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      • "Leaders of Men" Activity
      • "Fantasy Christianity": The Protestants vs. The Catholics
      • Thirty Years War: Eyewitnesses To Horror
      • "Colonial Expansion" Activity
      • Absolute Monarch "Stock Market" Simulation
      • The Great "Fate" Debate: The English Civil War
      • "Bow Tie Flip" Activity
      • French Revolution HEADLINES Activity
      • Napoleon's Paris
      • Napoleonic "Praise or Infamy" Activity
      • 1848: National Powder Kegs
      • "Step Forward, Step Backward" Activity
      • "Strong Borders, Strong Governments" Industrialization Activity
      • "Industry and the People" Analysis
      • "White Australia" Immigration Activity
      • Imperialism: Rationale, Criticism, and Response
      • World War I: A Gallery Walk
      • "Age of Anxiety": Art, Literature, and Thought
      • Sachsenhausen: The Model Camp
      • Stasiland: Life Behind 'The Wall'
  • U.S. Government
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      • "Voting History" Activity
      • "Political Socialization" Activity
      • Media and The Government - The Right to Know
      • That's My Congress?!
      • Lobby Infographics
      • Electoral College Activity
      • "Keep It / Cut It" Cabinet Positions Activity
      • "Court Leanings" Activity
      • "Power Through Precedence" Supreme Court Activity
      • UBER: Supply & Demand
      • "Sacred Cows" Budget Cutting Analysis
      • "A Guy Walks Into a Bar..." / U.S. Government Services Activity
      • "Good GDP" Activity
      • Rubber Bands: Global Crises Explained
      • Obamacare: The Obama Legacy
      • U.N. Debate Activity
      • Zombie Apocalypse Activity
      • "American Immigration" Activity
      • American Foreign Policy - "Why We Fight"
      • American Foreign Policy - "Through The Eyes of a Cartoonist"
      • Make MONEY, MAKE Money!
      • "Life Lines" Activity

- 1848 -

National Powder Kegs Explode in the Nations of France, Austria, and Prussia

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It is purported that as the revolutionaries of 1848 were marching on the Royal Place in Vienna, Emperor Ferdinand I asked Prince Klemens Von Metternich, his foreign minister, for an explanation. When Metternich answered that they were making a revolution, Ferdinand is supposed to have said, “But are they allowed to do that?”   

In 1848, revolutionary fervor ebbed from the streets of Paris to the cobblestone causeways of the Alexanderplatz in Berlin and through the beautifully-manicured lawns of Vienna. But the question is why? Why 1848? Why did almost all of Europe simultaneously convulse with revolution? And why didn't it occur in 1789 when the French were revolting and only slightly after the Americans had revolted, successfully?

Similarly to our "Thirty Years War: Eyewitnesses to Horror" activity, to truly understand the revolutions, one must both listen, and look. In partners, you will click on one of the two (2) buttons below. With your partner, you will alternately read a passage and examine an image that are linked together. The point of this activity is to listen, and look. Click below to get started.
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