Study Guide for Test

Our next test contains 4 parts. The following suggests how you should prepare for this test. You may bring one note card into the exam with you. Please hand that card in with your test.

Part I  Art section. Start by pulling up Sally's PowerPoint on Romanticism from the blog and prepare your answers to those questions. http://ateurohistory.blogspot.com/2015/01/art-history-romanticism-slides.html

Part II Essay question.

Compare and contrast the U.S. and European treatment of free speech and hate speech. It might be interesting to consider the "why" of why the differing approaches between us and them? Go to the week of January 19 under "Assigned Work" on the blog: (a) Pull up the US free speech article. Make sure you think about the language of the 1st amendment and the Supreme Court cases that have interpreted the 1st amendment. Under what circumstances will the Supreme Court find speech NOT constitutionally protected? Under what circumstances will the Supreme Court find speech constitutionally protected? Consider the cross burning case Black vs. Virginia, the Brandenberg test, and/or the Nazi march in Skokie case, depending on what you discussed in your section. (b) Pull up the Danish cartoon article. Pull the hate speech rule from the Council of Europe, the 1972 French law, and the British law. Under what circumstances will these European countries restrict freedom of speech in favor of banning hate speech? What does the government have to prove about the speech? Consider the Bridget Bardot case in France, the 9/11 sign in England, or other cases of prohibited hate speech. (c) Write a thesis that compares and contrasts the US and European treatment of free speech vs. hate speech and decide how you will organize the body of your essay.

Part III The catena section (Gerst only) 

As you've likely heard, we had to take Marx Section 61 off this test due to the conflict with Sally's art talk scheduled for 2/16. Ms. Gerst's class should focus on the Industrial Revolution for its catena section and will be able to choose 2 of 3. This is covered in Section 52 of Palmer and the Economist book review handout on why England industrialized first. Mr. Janus's classes only have 75 minutes to test and will NOT have a catena section. 

Part IV. Essay question.

How did the suppression of new ISMS result in the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848? In constructing this response, use at least one uprising from 1830 and one from 1848 and at least two ISMS.  Scan Palmer’s discussions of 1830 and 1848, for any mention of these new ideologies, and construct an essay from that information. You might have to refer back to your -ism section (Palmer, Section 53) or Gerst 1848 handout, to flush out the -isms.  Make sure you have a thesis that is specific and argumentative. Make sure your essay is tied closely to Your assigned readings, not random Internet research. 

P.S. Don't forget your note card. It should contain your theses for various sections, quotes or definitions from Palmer you plan to use, or certain other key ideas.  Good luck!