Two questions for the test will be selected from the following:
Question 1In what ways did nationalism change its character and meaning from the French Revolution to 1900?
Question 2
In what ways did thinking about war change in the course of the 19th century?
Question 3
What did being a "citizen" mean in nineteenth-century nations? Did it change over time?
Question 4
In what ways did war shape the nation-state,as it developed in the nineteenth century? You should draw on at least 3 of the case studies examined in the unit.
Assessment criteria
- relevance in answering question
- informed analysis of the question
- a sound understanding of key concepts and terms
- a clear,k logical, well-structure argument (including sound introduction and conclusion)
- ability to provide relevant evidence for all key points
- clear, grammatical English
- a sound understanding of relevant social, political, intellectual and economic developments in eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century Europe and America
- an understanding of the historical debates on the period
