Illustrative Example (p 117) – Non-state to state colonial control: Shift from the private ownership of the Congo by King Leopold II to the Belgium government.
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AP 24.780 Africa – Berlin Conference
1884-1885
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, also known as the Congo Conference (German: Kongokonferenz) or West Africa Conference (Westafrika-Konferenz), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany’s sudden emergence as an imperial power.
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AP 24.777 Imperialism – Driving Motives in the 1800s
As states industrialized during this period, they also expanded their existing overseas colonies and established new types of colonies and transoceanic empires. Regional warfare and diplomacy both resulted in and were affected by this process of modern empire building. The process was led mostly by Europe, although not all states were affected equally, which led to an increase of European influence around the world.
The United States and Japan also participated in this process. The growth of new empires challenged the power of existing land-based empires of Eurasia. New ideas about nationalism, race, gender, class, and culture also developed that facilitated the spread of transoceanic empires, as well as justified anti-imperial resistance and the formation of new national identities.
New racial ideologies, especially Social Darwinism, facilitated and justified imperialism.
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AP 24.776 Imperialism – Social Darwinism (1865-1900)
Social Darwinism –
the application of Darwinism to the study of human society, specifically a theory in sociology that individuals or groups achieve advantage over others as the result of genetic or biological superiority.Social Darwinism was an attempt to justify the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots of society.
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AP 24.766 Society and the Industrial Age – The Suffragettes
suf·fra·gette – noun
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AP 24.764 Society and the Industrial Age – What is a Tenement?
ten·e·ment – noun
/ˈtenəmənt/
1. a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
2. a piece of land held by an owner.
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AP 24.761 Ottoman – Tanzimat
The 1876 Constitution: Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the Grand Vizier, and the millets grant freedom to an idealized female figure representing Turkey, whose chains are being smashed. The flying angel displays a banner with the motto of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity in Turkish (Arabic script) and in Greek. The scene takes place in a generic Bosphorus scenery.
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AP 24.754 Khan – Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism (Compare and Contrast)
The Industrial Revolution created economic, political, and social transformations in Europe.
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AP 24.752 So What is Communism?
Com·mu·nism (noun)
– a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
– doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
– a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
– a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
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AP 24.750 What Is Socialism?
Socialism (noun)
– a political and economic theory (policy or practice) of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
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AP 24.749 Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
“Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!”
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AP 24.746 What is Capitalism? (1 of 2)
cap·i·tal·ism (noun)
– an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
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AP 24.745 Industrialization – The Cost of Industrialization (HOMEWORK)
The Industrial Revolution created new prosperity, but at a human cost.
The Children Who Built Victorian Britain
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AP 24.731 Victorian Age – Separate Bathrooms, Etiquette, and Strange Stuff
Remember
Victorian Age overlaps with the Industrial Revolution!
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