262 Module Overview

Module 5 contains the following content – all original by author or contained in the Lumen textbook.

Textbook Reading – Chapter 24

Discussion Forum:

This discussion will be based on the textbook reading for the chapter.  For your initial post in this discussion please answer the following questions: “What do you think overall led to the breakdown of the Concert of Europe established at the Congress of Vienna? Why did European countries start fighting each other again shortly after signing this peace accord?

Initial posts must be at least 200 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook.

After posting your initial post you are required to reply to at least one other student.  Replies must be at least 100 words in length and have at least one new quote from the textbook (not a quote you used in your initial post and not a quote that is in the post you are replying to).

All posts must be made by the deadline for the discussion forum to receive full credit.

SS112 Discussion prompts by John McLean are licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Short Essay:

Submit your short essay for Module #5 here.  The question for this essay is: “The post-Napoleonic era in Europe is characterized by the conflict between conservatism/monarchy and nationalism/democracy.  During this period, which philosophy was more successful, conservatism/monarchy or nationalism/democracy?  Was the Unification of Germany in 1871 a triumph for conservatism or nationalism or both?”

This essay must be at least 500 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook to receive full credit.

SS112 Short Essays by John McLean are licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Quiz: All quiz questions are original and the quiz is linked on the course map.