How did the French Revolution change the Old Regime? What remained the same?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The concept of popular sovereignty replaced absolutism as the basis of political legitimacy.
b. Power now rested with the people rather than the king, and constitutions became the main instrument of limiting royal authority. Even the most authoritarian rulers had to pay lip service to republican ideals.
c. The increase in the size, power, and reach of the state during the revolutionary era continued.
d. Regardless of their social class, men with property gained the most from the revolution and would continue to play an important role in politics.
e. The revolution did not significantly alter the social order.
f. Relations between men and women also remained the same, with women expected to remain in the private sphere of the home.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
How did Germany's universities react to the Nazi system?
a. Germany's long and powerful academic tradition created a habit of independent, critical thinking that dominated academia and vigorously opposed the Nazis. b. For generations, German universities promoted extreme nationalism, opposed liberalism, and supported "irrational political Romanticism" and hero worship. A majority of professors and student found their hero in Hitler. c. Germany's universities were focused on the physical sciences and technology (especially since the Second Industrial Revolution) and, thus, were neutral about the highly politicized Nazi system. d. As part of the policy of coordination, massive purges removed a majority of university professors. Universities, therefore, supported the Nazis. e. After initial uncertainties, most German universities adopted a policy of passive resistance.