History

History answer TWO of the choices listed below, ONE from each section. Thin" rel="nofollow">ink before you write and read the question carefully to make sure you understand what it is askin" rel="nofollow">ing. Use material drawn from class lectures, readin" rel="nofollow">ings and from the textbook where necessary. Each answer is worth 50 poin" rel="nofollow">ints so please give them the proper amount of attention. This test should take you about 2 hours to answer, so please keep that in" rel="nofollow">in min" rel="nofollow">ind. Section One: Please answer ONE of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions. Sec 1, Q1: The Communist Manifesto was published in" rel="nofollow">in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to discuss the impact of their new economic and political ideology on the future of Europe in" rel="nofollow">in the midst of the revolutions of 1848. Discuss in" rel="nofollow">in your essay what communism is, why Marx and Engels proposed their ideas in" rel="nofollow">in 1848, and what lastin" rel="nofollow">ing impact the ideology had on Europe? What do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink communism has ultimately failed as a long-term political ideology on which to build a country? Sec 1, Q2: Romanticism was the begin" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">ing of the rejection of the Enlightenment ideas and beliefs, fin" rel="nofollow">inally throwin" rel="nofollow">ing away the rational min" rel="nofollow">ind for that of emotion. By the late 19th century, political thin" rel="nofollow">inkers, scientists and artists contin" rel="nofollow">inued this earlier transformation in" rel="nofollow">in new ways. In your essay discuss the role of poetry and literature, philosophy, scientific thought and art in" rel="nofollow">in creatin" rel="nofollow">ing an alternative worldview that grabbed the imagin" rel="nofollow">inations of many in" rel="nofollow">in the 19th century. Discuss the important roles Romanticism, Impressionism and Irrationalism had in" rel="nofollow">in furtherin" rel="nofollow">ing the break from the 18th century's Enlightenment. How did they compliment each other and create the modern world? Section Two: Please answer ONE of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions. Sec 2, Q1: What might European diplomats have done differently between 1880 and 1914 to avoid the Great War? What were the causes of the First World War, and which, in" rel="nofollow">in your opin" rel="nofollow">inion, was the most important? Give examples to prove your poin" rel="nofollow">int. Conclude your discussion with a review of the more immediate causes of the war between 1912-1914. Sec 2, Q2: The 1920s and the 1930s saw the rise of totalitarian governments in" rel="nofollow">in Europe, transformin" rel="nofollow">ing politics and society while pavin" rel="nofollow">ing the way for the Second World War. In your essay, discuss the similarities and differences between the totalitarian governments created in" rel="nofollow">in Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union before 1939. In what ways did these governments deal with "in" rel="nofollow">internal problems" and threats to their rule? Why do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink there was so little resistance by the citizens of these three countries to the actions of their governments?