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- Reform Act of 1832
- Reformations of the Parliament House of Commons regarding elections and electoral abuses
- Benjamin Disraeli
- conservative British Prime Minister who served two terms
- Confederation of the Rhine
- 16 German states formed by Napoleon after the defeat of Russia and Austria
- Communism
- a classless, stateless society based on common ownership and a person's desire to better society as a whole instead of interest in personal gain
- Friedrich Engels
- German socialist thinker who helped develop the communist theory
- Realism
- art and literature depicting the actuality of working class lives
- Cult of Domesticity - Feminine Ideal
- the idea that women were supposed to embody perfect virtue (piety, purity, submission, and domesticity)
- Concert of Europe
- a congregation of great European powers of the time to discuss problems without resorting to war
- Socialism
- A political and economic theory that goods should be shared equally among the population rather than being assigned because of birth or talent
- William Gladstone
- liberal British Prime Minister who served four terms
- The Communist Manifesto
- book laying out a suggested course of action for the proletariat to overthrow the bourgeoisie and create a classless society with no privately owned property (communist society)
- Technological Advanvement in Transportation
- the steam engine allowed for trains, steamboats, and the invention of the airplane
- Liberalism
- a governmental system stressing the importance of the individual and limiting governmental involvement in the economy
- Education
- national school systems established throughout Europe, starting with Prussia
- Technological Advances in Warfare
- guerilla war tactics
- Proletariat
- any person in the lower social class of the time
- Charles Darwin
- English scientist who brought up the idea that all species of life have evolved from common ancestors through natural selection
- Technological Advances in Communication
- telephone, telegraph
- Utopian Socialists
- the thought that a perfect communalist society could actually exist
- Medical Advancements
- anesthesia, disease awareness and prevention, surgery, identification of genetic disorders, disproving/improving of previously accepted and often incorrectly dangerous medical practices (ex-bloodletting)
- Realpolitik
- politics based on practicality instead of ideologies
- Otto von Bismark
- minister-president of Prussia who oversaw the unification of Germany
- Clemens von Metternich
- German-Austrian politician essential in the distribution of power over the fall of Napoleon
- Romanticism
- artistic, literary, and intellectual movements in Europe during the second half of the 19th century
- Franco-Prussian War
- war between France and German states in 1870 which the German states won before unifying
- Second Scientific Revolution
- the exploration of data-driven sciences such as biology, electricity, magnetism, and chemistry
- Nationalism
- the belief that a person's country is superior to any other person's country
- Women's Suffrage
- political reform extending the right to vote to women
- Conservatism
- an ideology formed in response to liberalism
- Consumerism
- the equation of personal happiness to material wealth
- Karl Marx
- German socialist thinker who helped develop the communist theory
- Zollverein
- German customs union removing tariffs and customs
- Anarchism
- a belief supporting the abolition of government as a whole