Unit 6 Flashcards
Consequences of industrialism
Nationalism
people who are linked through shared language,
Religion, or social customs, believe in their own greatness, w same desired for territory
Social Darwinism
“survival of the fittest” applies the same to social, if your better adapted=more power
What did child races lead industrialized states to believe
they were more fit and had the right to take over the “unfit”
civilizing mission
the “duty” imperial nations felt to develop the people they were conquering
King Leopold II of Belgium
made Congo his private property and exploited the land for rubber. got so bad Belgian government took away his colony and took state control
diplomacy
Negotiation instead of warfare
berlin confrence
Imperial power negotiated and split up Africa into Europe’s colonial holdings
Boer Wars
The British in South Africa fought the Dutch, who were there first. The British consolidated their power and drove both the Dutch Afrikaners and the indigenous South Africans into refugee camps, leading to many deaths
settler colonies
people from imperial countries settled into lands to populate them, the British takeover of Australia and New Zealand introduced disease,e killing many
Manifest Destiny
America’s God-given right to expand west, leading to indigenous populations being restricted to reservations
Spanish-American War
US taking over the Philippines, decline in Spanish and Portuguese power
Pan-Slavism
russian ideology to unite Slavic people under Russia
Imperialism for Japan
over economic means, they expanded into China, Korea, and Manchuria
economic imperialism
extending control over another state by economic means
British economic imperialism towards China
British silver in China, bc of trade imbalance, led to the opium wars, and China had to open trade ports to Western imperialist states.
Taiping Rebellion
instability in China, leading to creation of the Spheres of Influence
spheres of influence
China was carved up and parts of it were controlled by various western powers, Japan,
and Russia.
Economic imperialism in Latin America
United Fruit Company, US built railroads and shipping ports, economic control over them
export economy
An economy that is arranged around the export of commodities
ex of export economies
India and egypt cotton, West Africa palm oil,
increased migration through technology
steamship and railroads made it easier and cheaper to migrate
environmental
Causes of increased migration
Demographic changes- men migrated to work, so women took on men’s jobs
European life span increases ->more jobs required
indentured
servitude
form of coerced labor, cheap labor, they didnt know what they signed up for
convict labor
The British and the French made penal colonies in Australia and French Guiana and sent convicts to do labor
