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this is a painting expressing the rallying of the poor lower class  during the French Revolution. The painting shows chaos but also hope for the people.

Morna Daniels showed many newspaper images from the newspapers in France during the 1848 revolutions. Daniels would give a description and summary of what the images depicted which is a really good resource when trying to interpret the images. There…

Painting depicting a giant female wielding a sword with an olive branch, the imperial eagle as a crest in the middle of her torso and is carrying the German flag. There is also shackles on the bottom left of the picture which would probably symbolize…

A picture to be used along with the sources provided.

This source explains how the war began (in the midst of the first World War) as well as the events leading up to the decision for an armed uprising in Russia. Before the war, there was high demand for a social revolution in response to a failing…

This source is a painting called Burning the Royal Carriages at the Chateau d'Eu, February 24, 1848 by Currier. This source perfectly depicts the events described by St. John in his journal. The painting shows a group of middle-class men and women…

This source is an excerpt from Carl Schurz' book of Reminiscences about the 1848 revolution in Germany. Schurz explains the reactions of he and his friends after successful revolution in France. The February revolutions in France were a trigger for…

This is an excerpt from the journal of Percy B. St. John, a French witness to the February revolutions in Paris. His notes explain the events in the city after the government prohibited the "banquets" where groups of middle class opposers of the…

This source is the last letter in the series of letters Karl Marx wrote to his friend A. Ruge in Kreuzenach in September of 1943. This document is important because it represents Marx’s transition from left-wing authors such as Charles Fourier and…

This source is a photoprint of an anti-communist poster found in “Miscellaneous Items in High Demand collection,” which is located in Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division in Washington, DC. The image depicts the mask of Stalin covering…