Chapter 7: “Revolutionary Aftershocks and Another Napoleon”

Chapter 7: “Revolutionary Aftershocks and Another Napoleon”

1. What is the “Restoration”?
2. Explain, in basic terms, the polarization between monarchism and secularism. 
3. Who was Louis XVIII?
4. What was the “White Terror”?
5. Why does the more liberal (or moderate) chamber come into scene? What are the reactions that this chamber originates? 
6. Who was Charles X? How can you define him, in political terms?
7. What is the nature of the revolution of 1830?
8. Who was Louis-Philippe? How can you define him, in political terms?
9. What was the economic situation of France during the 1830s?
10. Explain, in basic terms, the revolution of 1848. 
11. How would you define “romanticism”?
12. Explain the transition from romanticism to realism (119-121).
13. What is “utopian socialism”?
14. Explain the synthesis elaborated by the author about the year 1848 and the spread of the revolutionary ideas in the whole European continent. 
15. What is, synthetically, the “Second Republic”?
16. Who was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte?
17. What is the assessment of his government (in politics, but also in terms of infra-structure and economy). 
18. Explain, briefly, the causes and consequences of the war against Prussia.