Unit 7: 19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments
Euro History · Unit 7 · Paper 1

19th-Century Perspectives and Political Developments unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 24 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 7, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Second Reform Act and the widening franchise

2

Liberalism in the nineteenth century

3

German Empire proclaimed

4

Blood and iron

5

Realpolitik

6

Why 1848 failed

7

The Eastern Question

8

Nationalism

9

Romanticism in politics

10

Mass politics

11

Romanticism

12

Garibaldi

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Revolutions of 1848

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Cavour and Italian unification

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Bismarck

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Women's suffrage movements

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

This course has no free-response prompt tagged to this unit, so one from elsewhere in the course is used. It is still worth writing — the skill transfers.

Long Essay Question. Evaluate the extent to which the French Revolution and Napoleonic era (1789–1815) transformed European political institutions and ideas. In your response you should do the following: respond to the question with an evaluative thesis that establishes a line of reasoning; describe a broader historical context relevant to the question; support your argument with specific and relevant evidence; and use historical reasoning to explain relationships among pieces of evidence, demonstrating a complex understanding.