AP test 12 Flashcards
Age of imperialism?
height of European powers. Africa mostly conquered, empire building highly competitive.
European jobs in africa that had conflicting interests in AOI
missionaries, civil administrators, settlers, soldiers, profiteers.
2 inventions allowed eueropeans to conquer africa super easily?
machine guns and better medicine (survive african diseases)
“scramble for africa?”
African last contintent “open” for colonixzation. Many european powers competed over it dur to technological avances.
Berlin Conference?
European ovuntries met to discuss how africa would be conoquereed.
Social Darwinishm.
Racially motivated, financially motivated, thoughts thinking one group was superior thna the other. Natural selectio and evolution used to justify.
Paternalism and how does it relate to AOI
Racist/dehumanizing idea about superior peoples desire to help inferior people (becuase thay “cant help themselves”) common during imperialism era
Eugenics movement about?
goal was to control human reproduction so only desirable traits would survive. Led to sterilizations, marraige restrictions, abortions, etc.
negative consequenses for AOI
- Economic exploitation: conrtolled exports, taxes collected for the first time in cash.
- problematic borders
- indirect rule
- covilizing mission controversial
- racism and racist policies.
- overhunting
- horrific violence
Canadas independece story and status with british empire
They wanted more power and more freedom, they feared the us military after civil war, so 1867 became dominion. Technically still run by british monarch.
Positive consequences for AOI
- Technology was spread
- morally bad institutions stopped
- less tribal violence
civilizing mission spread enlightenment ideas - rule of law
- private property
- Western languages spread
- religion spread
8 Great Britain
Government: Constitutional manarchy, parliament = house of lords.
Pax Britannica, 1815-1914 #1 navy.
Dominions = became the commonwealth system in 1931
Religion: Protestant Christianity (Angalican, episcopalian, churhc of england)
Justification: 3 C’s (commerce, christianity, civilization.
France by 1914
Government: democratic republic
Empire: #2 largest empire
wanted revenge from losing France/prussian war 1870-71
religion = catholic
Paris = #1 city for high art
justification of Empire: civilizing mission
tried to assimilate natives into being french
germany by 1914
Germany became a country in 1871
Prussia defeated France in war (1870-71)
Government: Monarchy (kaiser=king)
empire: #3 overseas empire
Weltpolitik = policy to buuluuid germany into a world power
religon= protestant/catholic christians
economy = rising economy, huge industrial power, high standard of living, etc.
