World History Unit 6: Industrialization and Imperialism

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World HistoryUnit 6 Industrialization and
Imperialism
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The British Empire1700s
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• Early 1800s - The Industrial Revolution in
  Britain
• A. Origins
• 1. Brs colonies demand goods, textiles
• 2. Brs strong agriculture brought
  spending for common people
• 3. Brs stable government
• 4. Brs effective banking system
• B. The First Factories
• 1. only factories can meet the demands
• 2. energy needed to power the factories
• - steam engine James Watt

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• C. Railroads Impact
• 1. Railroads transformed
• a) economy - reduced cost to ship goods
• b) need for unskilled labor
• D. Industry and Population
• 1. 1860 Br produced 20 of worlds
  industrial goods
• 2. Brs population and cities increase

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• II. Factory Labor
• A. New Social Classes Develop
• 1. Industrial Middle Class
• - bourgeoisie todays white collar worker
• 2. Industrial Working Class
• - factory worker
• 1. harsh working conditions
• 2. long hours
• 3. low pay
• 4. increased child labor
• 3. Labor Unions Emerge
• 1. attempts by workers to improve their poor
  working conditions and wages
• 4. Socialism (govt economic control) Develops
• 1. attempts by govt to improve conditions
  for workers and vulnerable people

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• III. Adam Smith Economic Liberalism
• A. Free Market Capitalism
• 1. laissez faire govt hands off the
  economy
• 2. the invisible hand
• 3. use everyones selfish nature to create
  harmony (increased wealth) for all
• 4. Govt should only defend, protect, and
  provide public works that cant profit
• B. Problems with Capitalism
• 1. selfish
• 2. competition creates winners and losers
• 3. furthers divisive class struggles
• 4. right to work?

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• The invisible hand
• From each according to his ability, to each
  according to his need."
• Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

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• IV. Marxist Socialism
• A. 1848 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write
  The Communist Manifesto
• 1. the bible of socialism
• 2. class struggles need to be eliminated
• 3. industrialization has split classes more
  than ever
• - bourgeoisie upper middle class
• - proletariat industrial working class
• - bourgeoisie profits wages stolen from
  the proletariat
• 4. Marx predicts a violent Proletarian
  Revolution
• - The proletariat has nothing to lose
  but its chains.

Karl Marx
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• V.The Scramble for Africa and Asia 1880-1914
• A. New Imperialism Eu countries ruling max
  people max territory in Af Asia
• B. gold rush mentality the race for
  territory
• 1. 1880 Eu ruled 10 of Af
• 2. 1900 Eu ruled almost 100 of Af
• Steam and electricity have annihilated distance,
  and all the non-appropriated lands on the surface
  of the globe can become the field of our
  operations and of our success.
• King Leopold II of Belgium, 1861

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Africa Today
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• C. 1884 Berlin Conference
• 1. Otto von Bismarck of G
• 2. no single Eu power could control Af
• 3. stop slavery and slave trade
• 4. imperial ambitions did not lead to Eu war
• Imperialism in Asia
• 1. The Neth Indonesia
• 2. Fr Indochina
• 3. U.S. Phillippines

Otto von Bismarck
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• VI. Causes of Imperialism
• A. Money, Jobs, Resources
• B. Security
• C. Power and Prestige
• 1. There has never been a great power w/o
  colonies. Fr Journalist 1877
• D. Social Darwinism
• 1. The strongest nation has always been
  conquering the weakerthe strongest tend to
  be the best. Br Economist 1900
• E. Philanthropy The White Mans Burden
• 1. the Wests duty to civilize the
  uncivilized
• F. Technological Gap 1. machine gun
• 2. disease awareness
• 3. steamship
• 4. telegraph

The Maxim gun will be of valuable service in
helping civilization overcome barbarism. Henry
M. Stanley
Charles Darwin
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• G. Religious Missions spread Christianity
• H. Humanitarian to stop the slave trade
• V. Critics of Imperialism
• A. Imperialism by J.A. Hobson
• 1. Imperialism is caused by unregulated
  capitalism
• 2. Only the distrustful economically benefit
  from colonies
• 3. O Evolution, what crimes are committed in
  thy name.
• 4. The Brown Mans loss must never imply the
  White Mans gain. Rudyard Kipling

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• B. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
• 1. The pure selfishness of civilizing
• 2. Contradiction in democracy - rep govt at
  home, dictatorship in the colonies
• 3. Dont the natives have the right to
  self- determination?

Dictatorship is a legitimate mode of government
in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be
their improvement. John Stuart Mill in his book
On Liberty
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• Unit 6 Review
• Industrialization Why Br?
• Socialism
• Marxism
• Capitalism
• The Invisible Hand
• New Imperialism
• Social Darwinism
• White Mans Burden
• Technological Gap