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charles darwin

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1859 produced the theory that humans established over millions of years.
natural selection.
members of each species compete to survive.

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herbert spencer

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the first person to coin the phrase “survival of the fittest”

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social darwinism

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believed the government intervention (such as welfare for the poor,public, education, and government healthcare, helped the weak humans survive.
believed the poor should be allowed to die off and make society stronger

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micheal sadler

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prohibits children under 9 from being employed.

limited children’s working hours.

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capitalism

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believed the government should not help the economy or the poor.

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socialism

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concentrate less on the lives of individuals and more on societies needs

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markxist socialism

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wrote the communist manifesto

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communist manifesto

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history was a class struggle between healthy and working class

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communism

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create their own government. 
take control of production. 
share wealth. 
establish a classless community. 
overthrow the capitalist system.
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imperialism

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a stronger nation taking over a weaker nation to obtain resources.

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imperialism needs

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fuel the factories with raw materials.
new markets.
places to invest profits.

machine gun.

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america and japan became

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industrialized and aggressive in looking for natural resources

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industrialization made european countries…

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extremely wealthy.
more able to conquer other parts of the world.
more money to be used on new technology, science, weapons, and medicine.

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types of imperialist control

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colony (british has control of american colonies).

direct and total control of mother country.

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is it mercantilism

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no

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results of imperialism

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colonies became exposed to european ideas.
resources to many counties were stripped, and raw materials became depleted in some areas.

population was no longer a global problem.
europe and the US became the centers for manufactured goods.

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causes of imperialism

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bases for military and naval ships.
a nation with many colonies had power and security.
a global empire

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the white mans burden

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europeans felt superior to other nations and felt to reach other nations how to be civilized.

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the scramble for africa

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the focus on most of europe’s imperial activities.

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atlantic slave trade

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1500-1800’s.

male population went down.

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in the 1800’s africa has been…

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colonized, and explored.

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what was taken from countries

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gold
ivory
and slaves

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when did the slave trade end

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1807 and 1802.

the slave trade ended in africa.

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the country of liberia was set up by…

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former african slaves

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external reasons for imperialism

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better maps
machine guns (europeans)
africans had spears and bows
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medical treatment with malaria with drug

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quinine

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easier travel with

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steamship and railroad

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internal reasons of imperialism

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no common language
lack of common culture
wars between different groups
lack of technology

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in 1869

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europeans worked with the french to create the suez canal

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suez canal

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linked mediterranean to the indian ocean.

this eliminated the need to travel around africa for trade.

drained finances and egypt’s economy began to suffer

british take over

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king leopold of belgum

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in the 1870s he established a trade in the congo river.
forced americans to work on rubber plantations.
harsh taxation and forced labor (leads to the world call for humanization changes in the congo.

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in 1884 europeans

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tried to colonize africa

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14 european powers

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set up rules for colonizing africa

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in 1871

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germany went to war with france.

germany best france in 7 weeks.

france wants revenge.

bismarck avoids another war.

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otto van bismarck

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hosted berlin conference.
rules set up for colonizing, by the end of the conference.

bismarck wanted to settle disputes to colonial land differences in the african congo.

in 1850 most of africa was free

by 1914 only liberia and ethiopia were free of european control.

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results of colonization

raw materials

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europeans developed cash crop plantations, displaced food crops africans needed to feel their families. 
peanuts. 
palm oil. 
coco. 
rubber.
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result of colonization

wealth

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africa contains rich minerals sources.

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result of colonization

the belgin congo

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tin

copper

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results of the colonization

south america

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gold

diamonds

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boers

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south africa dutch farmers

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british acquired south america from

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the dutch in 1800’s

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the boers found

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gold

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the boer war

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1899-1902 british won.
pitted european nation against european nation.
known as the total war.
querrilla warfare and commando tactics were used.
britain took over south america and found gold and diamond mines and used natives to mine the wealth.