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The Nation-State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Which is the most common value cited by the authors to justify the creation and preservation of the nineteenth-century nation-state?
a.National prosperity
b.Uniformity in systems of work
c.Uniformity of language and laws
d.Freedom and liberty
What similarity exists in the speeches of Lincoln and the Declaration of the German Empire?
aEach is concerned with the issue of slave versus free labor.
b.Each references the need for constitutions and religious unity.
c.Each references the experience of war and the need for unity.
d.Each references the expansion of government as part of the nation-building effort.
Who appears most critical of the centralizing accomplishments of the nation-state in these years?
a.Lincoln
b.Mazzini
c.Renan
d.Proudhon
Which commentators present positions most at odds with each other?
a.Proudhon and Renan
b.Acton and Lincoln
c.Renan and Mazzini
d.Lincoln and Mazzini
What sets Mazzini's position apart from the others?
a.He is a firm believer in democracy.
b.He speaks for a disunited population.
c.He opposes French and English nation building.
d.He represents the interests of wealthy aristocrats.
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