1) How did the Revolutions of 1848 bring a decisive end to the era of Revolutions that had begun in 1776?
2) How and why did nationalism become a more conservative force after 1848? Did the seeming “peace” of the era 1870 to 1914 obscure some major social, economic, cultural and political changes?
3) Outline the causes, course, and consequences of World War I. Why did this events both bring a realization of many of the dreams of the 19th century yet at the same time produce a society that had just begun to go into upheaval?