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The 19th century: The Development of Modern Nation States, 1848–1914
The content for this course focuses on the following key questions:
Were the Revolutions of 1848 important?
- Why had liberalism and nationalism grown in influence by 1848?
- Why were there so many revolutions in 1848?
- Did the revolutions have anything in common?
- Why did most of the revolutions fail?
- Did the revolutions change anything?
How was Italy unified?
- Why was Italy not unified in 1848–49?
- How important was Garibaldi’s contribution to unifying Italy?
- Did Cavour help or hinder the unification of Italy?
- How important for other European countries were moves towards Italian unification?
How was Germany unified?
- Why was Germany not unified in 1848–50?
- How did Bismarck bring about Austria’s defeat of 1866?
- How did Bismarck bring about France’s defeat of 1870?
- How far was Bismarck responsible for the unification of Germany?
Why was there a civil war in the United States and what were its results?
- How far did slavery cause the Civil War?
- What was the significance of Lincoln’s election as president?
- Why was the North able to win the war?
- Did the war change anything?
Why, and with what effects, did nations gain and expand their overseas empires in the nineteenth century?
- What were the motives behind European and US imperialism?
- How varied were the impacts of European imperialism on Africans?
- Why, and with what effects, did Indians resist British rule?
- Why, and with what effects, did the United States gain former Spanish colonies?
What caused the First World War?
- Did the Alliance System make war more likely or less likely?
- How far did colonial problems create tensions between the Great Powers?
- Why were problems in the Balkans so difficult for the Great Powers to solve?
- How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to war?
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This module download also includes the following teaching resources:
- L20 Homework Research Task (pdf)
- L15- The Impact Of The Us Civil War On The American West (docx)
- L21 Chinese Uprising Against The Europeans (pdf)
- L17 Effects Of Reconstruction On The Old West Chart (docx)
- L21 India Uprising Against The British (pdf)
- L19 The Atlantic Slave Trade- What Too Few Textbooks Told You Anthony Hazard 1 (mp4)
- L16 Civil War Reconstruction (docx)
- L16 Johnson S Reconstruction Programme (pdf)
- L17 Effects Of Reconstruction On The Old West Chart (pdf)
- L19 David Livingstone Christian Missionary And Explorer What Good Men Do (mp4)
- L21 Chinese Uprising Against The Europeans (docx)
- L13 Jefferson Davis Additional Informatio (pdf)
- L13 Davies And Lincoln Comparison Activity (docx)
- L3 French Revolution (docx)
- L6 The Little One (mp4)
- L13 Davies And Lincoln Comparison Activity (pdf)
- L20 Homework Research Task (docx)
- L6 Giuseppe Mazzini (mp4)
- L13 Jefferson Davis Additional Informatio (pptx)
- L16 Johnson S Reconstruction Programme (docx)
- L2 Who Were The Leading Figures In The Revolutions (docx)
- L15 The Impact Of The Us Civil War On The American West (pdf)
- L6 Unification Key Characters (docx)
- L9 Bismarck At War Denmark And Austria (doc)
- L6 Count Camillo Di Cavour (mp4)
- L12 Lincoln Was An Opponent Of Slavery Homework (pdf)
- L6 Giuseppe Garibaldi- Join The Redshirts (mp4)
- L21 India Uprising Against The British (docx)
- L13 Abraham Lincoln Additional Resources (pdf)
- L4 Overview Of The Events Of The Revolutions (docx)
- L8 Otto Von Bismarck (doc)
- L18 Reasons For Imperial Expansion Statements (docx)
- L6 Revolutions Of 1848 In Italy Part 4 Of 5 (mp4)
- L7 The Unification Of Germany Background (pdf)
- L6 Unification Key Characters (pdf)
- L12 Lincoln Was An Opponent Of Slavery Homework (docx)
- L7 The Unification Of Germany Background (doc)
- L17 Reconstruction And The Old West (pptx)
- L13 Abraham Lincoln Additional Resources (ppt)
- L16 Civil War Reconstruction (pdf)
- L7 German Unification 3 Minute History (mp4)
- L9 Bismarck At War Denmark And Austria (pdf)
- L8 Otto Von Bismarck 1815 1898 German Unification (mp4)
- L18 Reasons For Imperial Expansion Statements (pdf)
- L5 Italian Unification (docx)
- L16 End Of The Civil War And Reconstruction (pptx)
- L13 Lincoln And Davis (pptx)
- L4 Overview Of The Events Of The Revolutions (pdf)
- L6 Italian Unification 3 Minute History (mp4)
- L8 Otto Von Bismarck (pdf)
- L4 Failure Of The German Revolution Of 1848 (mp4)
- L18 Imperialism- Crash Course World History 35 (mp4)
- L3 French Revolution (pdf)
- L18 What Were The Main Reasons For European Imperialist Expansion In The 19th Century (pdf)
- L2 Who Were The Leading Figures In The Revolutions (pdf)
- L19 Colonialism S Impact On Africa (mp4)
- L12 Causes Of Civil War Additional Notes (docx)
- L14 Impact Of The Civil War On Citizens (pptx)
- L18 What Were The Main Reasons For European Imperialist Expansion In The 19th Century (docx)
- L4 What Did The 1848 Revolutions Have In Common (pptx)
- L5 Italian Unification (pdf)
- L6 Italian Unification (pptx)
- L12 Causes Of Civil War Additional Notes (pdf)
- L11 Why Was Bismarck Successful In Uniting Germany (pdf)
- L13 Causes Of The Us Civil War And The Missouri Compromise (pptx)
- L19 Impact Of Imperial Colonisation On Africa (pptx)
- L1 Info Hunt Wall Posters (pptx)
- L11 Why Was Bismarck Successful In Uniting Germany (doc)
- L1 Info Hunt Wall Posters (pdf)
- L10 Franco-Prussian War (pdf)
- L10 Franco-Prussian War (doc)
- L1 What Were The Main Causes Of The 1848 Revolutions (pptx)
- L1 Causes Of The 1848 Revolutions In Europe (docx)
- L1 Spring Of Nations 1848 World Revolutions 3 (mp4)
- L1 Causes Of The 1848 Revolutions In Europe (pdf)
- CIE Core Content Option A Exam Booklets (zip)