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Who were the Great Powers in the World by 1900?

Who were the Great Powers in the World by 1900?. Considering the whole unit ( Ch 22-26 The Age of European Dominance) from the Industrial Revolution up to the Turn of the Century, explain how Europeans came to dominate the world. E uropean Imperialism and the Turn of the Century.

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Who were the Great Powers in the World by 1900?

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  1. Who were the Great Powers in the World by 1900? • Considering the whole unit (Ch 22-26 The Age of European Dominance) from the Industrial Revolution up to the Turn of the Century, explain how Europeans came to dominate the world.

  2. European Imperialism and the Turn of the Century Ch 25, 26: 1875-1914 Why did European nations compete for overseas empires in the late 19th century?

  3. 1885: Europe divided up Africa Pre 1880 Colonies around the Horn Africa by the start of WWI

  4. Dutch and British in South Africa • Effects on Africans • Taxes paid in cash • Had to get it first - jobs • Health care • Farming methods • 2nd class citizenship • Lost traditions • Dutch Boers (farmers) • Left Netherlands during Thirty Years War 1600s and settle in S. Africa • British seize control 1815 • Outlaw slavery, but blacks have no rights • Boers move inland away from British control • Brit Rhodes finds diamond and gold 1866 • Boer War 1899-1902 • British v Boers • British win, but grant semi-autonomy to Boer states as part of South Africa • Boer Apartheid system What effects did all this have on Africans?

  5. Queen Victoria’s Reign 1837-1901 • Reform Act of 1832 • Expands vote among men • Increases representation in cities • Legislative power in Parliament • Executive Power in Prime Minister and Cabinet • Monarch consulted and respected… • But not a lot of political authority: Parliament expands power From the age of 18 to 82 Queen More Limited under the Reform Act of 1832

  6. The British Alone in South Asia • Collapse of Mughal dynasty • French ousted by 7 Yrs War • British East India Company • Sepoy rebellion – 1857 • Govt control over the Raj • Imperial rule:1857-1947 • Empress of India Read Kipling’s poem “White Man’s Burden” How did the British take control of India? Who was the leader of Indian independence 1947?

  7. Europe goes to China - 1908

  8. The USA joins the club of Great Powers - 1900 • Latin America is weak • Monroe Doctrine 1823 • Spanish American War 1898 • Cuba • US gains possessions overseas • Roosevelt Corollary 1904 • Panama Canal 1914 Canal construction Theodore Roosevelt

  9. Turn of the Century Changes Late 1800s, early 1900s Who did what? • Henry Bessemer • Thomas Edison • Guglielmo Marconi • Alexander Graham Bell • Henry Ford • Charles Darwin • Marie Curie • Wilbur/Orville Wright • Emmeline Pankhurst Add the contributions of each person…

  10. Theodore Roosevelt • Marconi Impressionism • Bell Emmeline Pankhurst • Reform Act of 1832 • Boer War Queen Victoria Mass Culture

  11. New Forms of Culture • Photography • Impressionism • Moving Pictures • Mass Culture • Ireland wins Home Rule…Independence! 1920

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