imperialism Flashcards
charles darwin
1859 produced the theory that humans established over millions of years.
natural selection.
members of each species compete to survive.
herbert spencer
the first person to coin the phrase “survival of the fittest”
social darwinism
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
micheal sadler
prohibits children under 9 from being employed.
limited children’s working hours.
capitalism
believed the government should not help the economy or the poor.
socialism
concentrate less on the lives of individuals and more on societies needs
markxist socialism
wrote the communist manifesto
communist manifesto
history was a class struggle between healthy and working class
communism
create their own government. take control of production. share wealth. establish a classless community. overthrow the capitalist system.
imperialism
a stronger nation taking over a weaker nation to obtain resources.
imperialism needs
fuel the factories with raw materials.
new markets.
places to invest profits.
machine gun.
america and japan became
industrialized and aggressive in looking for natural resources
industrialization made european countries…
extremely wealthy.
more able to conquer other parts of the world.
more money to be used on new technology, science, weapons, and medicine.
types of imperialist control
colony (british has control of american colonies).
direct and total control of mother country.
is it mercantilism
no
results of imperialism
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.
causes of imperialism
bases for military and naval ships.
a nation with many colonies had power and security.
a global empire
the white mans burden
europeans felt superior to other nations and felt to reach other nations how to be civilized.
the scramble for africa
the focus on most of europe’s imperial activities.
atlantic slave trade
1500-1800’s.
male population went down.
in the 1800’s africa has been…
colonized, and explored.
what was taken from countries
gold
ivory
and slaves
when did the slave trade end
1807 and 1802.
the slave trade ended in africa.
the country of liberia was set up by…
former african slaves
external reasons for imperialism
better maps machine guns (europeans) africans had spears and bows
medical treatment with malaria with drug
quinine
easier travel with
steamship and railroad
internal reasons of imperialism
no common language
lack of common culture
wars between different groups
lack of technology
in 1869
europeans worked with the french to create the suez canal
suez canal
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
king leopold of belgum
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.
in 1884 europeans
tried to colonize africa
14 european powers
set up rules for colonizing africa
in 1871
germany went to war with france.
germany best france in 7 weeks.
france wants revenge.
bismarck avoids another war.
otto van bismarck
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.
results of colonization
raw materials
europeans developed cash crop plantations, displaced food crops africans needed to feel their families. peanuts. palm oil. coco. rubber.
result of colonization
wealth
africa contains rich minerals sources.
result of colonization
the belgin congo
tin
copper
results of the colonization
south america
gold
diamonds
boers
south africa dutch farmers
british acquired south america from
the dutch in 1800’s
the boers found
gold
the boer war
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.
