Test 3 (mid-term).
Part A (see guidelines). In your opinion, which aspects of the 19th century
does the film “Les Miserables” portray most convincingly?
1. effects of the Industrial Revolution – social divisions, pauperization of working
masses, criminality, urbanization
2. Romanticism
3. Revolutionary ideals
Part B.
1. What were the major causes and consequences of the 1848-49
revolutions?
2. What groups played the most important role in the 1848-49
revolutions? What particular qualities and aspirations propelled them to
the foreground of the revolutionary movement?
3. What were the main successes and failures of the French Second
Empire?
History 161 Test 2
Part I. Write an identification-essay on (40 points):
Part II. Write a comprehensive essay on the following (60 points).
Support your arguments with specific examples and cite your
source (simple parenthetical quotation – Jones, 54):
1. Analyze the basic concepts of the nineteenth century liberalism.
In your opinion, how successful (if at all) were liberals in achieving
their goals? Support your assertions with specific examples.
2. Some historians have argued that nationalism was a major force,
which destabilized political systems in the 19th century Europe.
Others, however, claim that the inflexibility of political systems bred
nationalist movements. Which argument, in your opinion, is more
convincing? Support your points with specific examples.
3. In the 1820-30s the European continent was shaken by a series of
revolutions. Identify the main ideological motivations of a revolution
of your choice and analyze its causes and consequences.
History 161 Test 1
Part I. Write an identification-essay on (40 points):
Enlightenment
Adam Smith
Voltaire
Estates General Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Robespierre
Napoleon
Waterloo
Congress of Vienna
“Holly Alliance”
Jacobins
Part II. Write a comprehensive essay on the following (60 points). Support your
arguments with specific examples and cite your source (simple parenthetical
quotation – Jones, 54):
1. In your opinion, what were the main causes and consequences of the French
Revolution?
2. Analyze the concept of the “industrial revolution.” In your opinion, what was so
“revolutionary” about it? Support your assertions by examining the impact of the
industrial revolution on a country of your choice.
3. Analyze the impact of the Industrial Revolution on a social group of your choice.
4. Analyze its main ideological responses to the Industrial Revolution. In your
opinion, what were their main strengths or weaknesses?
Test 1 Review
Part I. Locate
Great Britain
Portugal
Russia
France
Holland
HRE
Prussia
Ottoman Empire
Spain
Austria
and identify their capitals.
Part II. Write one identification-essay on:
Enlightenment
Adam Smith
Voltaire
Aristocratic Revolt
Estates General
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Robespierre
Directory
Spanish Ulcer
Austerlitz
100 Days
Congress of Vienna
Film Response Paper (see the guidelines).
Analyze the film “Les Miserables” in the context of the following
statemenst/questions:
1. In your opinion, what are the most palpable effects of the
Industrial Revolution as reflected by Les Misérables?
2. In your opinion, what are the most palpable elements of
Romanticism in Les Misérables?
3. In your opinion, what are the principal social evils criticized by
Les Misérables?
Midterm exam review.
Part I. Identify and explain the meanings of the following artifacts (20 points):
Part II. Identify the following (30 points):
Marxism
Feminism
Banquet System
Crimean War
Anarchism
James Mill
Chartism Robert Owen
Frankfurt Assembly
Louis Napoleon
Part III. Write a comprehensive essay in response to the following
questions/statements (50 points):
1. The 19th century is often called the “century of the middle class.” Why? Support
your arguments with specific examples.
2. Analyze the basic tenets of socialism and explain its popularity in the 19th
century. Support your arguments with specific examples.
3. Analyze the character and the main driving forces of a 1848-1849 revolution in
the country of your choice. What was its main impact? Support your arguments
with specific examples.
Film Analysis.
Analyze the film “Khartoum” in the context of the following
statements/questions:
1. In your opinion, how well (if at all) does the film show the British
colonial policies in the late 19th century?
2. In your opinion, is the film an attempt to justify the “White Man’s
Burden”?
3. In the age of colonialism, the attitude of General Gordon
towards Sudan and the Sudanese was truly exceptional.
Test 2. Part II (70 points):
1. In your opinion, what made the “Second Industrial Revolution” different from the
first? Support your assertions with specific examples.
2. Analyze the policies of the British Liberal Party between and the British
Conservative Party between the 1860s and 1890s. In your opinion, which one should
be viewed as more successful? Support your assertions with specific examples.
3. Russia’s “Age of Reforms” reflected the country’s unique political organization and
economic infrastructure. Support your assertions with specific examples.
4. In your opinion, in the second half of the 19th century was it politics that had a
determining influence on Europe’s economic development or the other way around?
Support your assertions with specific examples.
5. By the end of the nineteenth century socialism had evolved into one of the most
powerful and influential movements in Europe. In your opinion, what were the main
factors behind socialism’s appeal? Support your points with specific examples.
6. In your opinion, was the gradual integration of women in European societies in the
late 19th century determined by these societies’ political structures or economic
development? Support your points with specific examples.
Final Test. Part II (70 points):
1. In your opinion, what were the most profound changes in societal relations in
Europe between 1850 and 1914? Support your assertions with specific examples.
2. In your opinion, what were the most profound developments between 1850 and
1914 in the evolution of European science or art or literature? Support your
assertions with specific examples.
3. Choose a European country that participated in the “Scramble for Africa.”
Examine this country’s colonial activities through the theories of J. Hobson and V.
Lenin. In your opinion, do these theories offer sufficient explanation to the causes of
European colonialism? Support your points with specific examples.
4. In your opinion, what was the major source of instability in Eastern Europe
(Hungary, Poland, the Balkans) – politics or economics? Support your points with
specific examples.
5. In your opinion, what long-term domestic developments particularly affected the
international relations of the Great Powers between 1850 and 1914? Support your
points with specific examples.
6. Analyzing the origins of World War I, historians often make claim that the war was
caused by the “irreconcilable” differences between the main European powers. Do
you agree/disagree with this statement? Support your points with specific examples.