Define nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe. Give and critically analyze two country-specific examples in your answer.
SECTION II: SHORT ESSAY – (30% OF THE EXAM)
Compose a short, two-three – (2-3) – paragraph essay (8-10 sentences in length each) in answer to one (1) of the following questions:
Choice A – Define nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe. Give and critically analyze two country-specific examples in your answer.
Choice B – Compare “old” and “new” imperialism in the context of the early modern and modern West.
Choice C – Explain the transition from a mercantilist to a capitalist economy in the late-early-modern West and use Sven Beckert’s book to support your answer.
Choice D – How did absolutist rulers in 18th century Europe respond to the Enlightenment?
Choice E – What impact did European colonization (from the 1500s-1800s) have on non-western populations around the world?
Section II: Long Essay – (50% of the exam)
Compose a long, four to five – (4-5) – paragraph essay (8-10 sentences in length each) in answer to one (1) of the following questions (support your answers with my lectures, the textbook, and all appropriate supplementary readings):
Choice A – How did cotton become global? Use Sven Beckert’s Empire of Cotton as a springboard for connecting his thesis to course material on nationalism, industrialization, and empire in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Choice B – Explain and analyze globalization in the late-nineteenth century with that of globalization in the 1100s-1300s.
Choice C – How did the French Revolution lay the foundations for the modern nation-state?
Choice D – What role did nationalism play in the development of modern states during the nineteenth century?
Answer preview Define nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe. Give and critically analyze two country-specific examples in your answer.
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