Test

Question 1

Describe and name the four stages of revolutions (Brinton)

Answer 1

Phase 1: Preliminary Stage
Before fighting, talking stage
Phase 2: Moderate Stage
Fighting starts, fighting still follows rules
Phase 3: Radical Stage
Opposing group seen as “other”, torture, mass murder, terrorism, foreign powers
Phase 4: Recovery Stage
Return to “normal”, shift to new order

Question 2

Define imperialism

Answer 2

Extending or maintaining control over a foreign nation - usually involves a takeover of land, can involve military

Question 3

Describe imperialism by Britain

Answer 3

India, Canada, Australia: Military and Economic Takeover

India was considered to be a model colony so there tactics were copied

Question 4

Describe imperialism by Belgian Congo

Answer 4

Owned privately by King Leopold 2 of Belgium
Controlled to gain rubber
Mistreatment of workers led to international outcry

Question 5

Describe imperialism by United States

Answer 5

Imperialism for Western Expansion
Concept of “manifest destiny”
Won other regions through war (Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guan, Samoa, Hawaii)

Question 6

Manifest Destiny:

Answer 6

idea that America And Europe are exceptional and are descended by Shem (blessed son) so essentially, God blessed them and they used this to control Native Americans

Question 7

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 7

warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

Question 8

Roosevelt Corollary:

Answer 8

a document that says if a country in Latin America becomes unstable the US has the duty to go into the country and overthrow the government and put in a new one that supports America

Question 9

Indian Famine:

Answer 9

goods were shipped back to Britain from India, letting people starve so millions of Indians died

Question 10

Sepoy Revolt:

Answer 10

Britain created conflicts between muslims and hindus (sepoy: Indian Native Military Member

Question 11

Congo rubber plantations:

Answer 11

forced labor and violent coercion were used to collect the rubber cheaply and maximize profit.

Question 12

divison of china

Answer 12

Economic Ideologies
Division of China Europe divided China because wanted to profit from Opium

Question 13

Describe Social Darwinism and its uses

Answer 13

Social Darwinism is the idea that all descended from apes

used to prove racial superiority based on evolution

gave groups a scientific basis to justify actions

Apes became Africans Asians became

Europeans - Further evolved from apes, The better the race is

used to prove criminals are geneticaly misfits

Question 14

Explain the difference between the first and second Industrial Revolutions

Answer 14

While the First Revolution was driven by limited use of steam engines, interchangeable parts and mass production, and was largely water-powered

the Second was characterized by the build-out of railroads, large-scale iron and steel production, widespread use of machinery in manufacturing, greatly increased use of steam power

Question 15

List technological advances for both the first and second Industrial Revolutions

Answer 15

Canals: man made waterway (ship coal and stuff easier)
Water Frame: new machine can spin and weave cloth 100 times faster than humans (river powered)
Steam Engine
Railroad
Telephones, Steel, Auto, bikes

Question 16

Explain how the Enclosure Acts affects both the upper class and the farmers

Answer 16

The enclosure acts allowed wealthy nobles/upper class to divide the commons and buy it, poor farmers were unable to feed themselves

Question 17

Explain the difference between push and pull factors in migration

Answer 17

Push factors are factors that push you away from a country, make you want to leave
Pull factors are factors that pull you to a country, make you want to move there

Question 18

Provide examples of push and pull factors of migration

Answer 18

PUSH: diseases, natural disasters, religious reasons, war
PULL: money opportunities, education, laws/rights, job opportunities

Question 19

Explain the difference between immigration, emigration and migration

Answer 19

Migration: the movement of people or animals from one place to another
Emigration: you are exiting a place
Immigration: coming to a new place

Question 20

Analyze various reasons for global migrations between 1750-1900 and provide examples

Answer 20

A large amount of Africans immigrated to the US because of slavery (involuntary)
A large amount of Europeans immigrated to the US

Question 21

WHat was one major immigrant group singled out in the US

Answer 21

Chinese immigrants

Question 22

Compare the lifestyle of the business owners and the factory workers between 1750-1900

Answer 22

Factory workers
would work about 15 hour days, 6 days a week
Turned to alcohol bc stress
Would be so tired would walk into machinery and die
Would get badly injured by machinery bc exhaustion
Expected to come always cant be late or fired

Question 23

Explain the effects of industrialization on men, women and children

Answer 23

Cult of domesticity: women stay in house to prove men can support, should have 1 servant, children should play instruments and be sent to college to be better than the parents

Question 24

imperialism on banana republics

Answer 24

Banana Republic - US- United Fruit Company sells fruit and keeps track of the government.(Foreign)

Question 25

imperialism Scramble for Africa

Answer 25

Got divided up (Europe wanted resources) Added transcontinental railroads to ship diamonds faster