Question
Charles Tilly responded to Reynald Secher’s claim that this conflict constituted the “first modern genocide” by pointing out numerous mistakes and inconsistencies in Secher’s historical reconstruction. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this conflict, whose “Blues” and “Whites” historiographical factions tend to mitigate the scale of its violence and exaggerate it, respectively.
ANSWER: War in the Vendée (“von-DAY”) [accept Vendée Revolt]
[10e] The War in the Vendée was sparked by the introduction of the levée en masse (“luh-VAY on mass”), which was this type of wartime policy intended to support the republican government during the Revolutionary Wars.
ANSWER: mass conscription [accept draft]
[10m] The levée en masse marked the beginning of this general's concept of “state wars” which involved an entire population, as opposed to “cabinet wars” fought by professional armies. This general commanded the winning forces at the Battle of Sedan.
ANSWER: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder [prompt on von Moltke]
<RR, European History>
Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| UCF A | UF A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |