Reaction and Revolution            October 19, 2004

1. Why did European conservatives feel the French Revolution had come close to destroying Western civilization?

2. Why did nationalism rise in Europe in the early 19th century?

3. Why did the participants at the Congress of Vienna fear nationalism?

4. What was the aim of the Congress of Vienna (1815)?

5. The leaders of the Congress of Vienna tried to "set back the clock of history."  What does that statement mean?