Changing Ideas
The division of people into groups based on language, culture, ethnicity, religion, or philosophy; also the feeling of unity with your group.
What is Nationalism?
The transition from an economy mostly based on farming and handmade goods to one based on factory labor and mass produced goods.
What is Industrialization?
What is Imperialism?
This new economic ideal was inspired by workers' desire for better conditions.
What is Socialism?
The toxic combination of smoke and fog that became all too common in industrialized cities.
What is smog?
Terrible factory accidents and urban poverty eventually led to increased rights for these people.
Who are workers?
Europeans did not want to spread industrialization, so when they divided up this continent, the locals were put to work extracting resources instead.
What is Africa?
After many years of conflict and revolt, this country was finally unified by a popular vote.
What is Italy?
This economic idea, popularized by Karl Marx, insists that the market economy needs to be abolished by the government in order for people to have equality.
What is Communism?
The first factories were powered by this device, which required them to be located near a river.
What is a water wheel?
As Europeans built global empires, they also put an official end to this practice.
What is the Slave Trade?
A person who helps spread industrialization by building factories and buying machines to make goods. Marx called them the "Bourgeoisie" or "Capitalist" class. They could become extremely rich, but they lost everything if their business failed.
What is an Industrialist?
This confederation finally united into an empire after being inspired by Otto Von Bismarck. Austria decided not to join.
This economic system believes that the government should leave the market economy alone, and problems would work themselves out through competition.
What is Laissez-Faire Economics?
The first industrial machines were built to help speed up the production of this essential good.
What is fabric/textiles?
What is Eugenics?
Huge waves of immigration from Europe eventually led to Nationalist Revolts and Wars for Independence all over this continent.
What is South America?
This leader in India fought for independence through non-violent protests.
Who is Gandhi?
America sails into Japan's harbor and says "trade with us." Japan says, "no thank you." America pulls out a ton of cannons and says "I'm going to ask you one more time."
What is Gunboat Diplomacy?
Though humanity had known about steam power since ancient times, this man's improved design allowed steam engines to become an industrial necessity.
Who is James Watt?
Nationalism in this country, along with the Opium Wars, led to the Boxer Rebellion. Local rebels tried to retake their country from European Imperials.
What is China?
What is Britain/The United Kingdom?
Nationalist Revolts were usually unsuccessful at first, but this country managed to break away from the Ottoman Empire.
What is Greece?
America and Europe competed for control over China's economy and trade in certain areas, each creating this type of imperialism.
What are Spheres of Influence?
Someone put a steam engine on a boat. Someone else put one on wheels. The combination of these two inventions made it possible to travel the globe in less than 100 days.