HIST 101 Final, Fall 2008

History 101, section 2 Name 28 January 2009 Stdt. No. Final Exam Instructions: In two hours, answer five questions from Set A and one from Set B. Take time to organize your answers, be concise, and write neatly. You have two hours. Return this sheet with your test booklet. Set A (50 percent): Identify and explain briefly the significance of five of the following. You should be able to answer each one adequately in about five sentences. Allow yourself about ten minutes per item. 1. James Madison 2. Sans-culottes 3. The Brunswick Manifesto 4. The Oath of the Tennis Court 5. “conservative radicalism” 6. separation of powers 7. The Continental System Set B (50 percent): Write an essay on one of the following topics. Allow yourself about 50 minutes to organize and write your essay: 8. Write an essay in which you explain the significance of the American Revolution. Explain also how the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights help us understand changes in the attitudes and goals of the revolutionary leaders. Were any of these ideas produced by Enlightenment thinkers? 9. What was the Grand Empire and who established it? Write an essay discussing its success and its failure in spreading the principles of the Enlightenment. In the remaining time, review your answers.