Question 1

Romantics were

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A) all conservatives. ​ 
B) all liberals. ​ 
C) all revolutionaries. ​ 
D) all deeply pious. ​ 
E) difficult to define because of their diversity. ​ 
A) all conservatives. ​ 
B) all liberals. ​ 
C) all revolutionaries. ​ 
D) all deeply pious. ​ 
E) difficult to define because of their diversity. ​

Question 2

Which of the following does NOT apply to liberalism in the decades after 1815?

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A) Enhancement of individual liberty was liberalism's primary concern. 
B) Individuals are basically good, endowed with inalienable rights, and capable of shaping their own identities and destinies. 
C) Liberalism was a direct descendent of the American and French Revolutions. 
D) The belief that unfettered by tyranny and ignorance, the mind can eradicate age-old evils. 
E) The government should directly manage the economy to guarantee everyone access to adequate resources and equal opportunities. 
A) Enhancement of individual liberty was liberalism's primary concern. 
B) Individuals are basically good, endowed with inalienable rights, and capable of shaping their own identities and destinies. 
C) Liberalism was a direct descendent of the American and French Revolutions. 
D) The belief that unfettered by tyranny and ignorance, the mind can eradicate age-old evils. 
E) The government should directly manage the economy to guarantee everyone access to adequate resources and equal opportunities.

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were the main characteristics of nineteenth-century conservatism, and in what ways did it represent a reaction against revolutionary ideas and practices? Draw on specific examples of conservative doctrines and figures to support your assessment.

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Nineteenth-century conservatism was char

Question 4

In his Reflections on the Revolution in France , Edmund Burke

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A) predicted the Terror two years before it occurred. 
B) observed that the French had come to hate their heritage and this led to them to the folly of the Revolution. 
C) stated that "when ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated." 
D) claimed that fanaticism armed with abstract ideas divorced from historical experience leads to the evil of revolution. 
E) all of the above 
A) predicted the Terror two years before it occurred. 
B) observed that the French had come to hate their heritage and this led to them to the folly of the Revolution. 
C) stated that "when ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated." 
D) claimed that fanaticism armed with abstract ideas divorced from historical experience leads to the evil of revolution. 
E) all of the above

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What was nationalism , and how did it develop in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

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Nationalism is a political ideology that

Question 6

Liberals supported all of the reforms of the French Revolution EXCEPT

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A) the destruction of the special privileges of the aristocracy. 
B) the drawing up of a declaration of rights and a constitution. 
C) governmental control of the economy. 
D) the establishment of a parliament. 
E) the opening of careers to talent. 
A) the destruction of the special privileges of the aristocracy. 
B) the drawing up of a declaration of rights and a constitution. 
C) governmental control of the economy. 
D) the establishment of a parliament. 
E) the opening of careers to talent.

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 empiricism

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Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine t

Question 8

The early socialist Charles Fourier believed

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A) money and goods should be distributed equally among community members. 
B) men and women should find new ways of fulfilling themselves sexually; the family should wither away. 
C) people should live in large communities of ten thousand or more to promote an appropriate sense of community. 
D) everyone in a community should have the same income. 
E) work should be specialized and constant to promote labor efficiency. 
A) money and goods should be distributed equally among community members. 
B) men and women should find new ways of fulfilling themselves sexually; the family should wither away. 
C) people should live in large communities of ten thousand or more to promote an appropriate sense of community. 
D) everyone in a community should have the same income. 
E) work should be specialized and constant to promote labor efficiency.

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 liberalism

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Liberalism is a political and moral phil

Question 10

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did nineteenth-century nationalism embody new ideas about emotion and progress? Identify and discuss some of the ways in which those nationalist ideals presented a danger to European stability.

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In the nineteenth century, nationalism e

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 conservatism

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Conservatism is a political and social p

Question 12

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the point of origin of the following ideas: idealism, industrial socialism, technocratic socialism, phalansteries . Alongside each concept, place the name of its originator.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 nationalism

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Nationalism is a political, social, and

Question 14

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the country where each of the following philosophers worked: Hegel, Kant, Hume, Mill, and Bentham.  Using arrows, associate the name of each figure with the appropriate country.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 15

In art, the romantics sought to depict all of the following EXCEPT

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A) the fury and glory of nature. 
B) the purity of reason and logic. 
C) the elemental, dark side of the unconscious. 
D) the spontaneous expressions of the imagination. 
E) whatever intuition drove them to depict. 
A) the fury and glory of nature. 
B) the purity of reason and logic. 
C) the elemental, dark side of the unconscious. 
D) the spontaneous expressions of the imagination. 
E) whatever intuition drove them to depict.

Question 16

The principle leaders and supporters of nationalist movements in the early nineteenth century were

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A) conservatives. 
B) the aristocracy. 
C) the liberals. 
D) socialists. 
E) peasants and workers. 
A) conservatives. 
B) the aristocracy. 
C) the liberals. 
D) socialists. 
E) peasants and workers.

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Romanticism

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Romanticism was an artistic, literary, a

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 mechanism

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Who: A mechanism can be created or opera

Question 19

After 1815, the proponents of the status quo had to contend with

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A) the liberal ideal of the French Revolution that had penetrated European consciousness. 
B) idealists struggling to redeem humanity through the freeing of nations. 
C) a powerful new emphasis on emotion and personal expression. 
D) a radical vision of economic and social justice through socialism. 
E) all of the above 
A) the liberal ideal of the French Revolution that had penetrated European consciousness. 
B) idealists struggling to redeem humanity through the freeing of nations. 
C) a powerful new emphasis on emotion and personal expression. 
D) a radical vision of economic and social justice through socialism. 
E) all of the above

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 socialism

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Socialism is an economic and political s

Exam 21: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Romantics were

Which of the following does NOT apply to liberalism in the decades after 1815?

In his Reflections on the Revolution in France , Edmund Burke

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What was nationalism , and how did it develop in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

Liberals supported all of the reforms of the French Revolution EXCEPT

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? empiricism

The early socialist Charles Fourier believed

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? liberalism

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did nineteenth-century nationalism embody new ideas about emotion and progress? Identify and discuss some of the ways in which those nationalist ideals presented a danger to European stability.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? conservatism

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the point of origin of the following ideas: idealism, industrial socialism, technocratic socialism, phalansteries . Alongside each concept, place the name of its originator.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? nationalism

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the country where each of the following philosophers worked: Hegel, Kant, Hume, Mill, and Bentham. Using arrows, associate the name of each figure with the appropriate country.

In art, the romantics sought to depict all of the following EXCEPT

The principle leaders and supporters of nationalist movements in the early nineteenth century were

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Romanticism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? mechanism

After 1815, the proponents of the status quo had to contend with

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? socialism

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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