The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 19: Nationalism and Statebuilding

Essay Quiz

1
Analyze the methods used by leaders such as Cavour and Bismarck to achieve national unity. How do they compare with efforts during the revolutions of 1848?
2
How did Bismarck's policy of Realpolitik contribute to the unification of Germany?
3
Using either Italy or Germany as an example, explain how the ideology of nationalism transformed into a means to create a political state.
4
How did industrialization influence a state's identity in the period after the industrial revolution first emerged in Europe? Consider the American and Russian cases.
5
How did the emergence of nationalism in the nineteenth century affect the Austrian and Ottoman empires? Why?
6
Evaluate the political role of nationalism in the nineteenth century. Was it more important as a force for unification or disintegration?
7
How did leaders such as Napoleon III in France and Alexander II in Russia try to link nationalism and state-building?
8
Why, despite Alexander II's reforms, were the various social groups and nationalities in the Russian empire still dissatisfied?
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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