cst review day 4 world history industrial revolution imperialism
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CST ReviewDay 4
World HistoryIndustrial Revolution
Imperialism
Agricultural Revolution
Population
Technology
URBANIZATION
Fewer Farms + Technology
=
Urbanization
• If less farms are needed, what happens to farmers?
• Where are they going to move?
Production
Need for more resources Need for new markets
Pollution1st large scale destruction of the environment
Components of Industrial Society
• Entrepreneurs- • Factors of Production• Land Labor Capital
Social Inequality•Capitalism creating very
wealth and very poor.•Poor living and working
Conditions
Response
• Romanticism– Nature!!!– Poetry!!!
•Unions—Wages and working conditions
•Communism and Socialism—The proletariat: working class —Karl Marx—Share and own the factors of production
Why England???
Why England?
• Natural Resources• Geographic Advantages• Stable Government and Economic Strengths• Population Growth• Inventions and Technology
Natural Resources
Industrial Revolution Now
Inventor Invention Significance
James Watt Steam engine Power, energy, and transportation
Eli Whitney Cotton gin Sped cotton production textile industry
Henry Bessemer Bessemer process STEEL quicker and cheaper
Louis Pasteur Pasteurization (sterilization) of liquids
Germ theory and cleanliness
Thomas Edison Light bulb Longer working hours
What is Imperialism?
• Dominating and controlling other countries• Building an empire
ImperialismEuropeans of the late 1800s and early 1900s use their wealth and advantages to conquer foreign lands and influence the economies,
politics, and social lives of the colonized.
• Pride and Power• Economic Advancement• Superiority
Power and Pride
• More colonies = more power• Nationalism= patriotism and pride in one’s
nation
Economic Competition
• The Industrial Revolution
• Need for new markets
• Need for more raw materials
Superiority
• Social Darwinism= Racismo Survival of the fittest
• Missionary Impulseo Christianity
Types and Locations
Types• Colony-direct control• Protectorate-country whose policies are
guided by a foreign country. Not ruled directly
• Sphere of Influence—when one country has trading rights in another place.
Types and Locationscontinued…
Countries involved:• Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and the United States
Colonizing Nation
In Africa? In Asia? In South America?
Great Britain X X X
France X X X
Germany X X
Italy X
Japan X
Netherlands X X
Belgium X
Spain X X
Portugal X X
US X
Scramble for Africa
• Between 1875 and 1900 Europeans control of Africa went from 10% to 90%
• Tensions begin to mount between rival European nations
• Conference call to defuse disputes and set guidelines
Berlin Conference
• Divided up Africa• No African representatives present• Tribal territories and rivals were no considered• Created unnatural boundaries• Divided tribes and coupled enemies• Leading to modern problems in Africa
Ethiopia and Liberia were the only two countries to retain
EffectsPositive• Europeans kept peace• Europeans oversee creation of
modernized infrastructure, – including sanitation, railroads,
roads, postal system, telephone lines, and dams
• hospitals and school systems• Irrigation methods introduced
that improve farming• Customs considered immoral
by western standards eliminated
• New laws applied to all, breaking down some class systems
Negative • Africans and Asians lost control
of their land and independence• Resources controlled by
Europeans• European manufactured goods
replaced locally made goods• Europeans treated locals as
inferior• Many died of new European
diseases and warfare• Famines due to move from
subsistence agriculture to cash crops
• Breakdown of traditional cultures
• Unnatural boundaries that combined or unnaturally divided groups
Long Term
• Western ideals, culture, and goods spread throughout world
• Competition raises stakes between European nations and eventually leads to war
• Global economy dominated by industrialized nations
• Eventually leads to strong nationalism within the colonized nations