Imperialism
The seizure of a country or territory by a more powerful, stronger country.
What is Imperialism?
Economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally.
What is communism?
Reasons the industrial revolution's working conditions were bad
What is Heat, dangerous, child labor, long hours, short breaks, etc.?
Pride and support for your own nation, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. The effects of nationalism are different for different groups of people.
What is nationalism?
Mass killing of up to 1.5 million people in the Ottoman Empire
What was the Armenian Genocide?
Meeting that established ground rules for colonizing Africa. Divided the entire African continent between 7 European countries.
What was the Berlin Conference?
Economic system in which the factors of productions are privately owned and money is invested in business order to make a profit.
What is capitalism?
Positive effects of the industrial revolution
What is new inventions, improved transportation, urbanization, increased production, etc.?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
Who were the central powers?
New War Technology
What is advanced cannons, machine guns, Zeppelins, airplanes, submarines, poison gas, tanks?
Conflict in China over Chinese trade goods and European control of China
What were the Opium Wars?
Wrote The Wealth of Nations, main theorist on capitalism
Negative effects of the industrial revolution
What is overcrowding, dangerous working conditions, urbanization, climate change, child labor, etc.?
Russia, France, Japan and the British Empire, along with the smaller states of Serbia, Montenegro and Belgium (US joins in 1917)
Who were the Allied (Entente) powers?
Sneaky message sent by Germany to Mexico promising to return territory if Mexico attacked the US. Caught by Great Britain and sent to the US.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Humanitarian crisis in India. Began after crop failure and was driven by the British taking Indian crops.
What was the Great Famine of India?
Wrote the Communist Manifesto
Who were Karl Marx & Frederich Engels?
Organization formed by workers for the purpose of improving pay, benefits, and working conditions.
What is a labor union?
belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
What is militarism?
Boat that was sunk off the coast of England, causing negative international reactions and Germany to stop unrestricted submarine warfare.
What was the sinking of the Lusitania?
3 Factors of Imperialism
What are social, economic, and competition?
No government involvement in the market. Hands off
Laissez-Faire
Negotiations between factory owners and the union over wages, working hours and working conditions.
What is collective bargaining?
Technique of persuading people to have a particular belief of someone or something
What is propaganda?
International organization the Treaty of Versailles created that turned out to have no real power
What was the League of Nations?