AP Euro Essay Discussion

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<p>Share your responses for the FRQs on the Euro Exam:</p>

<p>I did #4 (urbanization) and #5 (German unification)</p>

<li>Problems and opportunities of urbanization in 19th C:</li>
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<p>Opportunities: former peasants got jobs, education, and social advancement
middle class owned factories and gained political power by gaining wealth
women worked in cities and thus gained political rights</p>

<p>Problems: overcrowding, disease, no city planning (Napoleon III reformed Paris), poor working conditions, low wages, long hours, family size down in urban areas, birth rate down, life expectancy down, and death rate up compared to rural areas, Manchester (England)</p>

<li>What prevented German unification in 16th and 17th centuries?</li>
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<p>religious factors:
Martin Luther–Protestant Rev.
regional princes held regional power; no consolidated power under Habsburgs
Schmalkan (sp) War >>> Peace of Augsburg (cuius regio, eius religio)
divided HRE based on religion
Treaty of Westphalia further disintegrated empire</p>

<p>political factors:
regional princes undermined Charles V
Thirty Years’ War: devastated society and economy–population down and economies in ruin; regional support needed to rebuild
Hohenzollern/Habsburg rivalry: no preponderance of power that led unification
Leopold I vs. Frederick “Great Elector” and Prussian/Austrian rivalry with standing armies</p>

<p>What score do you think I will get on each essay?</p>

<p>Also, for my DBQ, here were my groups:</p>

<p>Upper Class view: children should be refined (thus tough love and obedience)
Middle Class/Enlightenment view: reason with children so they will learn
Peasant View: children should be children and have fun! (but I only had one document for this)</p>

<p>other groupings I used were:

  • child-rearing practices were based on how Europeans had been raised when they were a child (tradition)</p>
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<p>i was sort of broad with my germany unification essay... i just talked about how it was fragmented socially and economically. ur response sounds good. i dont think mine sounds great lol</p>

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<p>I did numbers 4 & 5 as well....</p>

<p>For number 4 (urbanization) I discussed the improvements of the standard of living for the middle class, the economic stimulation, and the increase in education as positives. Negatives were the lack of protection for children and women in the workforce (no laws limiting working hours, protecting children from dangerous jobs, etc.), the loss of the family unit, the rise in poverty and crime due to overcrowding, and the spread of disease.</p>

<p>For number 5 (lack of a unified Germany) I focused on three main points: the desire of the papacy/Holy Roman Empire to keep Germany disunited because doing so gave it more control, the desire of Austria and England to keep Germany disunited because doing so gave them a buffer from Russia and France, and the desire of the princes themselves for a disunited Germany due to the power they got from it (Treaty of Augsburg).</p>

<p>For the DBQ the three groups I used were: those who felt that corporal punishment and "tough love" was necessary, those who felt that religion was important, and those who felt that children should be allowed to develop naturally.</p>

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<p>I did 4 too! :
opportunities: more jobs for people due to all the industrialization, better transport and more consumption (which improved economies) also due to industrialization
problems: overpopulation, disease, pollution and bad state of cities (i put napolean III as well!)</p>

<p>although i only had a few points, i put a lotta specifics into each, like i put the bessemer process, daimler -- inventor of the first engine/car, napoleon III, steel, koch, pasteur, etc...</p>

<p>smder, i think you'll get a 8-9 easily!! :)</p>

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<p>I DID 4&5 TOO! For 5, I mostly compared the formation of the Holy Roman Empire with the formation of absolutist France, citing reasons why absolutist France formed and how these factors were absent in the Holy Roman Empire (for example, in the Hundred Years' War, a state- funded military was needed to battle Britain; the Holy Roman Empire rarely if ever had dynastic conflicts. Also, I compared the HRE to the Austrian Empire by saying that the various principalities of the HRE hindered its development because each wanted to retain political autonomy; though the Austrian empire was also multinational, each of the provinces were united against a common Ottoman enemy)</p>

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<p>I did 4 and 7.</p>

<p>4: Problems: shortage of housing, bad environment, exploitation of workers</p>

<p>Opportunities: opportunity to use new technology, better pay (later), more interaction with other people in the cities, higher literacy rates</p>

<ol>
<li>Grievances: equality (enlightenment ideals), food
I picked the women and the Women's March to Versailles as an expression of the grievance.</li>
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<p>*7. Grievances: equality (enlightenment ideals), food
I picked the women and the Women's March to Versailles as an expression of the grievance.
*</p>

<p>"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!"</p>

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<p>I put the massacre at Bastille^</p>

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<p>Everyone seems to have done 4 and 5. I feel like I wrote ****. </p>

<p>For 4, I wrote about how rapid urbanization created many problems such as disease but also had advantages such as the concentration of services and jobs. Also talked about how it contributed to the Industrial Revolution and the European economy. Ehh...</p>

<p>For 5, I wrote in a 5 paragraph, 3 argument standard form.
1). Differences between individual German states(in religion, currency, etc)
2). Foreign influence (France, Austria feared German hegemony)
3). Lack of a strong ruler. (Holy Roman Emperor was an elected puppethead, lacking power to drive for unification)</p>

<p>All of these were very plainly written. What do you think I would get?</p>

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<p>well how specific did you write Gryffon? Did you use specific examples?</p>