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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Political-Cultural Developments

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Metternich enacted the Carlsbad Decrees in 1819 for which of the following reasons?
  1. To warn France that any aggression would not be tolerated
  2. To improve Austrian relations with Turkey
  3. To limit growing German nationalism
  4. To challenge Alexander I's interests in Poland
  5. To reorganize the tax structure of Austria
Explanation
Answer: C - The Austrian Minister of State, Metternich, along with the German confederation, issued the Carlsbad Decrees in 1819 to limit German nationalism and suppress revolutionary behavior. These decrees dissolved the Burschenschaft, a growing youth movement, and limited freedoms of assembly and press. The decrees also implanted government officials in universities to prevent the spread of nationalist expression.
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