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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