Study Guide unit 3 test Flashcards
What were some important inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution?
Electricity, Steel, Oil, chemicals.
examples: light bulb, telephone, cars, medicines
What are something things that steel does?
- replaces iron
- used to build skyscrapers, elevators, military uses, sewers
What were some social effects of the Second Industrial Revolution?
- rise in the standard of living
- mass-produced consumer goods
What were some cultural effects of the second industrial Revolution?
- the spread of middle-class culture: urban
- growth of jobs for women
Who was the first car maker and what was the name of the car?
Henry Ford and the Model T
Who was the inventor of the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
When was the Opium war?
1839-42
When was The New Imperialism?
1880-1914
Western countries gains spheres of influence where?
In china
What does Japan, and the U.S. open door policy do?
- expels all foreigners
- remains isolated until 1850s
- US forces Japan to let in merchants
What are the economic causes of the new imperialism?
industry needs more markets and raw materials
What are the political causes of the new imperialism?
- colonies give “world power” status
- met national security needs
What are the cultural motives?
- bring medicine, Christianity, and education
- industrial nations civilizing mission ideas
China expels foreigners due to what?
opium trade
What did the International (Berlin) Conference on Africa (1884) do?
- Berlin conference set a principle
- land claims Africa must be effectively occupied
- Africa colonized by many countries
