Chapter 22: Ideologies and Upheavals

This chapter outlines the various changes and movements in politics, economics, philosophy, art, and many other aspects of society that occurred between roughly 1815 and 1850. Among these are the Congress of Vienna, the conservative assembly that restored much of what Napoleon had changed; the revolutions of 1848 and their numerous motivations and characteristics; the policies of Klemens von Metternich and others who attempted to suppress these revolts; the legislation being passed in Britain and the reactions it prompted, including the Corn Laws; and the movements of conservatism, liberalism, nationalism, socialism, communism, and romanticism.

Objective: Learning more about the content of this chapter and other important people and events from the first half of the nineteenth century, and understanding how they relate to the contemporary movements and revolutions.