Bellringer

1. Explain why Chapter 23 and 25 might be appropriately grouped together in a unit of study.

2. Provide evidence to support the “Overarching Idea” that social inequality is source of conflict yet ever-present in civilizations.

Neo-Colonialism

• Neo-colonialism- politically independent but developing nations are controlled through trade and economics rather than governmentally

• Where?

• When?

• Why?

Case Studies

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Migration~a window on 19th century life~

-consider the timing, origins, destinations

Push Factors• Problems

– Famine– Weak economy– Unstable gov’t

Pull Factors• Promise of a “better life”

– Job opportunities– Gov’t stability, choice– Education

Year Year1820 8,385 1850 369,9801825 10,199 1855 200,8771830 23,322 1860 153,6401835 45,374 1865 248,1201840 84,066 1870 387,2031845 114,371 1875 227,498

1880 457,2571885 395,3461890 455,3021895 258,5361900 448,5721905 1,026,4991910 1,041,570

Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status Fiscal Years 1820 to 2010

Country/Year 1830* 1850 1880 1900China 104France 9 54 107Germany 8 584 1,967 2,663Ireland 54 962 1,855 1,615Italy 484Russia 424United Kingdom 27 379 918 1,168Total Foreign Born 108* 2,244 6,679 10,341% Foreign Born 0.8%* 9.7% 13.3% 13.6%Total Population 12,785 23,191 50,155 75,994

1830 1850 1880 1900

Global Migrations of the 1800s

Industrialization

The Great Migration

• Rural to urban migration as nations industrialized• Long distance migration from urban to urban

migrations– lower class Europeans fled to U.S., Latin America,

Australia• Chinese migrants fled famine & revolts to move

to U.S., Peru, Mexico, filling labor needs after slavery abolished

W. Europe Latin America

1750-1850

1850-1914

• Which of the following ran counter to the democratic impulses associated with the American Revolution?a) Rejection of aristocratic notions of hierarchy in the

thirteen coloniesb) Continued centrality of slavery to the colonial

socioeconomic orderc) New England's tradition of town meetingsd) Virginia's practice of election of a House of

Burgessese) Demands for representation in British Parliament

• Which traditions of the French Revolution did not survive long beyond the initial and radical phases?a) Universal male suffrageb) Attack on feudal privilege and institutionsc) Popular nationalismd) The metric system

• What was the main commonality Liberal and Conservative politicians shared in nineteenth-century Latin America?a) They agreed that the Catholic Church had too much power.b) Both were led by wealthy landowners and the urban

middle to upper classes.c) They agreed on the immediate abolition of slavery and

repatriation to Africa.d) Both looked with admiration on the example of

independent Haiti.e) Both were influenced by the ideas of Karl Marx.

• What impact did the instability of the wars for independence have on subsequent developments in Latin America?a) Agricultural regions devastated by modern warfare were slow to

recover, leading to widespread famine.b) Female veterans of military service refused subordinate roles in

the home.c) Military leaders remained influential and intervened frequently

in political affairs.d) Mestizo, slave, and indigenous populations formed guerrilla

units and launched armed struggle for communism.e) The grip of the Catholic Church was weakened and various

strains of Protestantism became the dominant form of Christianity.

• Which area of the 19th century Latin American economy was most damaged by free-trade relations with the British?a) Railb) Port cityc) Manufacturingd) Ranchinge) Agricultural

• Why was the struggle for Brazilian independence distinctive in Latin American history?a) Brazil was the only colony whose economy was

dependent on cash crops.b) Brazil remained a monarchy after independence.c) Brazil abolished slavery before independence was

achieved.d) Brazil was the first colony to achieve independence.e) Brazil was the only ethnically diverse colony where

racial hierarchy did not exist before or after independence.

• Which best characterizes the rule and impact of Porfirio Diaz in Mexico?a) Sacrifice of liberal political principles in pursuit of industrial

and infrastructural modernizationb) Peasant-based populist mandate achieving comprehensive

land reformc) Puppet ruler manipulated by German imperialism bringing

little to no economic developmentd) Conservative ruler who returned large landowners and

Catholic elites to powere) Communist revolutionary implementing a series of Five-Year

Plans for agriculture and industry