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Storm of Steel assignment Write an essay answering one of the following questions:
1. Should Junger's account be considered a "pro" or "anti" war book?
2. What insights does Storm of Steel provide into the experiences of a soldier during WWI?
3. What is Junger's attitude to the enemy, the British, in Storm of Steel?
Length: 5-6 pages; double-spaced, 12-point font.
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GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE
1. Britain2. France3. Germany4. Russia
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A painting by this painter was recently discovered.
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48%
6%
45%1. Van Gogh2. Rembrandt3. Monet
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Europe in 1900
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Which was the most conservative nation (politically and socially)?
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17%
46%
23%
14%
1. Britain2. France3. Germany4. Russia
1. Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (1801) Political structure Unrest
Suffragists & Suffragettes “suffrage” = a vote or assent Emmeline Pankhurst: Women’s Social and
Political Union – “deeds, not words” Emily Davison at Epson Derby (1913)
Empire Military
“Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves; Britons never, never, never shall be slaves”
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Rokeby Venus by Diego Velaquez (1599-1660)National Gallery, London
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1. Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland (1801) Political structure Unrest
Suffragists & Suffragettes “suffrage” = a vote or assent Emmeline Pankhurst: Women’s Social and
Political Union – “deeds, not words” Emily Davison at Epson Derby (1913)
Empire Military
“Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves; Britons never, never, never shall be slaves”
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Why was the vote so restricted in 1900?
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15%
85%1. Fear of working men
and women participating in politics?
2. Ruling by elites was working fine
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HMS Dreadnought: helped fuel naval race with Germany
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2. France Political structure
Third Republic (1870-1940) Multi-party
Dreyfus case (1894-1906) Empire Military and alliances
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Alfred Dreyfus
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2. France Political structure
Third Republic (1870-1940) Multi-party
Dreyfus case (1894-1906) Empire Military and alliances
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3. Germany Political structure
Unification (1871) Franco-Prussian War (1870-71)
Alsace & Lorraine Prussia: agent of German unification
Reichstag & Bundesrat Emperor Wilhelm II (reigned 1888-
1918) Empire Military
Dual Alliance (1879)
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Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor
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French soldiers, 1870
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French memory
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3. Germany Political structure
Unification (1871) Franco-Prussian War (1870-71)
Alsace & Lorraine Prussia: agent of German unification
Reichstag & Bundesrat Emperor Wilhelm II (reigned 1888-
1918) Empire Military
Dual Alliance (1879)
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4. Russia Political structure
Serfs (1861) c. 50 million Autocracy: Nicholas II
Divine monarchy Duma (1905)
Ethnicities Less than ½ were Russians
Empire USSR Trans-Siberian Railway (1904)
Russian goal: Dardanelles Strait
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Trans-Siberian Railway