What was the Indian Rebellion of 1857? What were the causes and consequences of this conflict? What were the major challenges to nation-building in the Americas in the nineteenth century?

Discussion Essay

Requirements:
Each one of your answers should be at least two paragraphs, with about 4-6 sentences for each paragraph, and about 150-250 words for each answer.
Use details from the textbook and other module materials.
Use only course materials for your answers: textbook reading and module materials including lectures and films. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart, Volume Two, Concise Third Edition
Explain your answers in your own words.
Any answers with plagiarized material or excessive quotes from the textbook or any other source will not receive credit.
Prepare your answers and notes ahead of time to avoid running out of time during the exam. You can have notes and page numbers from the book handy so you can easily review material from the text if you need to.

QUESTIONS
Questions must be answered using only content from our class materials (textbook reading, lectures and module materials). Your answer must include relevant names, places, and dates or time periods.

What was the Indian Rebellion of 1857? What were the causes and consequences of this conflict? (Provide at least two causes and two consequences in your answer.)

What were the major challenges to nation-building in the Americas in the nineteenth century? Use specific examples of at least two nations in your answer.

Compare the unification process in Germany and Italy. What challenges did they face in their respective efforts to unify as nations?

What is ”manifest destiny” and how did this ideology apply as a justification for American expansion in the nineteenth century? (Use specific examples of expansion in your answer.)

Explain the ”Scramble for Africa” and its effects on European imperialism, and on Africa.

What were the four main causes of World War I and how did these causes intersect? (For the four main causes, please review the reading and this film clip: The Causes of the War Links to an external site.. 5:15) What effects did the War have on different parts of the world? (Provide two specific examples of effects on a particular region or country in your answer.)

How did the women’s movement achieve its goals in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? What were the similarities and differences between calls for increased rights for women in different parts of the world?

How was World War II different from World War I, and how did their outcomes differ? (Explain at least two differences and two outcomes.)

What was the ”three-world’order? What specific challenges did countries face in these ”three worlds”? How did these distinctions emerge as a result of World War II? (Provide examples of specific countries in your answer.)

What motivated the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War? How did the Cold War affect the populations of the First and Second Worlds? (For the second part of the question, provide one example of how a specific country was affected by the Cold War.