Unit 10- Chapter 23 -The Age of Nationalism 1850-1914 pp. 752-785
1. Napoleon III in France – pp. 754-756
A. Explain how Napoleon III sought to reconcile popular and conservative forces in an authoritarian state by creating unity and stability in France’s Second Empire.
2. Nation Building in Italy, Germany and the US - pp. 756-763
A. Describe how conflict and war led to the construction of strong nation-states in Italy, Germany, and the US
B. Compare and Contrast the ways of Cavour and Bismarck succeeded in unifying their respective countries and the political systems they created.
· Reading for Discussion – The Struggle for the Italian Nation (1858)
3. The Modernization of Russia and the Ottoman Empire pp. 764-770.
A. Identify the steps that Russia and the Ottoman Turks took toward modernization, and evaluate their success.
· Reading for Discussion - Eyewitness Accounts of Bloody Sunday(1905)
4. The Responsive National State, 1871-1914 pp. 770-775
A. Compare and Contrast the growth of political parties representing worker’s interest in Germany and England and the responses of the governments to these challenges.
B. Discuss the general domestic political trends that emerged after 1871.
5. The Nation and the People PP. 770-781
A. Explain how popular nationalism evolved in the last decades of the nineteenth century.
B. Examine the factors that contributed to the growth of modern anti-Semitism, and discuss its political role in Paris and Vienna in the late nineteenth century.
· Reading for Discussion – Ernest Renan on National Identity ( 1882)
6. Marxism and the Socialist Movement pp.781-785
A. Analyze the reasons for the growth of the socialist movement, and assess how revolutionary it was.
· Reading for Discussion – Adelheid Popp, the Making of a Socialist (1913)
7. Unit Test and Writing Assessment