The Scramble for Africa
An estimated 10 million people died and many more were mutilated during the harsh reign of Leopold II in the Congo Free State (1885-1908).
The Scramble for Africa
- Imperialism
- David Livingstone
- Henry Morton Stanley
- Leopold II
- Congo
- Motives for European colonization:
- Industrial Revolution led to search for raw materials and markets
- Racism/Social Darwinism
- Christian missionaries
- Maxim gun
- Berlin Conference
- Which Africa nations remained independent?
- Zulus
- Boers
- Boer War
- How was 18th/19th century New Imperialism different from 15th/16th/17th century imperialism?
- Forms of imperialism:
- Paternalism
- Assimilation
- Positive/negative effects of colonial rule in Africa
The Great Game
The British Lion warns the Russian Bear from attacking Afghanistan. The British and Russians competed for influence in Central Asia.
Imperialism in South Asia
King Mongkut of Siam diplomatically preserved Thailand's independence from both Britain and France.
Imperialism in South Asia
Qing China and Meiji Japan
Japan industrialized rapidly in the late 1800s and shocked the world by defeating Russia in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese navy has sunk a Russian ship in this Japanese print.
American Imperialism
Uncle Sam, loaded with the tools of modern civilization, uses the Philippines as a stepping-stone to get across the Pacific to China.
American Imperialism
- Peonage system
- Caudillos
- Impact of railroads, steamships, and refrigeration
- American economic colonialism in Latin America
- Monroe Doctrine
- Spanish-American War
- “Colossus of the North”
- Panama Canal
- Roosevelt Corollary
- Santa Anna
- Annexation of Texas
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Benito Juarez and La Reforma
- Porfirio Diaz
- Mexican Revolution
The Great War
Machines guns and poison gas were two of the deadly weapons that claimed millions of lives during the First World War, 1914-1919.
The Great War
- Main causes of World War I:
- Triple Alliance:
- Triple Entente:
- Balkans = “powder keg of Europe”
- Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
- Black Hand
- Ultimatum
- Mobilization
- Schlieffen Plan
- Central Powers
- Allies:
- Western Front
- Eastern Front
- Gallipoli Campaign
- Why did colonial leaders support participation in the war?
- Unrestricted submarine warfare
- Lusitania
- Zimmerman note
- Entrance of the United States on Allied side
- Total war
- Rationing
- Propaganda
- Role of women in the war effort
- Russian Revolution
- Second Battle of the Marne
- Abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Armistice
The War to End All Wars
World War I destroyed the centuries-old Russian, German, Austrian, and Ottoman Empires, and completely redrew the political map of Eastern Europe and the Middle East creating new issues that still plague the world in the 21st century.
The War to End All Wars