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The Age of Ideologies

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After the defeat of Napoleon, Europe was left in a real mess. Hereditary monarchies had fallen, new ideas had taken hold in France and spread throughout the continent, and the Industrial Revolution was beginning to change the lives of everyone.

The period from 1815 to 1850 was a time of competing ideologies, all of which promised a new Europe. Conservatism favored a return to hereditary monarchies with strong, and sometimes, absolute control over their people. Classical liberalism, modeled on the United States and practiced with some success in France, promised more personal freedom and governments more responsive to the wishes of the people. Nationalism, which had been heightened by the Napoleonic Wars, emphasized self-identity and the consolidation of nationalities under a common government, often at the expense of existing empires. Socialism, responding to the pressures of industrialization promised a world of communal cooperation and the elimination of class differences. And Romanticism, shunning the cold rationality of the Enlightenment, emphasized emotional reactions to events, which affected politics, art, literature, and music.

Most notably, Europe was rocked by a series of popular revolutions. In 1848, especially, oppressed people rose up against existing governmental systems and called for increased equality and rights. In some cases, governments responded violently, while in others, governments proved more receptive to change. Thus, the early 19th century can be seen as the beginning of a more egalitarian Europe than had existed before. This is that story. Can you hear the people sing?


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Age of Ideologies Study Guide
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Chapter 21 Skeleton Outline
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Chapter 21 Key Concepts
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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Congress of Vienna and Conservatism

  • MindTap: A Break with Reason
  • The Peace Settlement, pages 625-626
  • The Ideology of Conservatism, pages 626-627
  • Lessons in Negotiation: The Congress of Vienna
  • Tom Richey's Congress of Vienna
  • MindTap: A Break with Reason

Assignment 2: Conservative Domination

  • Conservative Domination: The Concert of Europe, pages 627-628
  • The Principle of Intervention, page 628
  • The Greek Revolt, pages 630-631
  • Great Britain: Rule of the Tories, page 631
  • Russia: Autocracy of the Stars, pages 633-634
  • Horrible Histories: The Four Georges, Born 2 Rule
  • Horrible Histories: King George IV Solo Career
  • MindTap: The Conservative Order

Assignment 3: Ideologies of Change

  • Liberalism, pages 634-635
  • Nationalism, page 635
  • Early Socialism, pages 635-638
  • AP Euro Bit by Bit: 19th Century Isms
  • Crash Course: Capitalism and Socialism
  • MindTap: The Ideologies of Change

​Assignment 4: Revolutions of 1830 and 1848

  • Another French Revolution, pages 638-639
  • Revolutionary Outbursts in Belgium, Poland, and Italy, page 639
  • Reform in Great Britain, pages 639-641
  • The Revolutions of 1848, pages 641-646
  • AP Euro Bit by Bit: What Were the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848?
  • Do You Hear the People Sing?
  • MindTap: Revolution and Reform

​Assignment 5: An Ordered Society

  • New Police Forces, pages 647-649
  • Prison Reform, page 649
  • MindTap: The Emergence of an Ordered Society

Assignment 6: Romanticism

  • The Characteristics of Romanticism, pages 649-650
  • Romantic Poets, pages 650-651
  • Romanticism in Art, pages 651-652
  • Romanticism in Music, pages 653-654
  • AP Euro Bit by Bit: Tackling the Long Essay Question
  • Tom Richey's Romanticism
  • MindTap: Culture in an Age of Reaction and Revolution

Assignment 7: Review for Test

  • Chapter Summary, pages 654-655
  • A Whiteboard Overview of the Age of Ideologies
  • MindTap: Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism
  • MindTap: Chapter 21 Quiz
  • MindTap: Chapter 21 AP Review Questions


Primary Sources

​Klemens von Metternich, Memoirs
Heinrich von Gagen, Letter to His Father
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
​Thomas Babington Macaulay, Speech of March 2, 1831
Carl Schurz, Reminiscences
Political Cartoons: Attacks on the King
Giuseppe Mazzini, The Young Italy Oath
Petition for Higher Pay by a Group of Third-Class Constables
Complaints from Constables of D Division of the London Police

Paul Sargent Makes History

  • Home
  • My YouTube Channel
  • AP European History
    • Historical Reasoning Skills
    • Thematic Learning Objectives >
      • Interaction of Europe and the World
      • Poverty and Prosperity
      • Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
      • States and Other Institutions of Power
      • Individual and Society
      • National and European Identity
    • Concept Outline
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • Exam Review Resources
  • AP Government
    • Concept Outline
    • Constitutional Underpinnings
    • Political Beliefs and Behaviors
    • Linkage Institutions
    • Institutions of Government
    • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    • Exam Review
  • Government and Economics
    • Foundations of Government
    • The Constitution
    • Executive Branch
    • The Judicial Branch
    • Voting and Elections
  • My Blog