Transcript Reading Quiz #1

Points of Conflict: The
Focus of History
Wilson v. Clemenceau
Characters: Wilson was Pres. of U.S. and Clemenceau
was Premier of France.
Conflict: They came into conflict on plans for peace,
specifically whether a lenient or harsh settlement
would provide better foundation for lasting peace.
Time: 1919
Place: Paris Peace Conference
Issues: Included treatment of Germany, reparations,
world peace, and French security.
Impact: Wilson’s idealism represented by the 14
Points was reduced to the League of Nations, which
the U.S. did not join. The peace treaty set conditions
that led to World War II
Bismarck v. Napoleon III
Characters: Bismarck was chief minister of Prussia;
Napoleon III was emperor of France
Conflict: Franco-Prussian War of German unification
Time: 1870
Place: France and Prussia
Issues: Bismarck’s intentional war France in order to
gain the voluntary cooperation of southern German
states in a unified Germany dominated by Prussia.
Impact: The war led to German unification, cost
Napoleon III his throne, reshaped the European
power structure, and laid the seeds of World War I
Lenin v. Kerensky
Characters: Lenin was a communist; Kerensky was a
moderate Socialist
Conflict: Battled for control of Russian government
Time: 1917
Place: St. Petersburg
Issues: Russian continuation in World War I and the
direction of the Russian Revolution.
Impact: Kerensky’s attempt to carry on the war and
quell revolution failed. As a result, Lenin used the
revolution to propel the Bolsheviks to power with
promises of “Peace, Bread, and Land”
Galileo v. Pope Urban VII
Characters: Galileo was an inventor who used his
telescope to prove the Copernican theory of the
universe; Pope Urban VII was the head of the Church
Conflict: Galileo ran into trouble with the pope when
he too openly lampooned the earlier work of Aristotle
and Ptolemy and defended the writings of Copernicus.
He was tried for heresy before the Inquisition and
sentenced to prison
Time: 1624
Place: Italy
Issues: Science and church doctrine
Impact: Galileo later recanted his views. His example
indicated the degree to which the Church was out of
step with the emerging scientific society
Frederick the Great v. Maria Theresa
Characters: Frederick the Great was king of Prussia;
Maria Theresa was Empress of Austria
Conflict: They battled for power
Time: Mid-18th century
Place: German states
Issues: Who would be dominant among the German
states
Impact: Frederick’s success in taking Silesia led to
the emergence of Prussia as the dominant state and
began the long slide of Austria.
Luther v. Charles V
Characters: Luther was a disenchanted Catholic
monk; Charles V was emperor of the Holy Roman
Empire
Conflict: Luther was critical of practices of the
Catholic Church; Charles V supported the Church
Time: 1520s
Place: HRE
Issues: Religious controversy which evolved into a
war (Schmalkaldic League) over unity of the empire
Impact: Victory for Lutheranism and the end of
religious unity in the Germanic states
Oliver Cromwell v. Charles I
Characters: Cromwell was the leader of the
Roundheads; Charles I was king from 1625-1649
Conflict: English Civil War
Time: 1642-1649
Place: England
Issues: Religion, the nature of the Anglican Church,
and the authority of the monarch
Impact: As a result of the Civil War, Charles I was
beheaded and Cromwell established a Puritan
dictatorship which persecuted members of the
Anglican Church
Truman v. Stalin
Characters: Truman was Pres. of the U.S.; Stalin was
dictator of the Soviet Union
Conflict: Security and world dominance in the Cold
War after World War II.
Time: 1945-1953
Place: Eurasia
Issues: Both superpowers struggled for military
supremacy, global mastery, and support for their
political and economic ideologies.
Impact: Cold War led to an emphasis on military
buildups, defense alliances, propaganda, fear of
nuclear holocaust, and the emergence of two camps
trying to enlarge their world following by gaining
Third World converts
Philip II v. Elizabeth I
Characters: Philip II was king of Spain; Elizabeth I
was Queen of England
Conflict: Power struggle when Philip tried to depose
Elizabeth and stamp out Protestantism in England.
Time: 1588
Place: England
Issues: Philip’s plan was ruined when the Spanish
Armada was sighted off the coast of England and
destroyed by the English navy.
Impact: Misuse of New World wealth, solidification
of Elizabeth’s position on the throne, and the
beginning of Spanish decline in power
Hitler v. Chamberlain
Characters: Hitler was German dictator; Chamberlain
was British Prime Minister
Conflict: Chamberlain’s attempt to understand
Hitler’s aim for a Greater Germany led to his
agreement on appeasement
Time: 1938
Place: Munich Conference (Germany)
Issues: Incorporating all Germans into a German
national state, justification for Hitler’s complaints,
and a desire to keep the peace
Impact: Hitler’s contempt for Britain and further
aggression that led to World War II
Metternich v. Mazzini
Characters: Prince Metternich was Austria’s foreign
minister; Mazzini was the founder of Young Italy
Conflict: Clashed over Metternich’s attempt to retain
the status quo to preserve the multinational
Habsburg Empire
Time: 1815-1848
Place: Italy
Issues: Intense nationalistic fervor among Italians
dedicated to removing Austria from Italy to achieve
Italian national unity
Impact: The conflict led to the revolutions of 1848
where Metternich lost his position of as Minister of
State Mazzini failed to achieve Italian unification
because of military suppression
Louis XIV v. William of Orange
Characters: Louis XIV was king of France; William of
Orange was a Dutch prince
Conflict: Balance of power
Time: Late 17th century
Place: Netherlands
Issues: Louis XIV attempted to become the Universal
Monarch while William tried to preserve the Grand
Alliance and the balance of power. The War of Spanish
Succession in the early 18th century led to an attempt to
restore the balance of power
Impact: Louis XIV did not achieve a universal monarchy;
however, he did appoint a Bourbon to the throne of
Spain, provided Spain never united with France under
the same monarch. Britain acquired the asiento which
provided a monopoly over the African slave trade
Closing Tasks
Put the conflicts into chronological order
1. Luther v. Charles V
2. Philip II v. Elizabeth I
3. Galileo v. Pope Urban VII
4. Cromwell v. Charles I
5. Louis XIV v. William of Orange
6. Metternich v. Mazzini
7. Frederick the Great v. Maria Theresa
8. Bismarck v. Napoleon III
9. Lenin v. Kerensky
10. Wilson v. Clemenceau
11. Hitler v. Chamberlain
12. Truman v. Stalin