Industrialization
Imperialism
Imperial Resistance
Urbanization
History Makers
100
A revolution in farming that significantly increased the amount of available food leading to a population increase.
What is the agricultural revolution?
100
The 10 percent of Africa that was under formal European control in 1870 increased to almost 90 percent by 1914, with only Ethiopia and Liberia remaining independent.
What is Scramble for Africa?
100
Two conflicts waged between China and Western powers during the mid-19th century. The Chinese government's campaign to enforce its prohibition against opium trafficking by British merchants.
What is the Opium Wars?
100
The population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change
What is urbanization?
100
Author of "The Wealth of Nations" and viewed as the father of Capitalism.
Who is Adam Smith?
200
This nation produced the second highest total in manufacturing output. The Industrial revolution spread here to some degree because of their willingness to lay railroad tracks.
What is Germany?
200
Europeans were interested colonizing lands in these two continents during the Era of imperialism.
What is Africa and Asia?
200
A massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and native Han peoples. The Han hoped to rid china of foreign rule but it failed.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
200
This group of society went to work in the textile industry. They were paid less than men and were treated poorly. Collectively they began to push for voting rights and equal treatment under the law.
What is women in the industrial era?
200
German diplomat that orchestrated the unification of Germany.
Who is Otto Von Bismark?
300
This invention by James Watt was a large driver of industrial movement. It was used in both ships and trains and other machinery.
What is the steam engine?
300
Conference of European powers that negotiate the partitioning of Africa in order to avoid conflicts with each other.
What is the Berlin Conference?
300
An attempt by Chinese fighters to drive out all foreign influence out of China. The rebellion was led by he Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
These were created to protect against sickening abuses of children working in mines and factories.
What is child labor laws?
300
Author of the Communist Manifesto and viewed as the father of Communism.
Who is Karl Marx?
400
The introduction of machines or automatic devices into a process, activity, or place. It meant people could do other things because the machines did the work.
What is mechanization?
400
An attempt at justification for Imperialism that is based on the idea that Europeans were better than Africans so they naturally would conquer and colonize the continent.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
A series of conflicts that attempt to drive British colonizers out of South Africa. The fight was against Dutch settlers who had moved to the nation and developed a society on their own right.
What is the Boer wars?
400
This is the home for most industrial workers. They were small, dark, crowded, and provided buy companies for their workers.
What are tenements?
400
Admiral in the US Navy who sailed to Japan and forced the nation to open their ports for trade. This led Japan to the Meiji Restoration.
Who is Commodore Mathew Perry?
500
The union of steam and iron rails produced this new form of transport which boomed in the later nineteenth century, affecting industry and social life.
What is the train or steam locomotive?
500
The only Asian nation that replicated the advances in European technology and industrialized and eventually become an imperial power.
What is Japan?
500
A rebellion of Indian solders against the British East India company that resulted in greater rule from the British crown.
What is the Indian Revolt of 1857/Sepoy Mutiny?
500
Groups that emerge to protect the workers in the industrial era. They used work stoppages, strikes, and collective bargaining to fight against the cartels and monopolies.
What are labor unions?
500
Leader of Japan's revolution from above that transforms Japan into a industrial power.
Who is Emperor Meiji?