Topic 10.1 the Age of Industrialization, Conservative Restoration and Its Discontents

Western Civilization HISTR 102

Topic 10.1 – The Age of Industrialization, Conservative Restoration -- and Its Discontents

Topic 10.2 – Politics and Culture of the Nation-State

Hunt, Chapters 21 & 22

Short Answer Questions

*Directions – After reading each of your assigned reading packets and your textbook from this topic, provide a short answer using details from your reading. Answer the questions with the following in mind:

• You answers should be 1-2 fully developed paragraphs.
• Your short answer should begin with a THESIS statement that summarizes your answer to the question.
• You should use at least one short quote attributed to the source to which you are responding. (EX: Colton and Palmer said, ‘quote quote quote, quote quote.”)
• Your short answer should contain numerous, SPECIFIC examples from the reading assignment.
• You should include a discussion of the source’s thesis or its impact and importance.
• You should conclude your response with a closing statement.
• Submit your responses as a PDF or Word Document to Moodle

The Rise of New Ideologies in the Nineteenth Century

1. Compare and contrast TWO of the new ideologies of the Nineteenth century. Who were the major proponents of each ideology? In which books (if any) did they describe these ideologies? What were the inspirations for and major premises of each of the ideologies you’ve chosen?

Downs, Books that Changed the World, Thomas Malthus

1. Summarize Malthus’ theories about population growth and positive checks. Malthus has been highly criticized for his theories; what do you think about his theories about population?

Downs, Books that Changed the World, Karl Marx & Karl Marx Euro Spark Notes

1. Summarize Marxist theories. Given the time period, argue whether Marx was correct in his ideas, or argue the flaws of his theory.

Steves and Oppenshaw – Art in the Age of Nationalism

1. Discuss the ways in which art in the age of nationalism was reflective of the changes taking place in European society, and discuss ONE work of art in particular as an example.

Downs, Books that Changed the World, Charles Darwin

1. Julian Huxley wrote, “Darwin’s work . . . put the world of live into the domain of natural law.” Discuss the ways in which Darwin’s theories did this, and how did Europeans receive his theories in the 19th century?

Hunt Chapters21&22 Review/Focus Questions – Answer ONE of the following

1. How did the Industrial Revolution create new social and political conflicts?
2. Why did ideologies have such a powerful appeal in the 1830s and 1840s?
3. Why did the revolutions of 1848 fail?
4. In what ways did the revolutions of 1848 repeat the elements of the French revolutions in 1789 and 1830, and in what ways did they break with those precedents?
5. Neither Great Britain nor Russia had a revolution in 1848. How is the absence of revolution in those two countries related to their history in the preceding decades?
6. How did the creation and strengthening of nation-states change European politics, society, and culture in the mid-nineteenth century?
7. What were the main results of the Crimean War?
8. What role did warfare play in the various nineteenth-century nation-building efforts?
9. How did Europe’s expanding nation-states attempt to impose social order within and beyond Europe, and what resistance did they face?
10. How did cultural expression and scientific and social thought help produce the hard-headed and realistic values of the mid-nineteenth century?
11. What were the main methods of nation building in the mid-nineteenth century, and how did they differ from those of state building in the early modern period?
12. How did realism in social thought break with Enlightenment values?
13. In what ways did religion emerge as an issue (both within and outside Europe) during the course of nation building?
14. How was the Paris Commune related to earlier revolutions in France? How did it differ from them? How was it related to nation building?

The New Imperialism– Answer ONE of the following

1. How would you explain the rise of imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Steves and Oppenshaw – Modern European Art

1. Discuss the ways in which art in the modern ear (since the Industrial Revolution) has changed. Choose ONE major artistic movement and discuss what qualities or characteristics best summarize that artistic movement, and choose ONE work of art from that artistic movement and describe it or the impression that it leaves upon you as a viewer.

Movie Response – The Four Feathers

1. The Four Feathers (2002) is a film based upon the novel by A. E. W. Mason, published in 1902. What perspectives does this film provide about the British Empire, British social conventions, and the African response to European Imperialism?

Hunt Chapters 23&24 Review/Focus Questions – Answer ONE of the following

1. How were imperial conquest and industrial advances related, and how did they affect Western society, culture, and politics in the late nineteenth century?
2. What were the goals of the new imperialism, and how did Europeans accomplish those goals?
3. What were the major changes in Western industry and business by the end of the nineteenth century?
4. How did empire and industry influence art and everyday life?
5. What were the major changes in political life from the 1870s to the 1890s, and which areas of Europe did they most affect?
6. How did the new imperialism differ from European expansion of two centuries earlier? Of four centuries earlier?
7. Describe the effects of imperialism on European politics and society as a whole in 1870-1890.
8. Compare the political and social goals of the newly enfranchised male electorate with those of people form the “best circles.”
9. How did developments in social life, art, intellectual life, and politics at the turn of the twentieth century produce instability and se the backdrop for war?
10. How did ideas about the self and about personal life change at the beginning of the twentieth century?
11. How did modernism transform the arts and the world of ideas?
12. What were the points of tension in European political life at the beginning of the twentieth century?
13. How and why did events in overseas empires from the 1890s on challenge Western faith in imperialism?
14. What were the major factors leading to the outbreak of World War I?
15. How did changes in society at the turn of the twentieth century affect the development of mass politics?
16. How was culture connected to the world of politics in the years 1890-1914?
17. How had nationalism changed since the French Revolution?
18. In what ways were imperial wars from the 1890s to 1914 relevant to the outbreak of World War I?
19. What were the main methods of nation building in the mid-nineteenth century, and how did they differ from those of state building in the early modern period?
20. How did realism in social thought break with Enlightenment values?
21. In what ways did religion emerge as an issue (both within and outside Europe) during the course of nation building?
22. How was the Paris Commune related to earlier revolutions in France? How did it differ from them? How was it related to nation building?

Ken Follett’s The Man From St. Petersburg – Answer ALL of the following

1. Based on the characters presented in the novel, discuss the views of proper Victorian society toward acceptable behavior, parenting, and intimate relationships.
2. Discuss the mindset of an Anarchist: describe what Felix believed and why he believed it, as well as what he hoped to achieve and how he hoped to achieve it.
3. Discuss the Suffragette movement with its goals and methods. In what ways did the Suffragettes reflect many of the same complaints or methods as the Anarchists?
4. Take a stance and defend it with evidence: Given the nature of pre-WWI diplomacy, was Felix correct in wanting to address the problem in the way that he chose?
5. Discuss Charlotte’s rebellion. Do you agree with her, or is she overreacting? Is the idea behind her rebellion justified?
6. Discuss the ending of the book. Did Felix get what he was hoping for in this assassination attempt? How do you feel about Churchill’s actions in the ending?