Nationalism in 19th century

Study Nationalism in the 19th Century using Online Video

What makes a nation? Use these 2 online educational video titles to examine the concept of nationalism as it developed and changed throughout Europe, from the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I. See how the Romantic movement and the Napoleonic Wars planted the seeds of European nationalism early in the 19th Century. Learn why the forces of nationalism had, by the end of the century, sparked a full-scale arms race that set the stage for World War I.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine the concept of nationalism as it emerged, developed, and changed form throughout Europe from the writings of Rousseau to the outbreak of World War I.
• xplain how the Romantic Movement and the Napoleonic Wars of the early nineteenth century inspired the pursuit of cultural nationalism and the struggle for national unity.
• Explore nationalist movements in Italy and the German state of Prussia, where strong leaders forged nations out of many disparate states in the nineteenth century.
• Describe the two stages of nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe, and gain insight to its beginnings as a radical political force that ultimately became a conservative ideology.
• Discover why the forces of nationalism had, by the end of the nineteenth century, sparked hostile rivalries and a full-scale arms race that set the stage for World War I.

• History > 19TH Century World History > Nineteenth Century Nationalism
• The Origins of Nationalism (Runtime: 19:29)
• The Congress of Vienna and Beyond (Runtime: 19:05)