HIS 102 - Western Civilization Post 1689

• Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
• Political, religious, social and economic theories of the Enlightenment.
• French revolution and the rise of Napoleon.
• Industrial Revolution.
• Social and cultural revolutions of late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
• Political revolution and counterrevolution, beginning with the close of the Napoleonic wars and concluding with the revolutions of 1848.
• Philosophical and cultural traits leading to western progress and breakdown.
• Impact of western nationalism and imperialism.
• Drive toward modernization.
• Origins of the World War I.
• Strategies of German and Allied powers.
• Emergence of the Soviet Union.
• Origins and course of World War II.
• Origins of the Cold War.
• End of the Cold War.

A =  90 - 100
B =   80 - 89
C =   70 - 79
D =   60 - 69
F =     0 - 59

1. Describe the effects of the Enlightenment on eighteenth century Europe.
2. Assess the progress of western civilization during the Age of Revolution, 1789-1848.
3. Contrast developments leading to western progress and those leading to breakdown in the Age of Contradiction, 1848-1914.
4. Describe the impact of World War I on western society and culture.
5. Identify the primary characteristics of western passage into the contemporary world.

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