Enlightenment and Revolutions
What Enlightenment thinker gave us the concept of natural rights?
John Locke
What new economic/political ideology was formed as a response to the dangers of capitalism to the working class?
Marxism - Socialism/Communism
What benefit did having colonies give to imperial powers?
Access to natural resources to fuel industrialism
Access to a new market
Access to labor
What was a rationale used for imperialism?
Social Darwinism
"The White Man's Burden" - Civilization mission
Nationalism
The process of migrating from rural areas to cities is called what?
Urbanization
Give two examples of how the structure of the U.S. government is influenced by Enlightenment thought.
Natural Rights
Civil and Judicial Rights
Separation of Powers
Constitutional Government
Give two examples of reforms that were sparked by the challenges of the Industrial Revolution?
Worker's rights: Minimum wage, overtime pay, 40-hour work week
Mandatory Education
Child Labor Laws
Women's Rights Movement
Explain the significance of the Opium Wars in China.
Showed the power of an industrialized v. non-industrialized state
Allowed for further British influence in China and European economic imperialism in China.
In general, how did indigenous populations react to imperialism?
They rebelled
Increase in nationalism
Give an example of a social consequence of migration during the 19th Century.
Prejudice against migrant communities
Establishment of ethnic enclaves
Larger proportion of male migrants leaving women to take on traditionally male roles in home societies
What country became the first country to gain independence from a slave rebellion?
Haiti
FULL CLASS QUESTION:
Give examples of new technology from the Industrial Revolution. 5 round maximum.
Lots of answers.
Bonus Question (100 Pts.): What technologies are associated with the second industrial revolution?
Give three examples of resources that imperialist powers desired.
Cotton, Palm Oil, Diamonds, Meat, Rubber, Guano
Give a specific example of a settler colony.
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Western US
Liberia
Why did imperialism lead to an increase in global migration?
Job opportunities in industrialized states
A desire to leave states negatively impacted by imperialism
Better transportation technology
A need to replace former and outdated systems of coerced labor
Who is the most prominent figure in regards to Latin American revolutions against European colonialism?
Simon Bolivar
Bonus Questions (100 Pts.): What level of the Casta System was Bolivar a part of?
In what state was industrialism strongly backed by the government?
Japan
Bonus Questions (100 Pts.): What directly led to Japan's push for industrialization, the Meiji Restoration?
How did the Industrial Revolution pave the way for the Scramble for Africa?
Steam ships allowed better travel inland
Development of Quinine
Better guns
What two major powers does Japan go to war with in the 19th Century in order to gain territory?
China and Russia.
Give a specific example of a large scale migration during the 19th Century.
Irish to US
Chinese to US
Japanese agricultural workers to Pacific
Indian indentured servants in British and French colonies
What two states are formed in the 19th Century as a direct result of rising nationalism?
Germany and Italy
FULL CLASS QUESTION:
Give reasons as to why the Industrial Revolution first began in Britain.
Abundance of natural resources such as coal
Access to waterways
Urbanization
Protection of Private Property
Improved agriculture
Access to foreign resources
Accumulation of capital following colonialism
How did the rise of Industrialism in Europe affect the economies of South and East Asia?
Hindered the economies of South and East Asia either through colonial influence and control or by usurping South and East Asia in markets they used to excel in. (Example: India's textile industry)
Explain the specific context of the following political cartoon:
Berlin conference - Otto Von Bismarck
European powers discussed the ground rules for colonizing Africa.
Define the concept of Brain Drain.
Emigration of skilled workers
Can leave home societies with a less skilled population