Search & Filtering
- What ideas did the authors of the documents in the section "Exalting War" express to show that war would be a necessary and productive event for their country?
2. What does the excerpt from Henri Barbusse reveal about life in the trenches? Be sure to provide examples of elements of the text that impressed upon you.
- How does nationalism contribute to the origins of WWI?
2. How did warfare itself change during WWI and what did that mean for soldiers during the First World War?
1. What does Lin Zexu's letter illuminate about the relationship between Britain and China and the demands Britain put on China?
2. What were Jules Ferry’s three main arguments in convincing the French Chamber of Deputies that France should expand its empire?
1. How did the 19th-century science of white supremacy work to justify the colonization of foreign peoples?
2. What role did international competition play in the “Scramble for Africa” at the end of the nineteenth century?
