This document contains assignments and discussion questions for an online history course (HIS 308) covering European history from the late 18th century to the end of the Cold War. The coursework includes individual and group assignments such as a matrix on European governments, presentations on revolutions and the Holocaust, and discussions on topics like the Industrial Revolution, World War I, and the League of Nations. Students are asked to consider various historical issues and assess the impact of events like imperialism and the Soviet collapse in Europe.

2.  HIS 308 Week 1 Individual Assignment Government
Matrix
 HIS 308 Week 1 DQ 1
 HIS 308 Week 1 DQ 2
 HIS 308 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Revolution
Presentation
 HIS 308 Week 2 DQ 1
 HIS 308 Week 2 DQ 2
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3.  How did Napoleon Bonaparte emerge from the Terror and
become the focus of yet another new form of
government? Why is Napoleon described as a hero in
some histories? Do you think one person can change
history?HIS 308 Week 5 DQ 1
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4.  How did the Industrial Revolution affect the political
climate of Britain, revolutionary France, and other
European nations? Should the industrial revolution be
seen as having a greater impact than the French
Revolution?
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5.  Complete the matrix on governmental systems located on
your Week One student website.
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 Write a 250- to 300-word summary on European
governments during the 19th century, using the matrix
and your readings to answer the following questions:
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HIS 308 Week 1 Individual Assignment Government Matrix
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6.  How did Marx define the various classes of society? What
role did the working classes play in the revolutions of
1848? Did the role of the working classes support Marx’s
understanding of economic classes? Explain your answer.
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7. How did Marx define the various classes of society? What
role did the working classes play in the revolutions of
1848? Did the role of the working classes support Marx’s
understanding of economic classes? Explain your answer.
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8.  Present 8 to 15 PowerPoint® slides. Your instructor will
assign one of following countries to each Learning Team:
France, Germany, Italy, Austria, or Russia. For your
team’s assigned country, focus on the revolutionary
period from 1789–1870.
 Describe the country’s revolutionary goals, definitions of
liberty, relationship to nationalism, and influence of
philosophical systems such as socialism and
communism. Address the overall effect of the revolutions
HIS 308 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Revolution
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9. What is imperialism, its purposes, and its practice? How
did imperialism relate to nationalism during the later
19th century? Why were Germany and Italy so desperate
to become imperial powers? Explain the naval
competition and the division of Africa in your response.
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10.  World War I has often been described as the world's first
modern war. Do you agree with this assessment? What
elements of this conflict should make it be seen as a
"modern" war?
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11.  youhave just finished with a solider who survived World War I.
Provide insight to your readers on the topics of nationalism,
imperialism, and political thought.
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 Develop questions you must ask in order to gain perspective
about the roles nationalism and imperialism played in the
outbreak of World War I. Research the best possible answers
that describe the mood of a World War I soldier. Develop
questions that would extract how nationalism affected
industrial and political thought during World War I.
HIS 308 Week 3 Individual Assignment WWI Veteran
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12.  How did the League of Nations fail to establish
international law? Select one example that shows how
the League failed between the two world wars and
discuss why the League was so ineffective in this
situation.
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13. Examine an image of the World War II era. Describe the
image in relation to its historical time and place. What
does the image portray? Does the image make a
statement? If so, what is the statement?
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14.  Present presentation with 10 to 12 PowerPoint® slides on
a piece of artwork or image from the 1930s or 1940s that
illustrates the Holocaust.
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 • For Local Campus students, these are oral
presentations accompanied by Microsoft® PowerPoint®
presentations.
HIS 308 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Holocaust
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15. How have Soviet actions and events during the Cold War
affected the movement of Western Europe toward unity?
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16. What was the initial effect of the Soviet collapse at the
end of the Cold War on Europe?
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17.  • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the Cold War.
Outline the causes, the different effects on Western and
Eastern Europe, and explain the collapse of communism.
Include more than one effect between Western and
Eastern Europe. Address the key nations in the Cold War.
 • You must follow APA format
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