This is a formal essay of 500-2,000 words that should have 1-inch margins, 12-po

This is a formal essay of 500-2,000 words that should have 1-inch margins, 12-point type, double space, and correct spelling, grammar, etc. (no bibliography required, but parenthetical references must be made).
In your response, be sure to use the 5 Ws and an H: who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Here is the essay question.
Premise: It has been said that the time from the 1870s to the 1990s was marked by short-term changes amid long-term continuity for Eastern and Western Europe.
Select one of the topic choices below as your focus for examining this assertion. To what extent is this premise correct?
In your response, discuss a significant event/ idea/ movement, etc. as proof for each of the following time frames: 1868-1914, 1933-1945, and 1990-1995.
What short-term changes do you notice? At the same time, what was the long-term continuity?
Topic Choices (select only one):
Empire-building
Nationalism
Social Movements
(Discussion of any other topic will not be read. It will be as if you did not write that portion.)
Empire-building involves the process that nations make to acquire resources, land, and economic influence. Within our time frame, we are also looking at the application of Social Darwinism.
Nationalism involves changing definitions of the “nation” concept. For the 1st era, you want to be sure to talk about Renan’s “What is a nation?”
Social Movements involve “an organized effort by a large number of people to bring about or impede social, political, economic, or cultural change…Social movements often work outside the system by engaging in various kinds of protest, including demonstrations, picket lines, sit-ins, and sometimes outright violence.”
There are 3 types of movements from which to choose: reform and revolutionary which are mainly political in nature, and reactionary which attempts to block or reverse social changes.