer? | 1804 |
| Napolean is asked to protect what? | the national convention |
| what is another name for the national convention? | the "whiff of grapeshot" |
| What did he want to do as leader? | seize italy and return it back to it's original state |
| what did he call his army? | "soldiers of liberty" |
| what did he settle? | the treaty of campo formio |
| when was the coup d'etat | nov.9,1799 |
| with all fears and concerns the national convention was weak because of what? | the directory |
| the directory set how many people as head? | 5 |
| something could only pass, unless what? | ALL 5 councils agreed on it |
| who was abbe sieyes? | him and a few friends tried and changed the way the directory worked |
| what should the first consul have? | he should have ALL the power and be a strong leader |
| who was first consul? | napolean |
| because of the bomb attempt on napolean, what did he do to his enemies? | he executed them |
| when you are crowned emporer, who comes to crown you? | the pope |
| who actually crowns napolean? | himself |
| what was the continental ststem good for? | to enrich france, strengthen the economy, and to weaken great britain |
| what does napolean see himself as? | as a disciple of revolution |
| what did napolean hate? | futalism and religion |
| we refer to napolean as what? | an enlightment despototism |
| the civil code was 2 documents in 1, what were the 2 fold document? | 1.a radical document(confirms dissapearance of aristocries 2.adopted social principles of 1789 |
| what are some things about the social principles of 1789? | equality before the law, confirms separation between church and state, religious freedom, and freedom of occupational opportunity |
| when was the final end to napolean's power? | december 31, 1811 |
| Why did napolean build the Grand Army? | to invade russia |
| when were they ready to invade? | june 1812 |
| what were the 2 problems about invading russia? | 1.the love the russians have of their mother-land. 2.the weather(cold, cold, cold) |
| why can't napolean let russia get away with winning? | becuase the russians will get out of under napoleans reign and then all the other countries will do the same thing |
| what was the russian's strategy to win agains napolean? | they would take their stuff, then burn what they could |
| Karl marx had a more direct and powerful influence in which century? | the 19th century |
| what was the difference/similarites between socialism and marxism? | socialism predates marxism, not all socialists are marxisits, and marxism is a type of socialists. |
| what were the difficulties of interperting marx's work? | 1.his own aproach to issues;to be a revolutionary activists and polemicist. 2.because of the interperters themselves;they were heavily critical of him, but some worshiped him and treated him like a prophet |
| what is a polemicist? | a way of writing to pursuade you |
| marx writes a way that makes it fit for who? | himself |
| revolutionary activists and polemicits tend to be what? | inconsitent |
| when was marx born? | in 1818 in german reinlandship, Trier |
| what did marx come from a long line of? | jewish rabbis |
| Why did marx's father change his name? | so he could hide his jewish roots |
| Where did Marx go to school? | first went to university of Bonn, then transfered to University of Berlin. |
| Marx focuses on 4 things: | 1.study of law 2.study of history 3.studied philosophy 4.studied theology |
| when he was 23 what did he complete at school? | his PHD in philosophy at university of Jena |
| why couldn't marx get a job? | becuase of his radical views and he is really intense |
| where did he finally get a job? | editing newspaper for big newspaper in germany |
| when was Marx's pivital year of his life? | 1843 |
| what were 3 things of being pivital in marx's life? | 1.he get's married 2.he moved to paris 3.he meets his ONLY friend(Friedrich Engels) |
| what makes Engels different from most people? | he actually cares about his workers |
| 2 things why Engels is important in Marx's life? | 1.engel's shakes marx's thinking 2.engels funds most of marx's life |
| why did marx get kicked out of paris? | becuase he was SO radical |
| when did marx write the communist manifesto? | 1848 |
| what are a few ideas on why this document if RADICAL? | 1.democratic universal suffrage 2.universal free education 3.progressive 4.limitations upon inheritance 5.state ownership of banks, factories,and transportation of( ) 6.degree of large scale of collective agriculture 7.revolution |
| explain democratic universal suffrage | the right for everyone to vote |
| explain universal free education | free education for public schools |
| explain progressive income tax | when you make more, you pay higher percentage |
| explain limitations upon inheritance | can we really have a society that works, if the wealthy are always wealthy? |
| explain state ownership of banks, factories, and transportation of ( ) | not caring about the common good, so let's change it |
| explain degree of large scientific scale of collectivised agriculture | the state owns it now |
| explain revolution | THE revolution. uniting all the world and start a revolution |
| where does marx live for the rest of his life? | england |
| where does marx spend most of his time? | in the british musuem doing research,preparing articles for newspapers |
| what does marx organize? | the first international working men association(called just first international) |
| what was marx's last writing? | Das Kapital |
| when does marx die? | 1883 |
| what was marx inpspired by? | the french revolution |
| what did marx think was wrong with the french revolution? | that it didnt go far enough |
| 2 problems of the F.R. | 1.who drove the F.R.(the middle class) 2.the push for civil and legal equality(before the law, the freedom's that were extended within all the classes, and the need for social and economical equality as well |
| what do politicians define marxism as? | economic determinism |
| what did the F.R. show marx for his revolution | that a revolution could work, if you had the right aims and goals. |
| what was the name of Engel's book? | "the condition of the working classes in england" |
| what was engel's book about? | it was an examination and discription of the working class |
| 4 things that bothered marx about engel's book? | 1.the depressed condition of labor 2.government and parlimentary was in the hands of the rich 3.the established churches arent interested in helping the poor 4.the family as an institution was disgrating in the working class |
| what becomes the framework of marx's worldview? | dialectical materialism |
| what does dialectic mean? | a logical exlination of putthing things together |
| who does marx borrow dialectic materialism from? | georg hegel |
| Hegel's key ideas of dialectic materialism | 1.everything in the universe is related to something else 2.every movement automatically and inevitably produces its opposite 3.from the inevitable conflic, there emerges a final synthesis(a solution) |
| the different points about the human thinking and material world. | Marx's:thinks that human thinking is a reflection of material world Hegel's:the material world is a reflection of human thinking |
| in marx's thoughts what is history? | history is God and he is the chief prophet |
| material condistions give rise to what? | economical classes |
| who rises up and eventually takes over? | the prolitarian class |
| what is marx's first main idea? | economics determine every aspet of life |
| marx's second main idea | the plight of the working class is hopeless without action on the working class part itself |
| marx's third main idea | economics determinism dictates that violent clashes between the socio-economic classes must and will occur in order to produce desireable change |
| marx's fourth main idea | in order for history to fulfill itself and for working class to triumph, working class solidary is absolutely necessary |
| marx's fifth main idea | equality is the long term goal |
| marx's first 4 strengths | 1.marxism was based upon real grievances 2.marxism claimed to be scientific,which appealed to the modern, scientific, and non religious mindset 3.marxism purported to be based the flow of history 4.marxis appeard to flow out of the enlightment |
| marx's final strength | 5.there is much truth in the marxist critique of capitalism |
| marx's 1st weaknesses | 1.marx did not count upon the resurgence of a spiritually vital christianity in the 20th century that would seek to fix the social problems of the day |
| marx's 2nd weakness | 2.marx did not count upon the working class making some startling political and economic gains without the use of THE revolution |
| marx's 3rd weakness | 3.marx failed to understand the basic nature of human beings |