An Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850 – 1871  Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871 – 1894
An Age of Modernity and Anxiety, 1894 - 1914
Spielvogel Chapters 22, 23 & 24
93 Points Possible
Terms: You will be assigned one or more of the following. Be prepared to present a concise multimedia presentation on your
topic. (graded separately, notes in notebook)
Chapter 22
1. The Victorian Age; Music – The Twilight of Romanticism
2. The New Age of Science; Science & the Study of Society
3. Charles Darwin & the Theory of Organic Evolution
4. A Revolution in Health Care
Chapter 23
5. New Products and New Markets; New Patterns in an Industrial Economy
6. Women & Work: New Job Opportunities
7. Organization of the Working Class; Emergence of Mass Society (Population Growth)
8. Transformation of the Urban Environment; The Social Structure of Mass Society
9. The “Woman Question”: The Role of Women
10. Education & Leisure in an Age of Mass Society
11. Western Europe: The Growth of Political Democracy
Chapter 24
12. Developments in the Sciences: The Emergence of a New Physics
13. Toward a New Understanding of the Irrational; Sigmund Freud & the Emergence of Psychoanalysis
14. The Impact of Darwin: Socials Darwinism & Racism
15. Attack on Christianity & Response of Churches
16. The Culture of Modernity
17. The Movement for Women’s Rights
18. Jews within the European Nation-State
19. Central & Eastern Europe: Persistence of the Old Order
Chapter 22 Questions (Palmer Chapter 13)
1. Describe the Second French Empire. How did it come about, what were its internal characteristics, what were its
foreign policies, and how did it end? (3 points)
2. What were the causes of the Crimean War? Who were the combatants? What was the outcome? (3 points)
3. What is the meaning of nationalism? the nation-states? (2 points Palmer Sect 63)
4. Explain the political, economic, and social views of Cavour. How did he differ from Mazzini in his program for Italian
Unification? (3 points Palmer Sect 64)
5. Explain Bismarck’s political outlook and describe the nature and outcome of his dispute with the liberals in the
Prussian parliament. What was the meaning of his famous “blood and iron” statement? (3 points Palmer Sect 65)
6. What did the second age of scientific discovery add to human knowledge? Was it more “practical” than the earlier
age? Explain. (2 points)
7. What progress was made in professional medicine in the late nineteenth century? How did women break into the
profession? Give examples. (2 points)
Chapter 23 Questions
8. What is meant by the term “Second Industrial Revolution?” How did this revolution change European economics? (2
points)
9. Describe the European class structure that emerged after 1871. How was it like and unlike that of the past and what
sort of problems did it create? (3 points)
10. What place did women have in the Second Industrial Revolution? How did they react to their lot? (2 points)
11. What factors contributed to the growth of the population in Europe? What country experienced a decrease in
population? Why? (2 points)
12. Discuss the political development of Britain between 1871 and 1893. To what degree did it and did it not become a
democracy? (2 points)
13. Explain and describe why France became an “unstable” democracy after 1871. What could have given it more
stability? (2 points)
14. What form did the new German State take? What parts did Bismarck and William II play in its formation? (2 points)
Chapter 24 Questions
15. What role did liberalism play in British politics? What was the overall outcome? (2 points)
16. What led to tensions in Germany? Draw a political spectrum and place the following groups on the continuum. Justify
why you placed each where you did. Nationalists, Social Democratic Party, Pan-German League, and land owning
nobility. (5 points)
17. Trace Russia’s history between 1894 and 1907. How does its history during this time period help explain the
revolution it faced in 1917? (3 points)
18. Describe the “New Imperialism” of the late nineteenth century. How was it different from the earlier imperialism?
What were its causes and results? (4 points)
19. How did Europe’s Asian and African empires differ? Why? What were the reactions of China, Japan and India to these
empires? (5 points)
Chapter 22 Primary Sources
1. “Garibaldi and Romantic Nationalism”: What qualifies this article as “Romantic Nationalism?” (2 points)
2. “Bismarck ‘Goads’ France into War”: Explain how Bismarck “edited” his king’s telegram from Ems to make the French
feel they had been insulted. What was his purpose in doing this, and how well did he succeed? (3 points)
3. “Emancipation: Serfs and Slaves”: Compare and contrast the emancipation proclamations of Tsar Alexander II and
Abraham Lincoln. Which was the more thorough and why? (4 points)
4. “Darwin and The Descent of Man”: Why did Darwin’s theory of man’s origin cause such as stir? What did nineteenth
century Britons find offensive and attractive about it? (3 points)
5. “Realism: Charles Dickens and an Image of Hell on Earth”: Identify the elements of Realism and Romanticism in this
excerpt. (2 points)
Chapter 23 Primary Sources
6. “Advice to Women: Be Dependent”: What response would a feminist – both then and now – make to Elizabeth Poole
Sanford’s advice to women? (2 points)
7. “The Voice of Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstien”: What difference did Eduard Bernstien have with the original
Marxist view of history? To what extent was he still a Marxist’s? (2 points)
Chapter 24 Primary Sources
8. “Freud and the Concept of Repression”: What do you learn of Freud’s methodology by reading his lecture on
repression? (1 point)
9. “Advice to Women: Be Independent”: What problems might many late 19th century women have had listening to
Nora’s conversion with Helmer in A Doll’s House? (2 points)
10. “The Voice of Zionism: Theodore Herzl and the Jewish State”: read only
11. “Russian Workers Appeal to the Tsar”: Discuss how the words of the petition brought to Tsar Nicholas II indicate that
the petitioners were not a threat to peace. What does their massacre tell you about the Russian State at that time?
(2 points)
12. “The White Man’s Burden” According to Kipling, what was “the white man’s burden,” how was he to bear it, and what
would be his reward? (3 points)
13. “The Black Man’s Burden”: Explain the damage colonialism did to African people, their society, and their culture. (3
points)
Free Response Questions (from past A.P. Exams)
Respond to question 1. Write a complete outline as if you were writing for the A.P. Exam. Write out and underline a
complete thesis statement. Write out complete topic sentences for each body paragraph. List (bullet) points that would be
included in each body paragraph. Close with a concluding statement. (12 points)
Choose ONE of the remaining questions. Outline [as above] (10 points)
Consider how you would respond to the other questions.
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Compare and contrast the effects of the First and Second Industrial Revolution on European economic and social life.
What is meant by the term “mass society”, and what were its main characteristics?
Describe and evaluate how developments in science, intellectual affairs, and the arts in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries ‘opened the way to a modern consciousness,’ and how this consciousness differed from earlier worldviews.
Compare and contrast the New Imperialism with Old Imperialism. Evaluate its [New Imperialism] impact on Asia and
Africa.