History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett

Updated as of 2 October 05

Today in History:

On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. 

Quote of the Day:

"In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys."

A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004)

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

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"History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors"

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How to Write an Essay

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Modern World Civilization

Handout Eight

Topic: When Devils Walked the Earth

OUTLINE:

VIII. When Devils Walked the Earth: Nineteenth-Century Terrorism.

A. Introduction.

B. The Irish Troubles.

C. The Situation in Russia.

D. The Kansas Connection.

E. Counter-Terrorism in the Nineteenth Century.

 QUESTIONS:

1. What factors best explain the rise of Irish terrorism during the nineteenth century? Why did the Irish respond in this manner? What were the historical factors that accounted for Irish dissatisfaction?
2. What were the objectives of the Fenians? How did they operate? What did they develop into? What sort of actions did they follow? Explain.
3. What was the People’s Will? What did Russian youth want? What were they willing to do in order to bring change to Russia? But at what price? Explain.
4. How did both the British and Russians respond to political terrorism?
5. Was John Brown a terrorist? If so, why?
6. How did the Social Revolutionaries operate as terrorists? What did they learn from the experience of the People’s Will?
7. What techniques did the Okhrana use to combat the SRs? How effective were those methods?
8. Did the SRs stop when the Tsar was toppled? Did they prose a threat to the Bolsheviks too?

TERMS:

Charlotte Corday                    United Irishmen                          Wolfe Tone

Fenian Movement                   Irish Republican Brotherhood     Phoenix Park Murders

Clarkenwell Prison Incident    Invincibles                                  People’s Will

Land and Liberty                     D. V. Karakozov                     Nihilists

Mikhail Bakunin                     Alexander Soloviev                    John Brown

Secret Six                              Okhrana                                    Evno Azef

Fanya Kaplan                         Cheka