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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the American minister to Paris do in the wake of King Louis-Phillipe's abdication?

2. What did Louis Napoleon Bonaparte say was his power?

3. Who was P.T.Barnum?

4. What was the largest building in America in the 1830s?

5. Who was the first American to be admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Americans travel the roads to Paris after arriving in Le Havre?

2. What invention did the artist Delacroix say marked the death of art? Who invented it?

3. What aspect of living in Paris did many ladies from America appreciate the most?

4. What were some of the biggest complaints against King Louis-Phillipe in 1847 that eventually led to the king going into exile?

5. What was the primary mode of travel to Europe in the 1830s? What did many of these early travelers think of this mode of transportation?

6. What did Emma Willard note about the galleries in Paris that she found inspiring?

7. What famous painting did Healy complete in Paris in 1850? What American political event did this painting portray?

8. How did many of the Americans who arrived in Paris in the 1830s feel about the stringent laws regarding passports?

9. What changes did Louis Napoleon immediately set out to create? For what purpose?

10. Who taught Samuel Morse to paint? What career would his parents have preferred he pursued?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Farragut? Who created it? What struggles did this person undergo in creating this piece of art? How did it impact his personal life? How did it impact his professional life? Where is the Farragut now? What other works did this artist create? Where are some of these works displayed? What impact did this artist have on the art world during his lifetime? What impact did Paris have on this artist and his career?

Essay Topic 2

Who helped Empress Eugenie escape Paris as France became a republic? For what reason did this person help the Empress? What might have happened to the Empress without the aid of this person? In what other ways did Americans impact Paris during this political upheaval? For what reason? How might history have been written differently without the aid of these Americans?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Americans want to go to Paris? Who was among the first Americans to travel to Paris in the 1830s? What was the main purpose for most of these people in the 1830s? What was the political atmosphere like in America during this time? How much influence did this have on the motives of those traveling to Paris? What was the trip to Paris like? What were some of the discomforts of this trip? What were some of the pleasures of this trip?

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