- Differentiate between the terms nationalism and nation-building. How can liberalism be tied to
each?
- Explain how romanticism aided the rise of nationalism. Why was this especially evident in
Germany?
- How did the romantics' interpretation of history differ from that favored by the thinkers of the
Enlightenment?
- How did Hegel apply his dialectic concept (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) to history in general
and to German history in particular?
- Although he seems the epitome of romanticism, Goethe departed from the romantic school in
significant respects. Explain.
- Summarize the administrative and political reforms of Stein and Hardenberg in Prussia.
- How did the economic ideas of Friedrich List differ from those of Adam Smith? Why did
List's ideas appeal to many nationalists?
- What were the strengths and the weaknesses of Pan-Slavism as a cultural nationalist
movement?
- What were the obstacles to nationalist aspirations in the Austrian empire? In Italy? In Ireland?
- How did the force of nationalism both cause and ultimately frustrate the 1848 revolutions in
the Austrian empire?
- What were the professed objectives of the Frankfurt Assembly of 1848? How did the conflict
between liberalism and nationalism contribute to its failure? What conflicting nationalist goals
were also evident?
- How did Bismarck utilize each of the following in his program of German unification
between 1862 and 1870: a) the Danish war of 1864, b) the Seven Weeks' War of 1866, c) the
Ems telegram, d) the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871?
- Identify the steps in the national unification of Italy between 1852 and 1870. Show how
these steps were related to those leading to the unification of Germany.
- What were the contributions of Mazzini, Cavour, and Garibaldi, respectively, to Italian
reunification?
- Compare Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy.
- Why were European governments inclined to sympathize with the Confederacy during the
American Civil War?
- "Nation-building in Europe and the United States helped insure the continuing expansion of
capitalism." Explain how.
- How did "dominion nationality" differ from nation-building in Europe? What similarities did
the two display?
- How were the competing interests of French and British Canadians dealt with?
- Describe the effects of the discovery of gold in New South Wales and Victoria. What new
policies resulted from the gold rush?
- Why was there such a relatively high degree of government ownership of enterprises so early
in Australia, as compared with Great Britain?
- What part did the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars play in the revolutionary
movements in Latin America?
- How were the revolutions in Latin America related to the North American Revolution? In
what important respects did they differ from the North American Revolution?
- In what respects was Brazil's transition from colony to independent statehood unique?
- Describe how the plantation system of land ownership contributed to economic and social
inequality and political instability in Latin America.
- What were the basic causes of instability in the newly-formed Latin American republics?
- What factors assisted progress toward stability in Uruguay and Chile?
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