Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- About Research & Education Association -- Acknowledgments -- A Note from the author -- Chapter 1: Passing the CLEP College Western Civilization II Exam -- Getting Started -- The REA Study Center -- An Overview of the Exam -- All about the CLEP Program -- Options for Military Personnel and Veterans -- SSD Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities -- 6 -Week Study Plan -- Test-Taking Tips -- The Day of the Exam -- Chapter 2: Absolutism, Constitutionalism, the DutchRepublic, and Russia -- Absolutism: Philosophical Background -- France and the Reign of Louis XIV -- England: The Road to Constitutional Government -- England's Civil War -- Charles II, James II, and the Glorious Revolution -- The Dutch Republic -- Peter the Great and the West -- For Your Information -- Chapter 3: Empires and Conflicts -- Introduction -- The First Global Wars -- The American Revolution -- For Your Information -- Chapter 4: The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment -- Introduction -- A Hall of Fame: Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton -- Faith and Science: Bacon, Descartes, Pascal, and Leibniz -- The Enlightenment"Enlightened Despots": -- Catherine the Great, Frederick II, and Joseph II -- For Your Information -- Chapter 5: The Industrial Revolution -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Industrialization's Human Impact -- Reform -- For Your Information -- Chapter 6: The French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe -- Introduction -- Background -- The Coming of Revolution -- Revolution: Part I -- Revolution: Part II -- Secularization -- The End of Revolutionthe Rise of Napoleon -- International Consequences of the RevolutionNapoleon the General and Napoleonic Europe -- For Your Information -- Chapter 7: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Revolution -- Introduction -- Defeating Napoleon.

The Rise of Conservatism and Liberalism -- Nationalism -- Revolutions -- France: Revolution, Empire, and Defeat -- Nation Building: Italy -- Nation Building: Germany -- For Your Information -- Chapter 8: The Second Industrial Revolution and Shifting Worldviews -- Introduction -- The Triumph of Industry -- Urbanization -- Modernization -- For Your Information -- Chapter 9: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Socialism -- Imperialism -- Nationalism -- Setting the Stage for War -- The Hapsburg Empire -- Socialism -- For Your Information -- Chapter 10: The First World War -- Introduction -- Origins of War -- German Strategy and the Western Front -- A Troubled Peace -- The War and Social Change -- For Your Information -- Chapter 11: The Russian Revolution and the Early Soviet Union -- Introduction -- The Russian Revolution -- Civil War and Its Aftermath -- Stalin's Regime, 1927-1939 -- Stalin and the Road to War -- Chapter 12: The Second World War -- Introduction -- The Road to War: Mussolini's Italy -- The Road to War: Hitler's Germany -- The First Year -- Anglo-American Alliance -- Strategy, the Russo-German War, and Victory -- The Holocaust -- For Your Information -- Chapter 13: The Cold War -- Overview -- Beginnings of the Cold War: 1945-1949 -- Globalization of the Cold War: 1950-1989 -- The Space Race -- The End of the Cold War -- For Your Information -- Chapter 14: Western Culture and Politics since 1945 -- Post-Soviet Russia and Eastern Europe -- Decolonization -- Social and Political Trends -- Conclusion -- Practice Test 1 -- Answer Key -- Detailed Explanations of Answers -- Practice Test 2 -- Answer Key -- Detailed Explanations of Answers -- Glossary -- Index.