HIS 106 Midterm

what is imperialism

one country takes over another country and exploits its people and resources

What drug did the British dump into china

Opium

What group in china attacked foreigners

the Boxers

Ghandi and tactics he uses

Uses non violence and non cooperation to gain independence from Britain; Most famous pupil = Martin Luther King Jr

why did Britain set up australia

prison colony

-what was the scramble for Africa

Africa divided up amongst euros to exploit its resources

what is the meaning of this cartoon

scramble for Africa —> (Berlin conference dividing Africa amongst themselves)

why do imperialists want Africa

to exploit its resources

desire for natural resources fueled by what

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution gave euros a technological advantage, namely what?

machine guns

intepret political cartoon on Big stick diplomacy -us imperialism (Monday test and final exam-first question)

In relation to US Imperialism, President Roosevelt would hit poc with military force while white people got civil negotiations

what are imperialists doing to Africa

taking its resources

is this crown really queen elizabeths or is it stolen property

diamonds taken from African colonies that were colonized, therefore stolen

The Industrial Revolution began in what country?

Britain

what was the Industrial Revolution?

the change from people doing the work to machines doing the work

what does “Britain had coal and colonies” mean

coal = natural resources for producing energy; colonies represented global trading network

Where does the Industrial Revolution spread

from Northern Europe to Southern Europe

explain the difference between first and second Industrial Revolution

1st = steam power, 2nd=steel,chemicals, and electricity

-what role did chemicals play in the second Industrial Revolution

cheap paper, plastic (plastic was revolutionary), aspirin (“you gon’ need an aspirin if you fail this midterm”, etc.

Other advances in industrial rev (name three)

AT&T: automobiles, telegraph, telephone

-what was neg impact of child labor

kids got hurt and died

Women gained the right to vote with what amendment

19th amendment

what is laisez-faire

government leaves business alone

What was the Monroe doctrine (political cartoon on left on test)

America told Europe to stay out of South America

major export of Brazil

coffee

toussant louiverture

led slave revolt in Haitian revolution causing Napoleon to sell in the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the land of US

What did TJ mean by all men are created equal?

He meant all men and women are equal politically (each person has one equal vote)

Who was James Madison

Wrote the US Constitution and Bill of rights after the American Revolution?

Meaning of this cartoon?

king George causing problems to grow in the colonies, eventually fueling the American Revolution

National Religion in Latin America

Catholicism

What is the Banana Republic?

politically unstable and economically poor latin countries who rely on tropical exports like bananas

Liberator of South America

Simon Bolivar