unit 4 overview
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An overview of history from 1750-1914TRANSCRIPT
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Unit 4 Overview
AP World History
+Big Picture 1750 - 1914
Western civilizations dominate
Industrialization alters many areas of life
Politically, the British parliamentary model spreads as empire grows
Inequality among individuals and states becomes focus of reformers
+Western Domination
Power based on technological innovations of IR
Western states have new ability to make commercial contacts – steamships, railroads, telegraphs
New technologies create new wealth
New technologies allow western states to control other areas of the world - Imperialism
+Effects of Industrialization
Economic changes
Falling birth rates in industrialized countries
Rural to urban migration (urbanization)
Movement from less to more industrialized nations (immigration)
Cities grow, family size shrinks in industrialized countries
Environment altered as population grows and factories are built
Air and water pollution become problematic
+Growth of Democratic Governements British Parliamentary
model, Enlightenment ideas the basis for democratic movements
Democratic revolution in the Americas and France
Absolutism remained in some areas
Democracy spreads
+Inequality and Reform Slave systems successfully
dismantled
Slavery abolished through abolitionist movements
Movements for equality begin in industrialized societies
Inequality among states grew as western countries gained power
Western countries gain power and resources at the expense of most other areas of the world (Africa, Latin America, Middle East and China)
+Be able to..
Analyze motives for revolution in various countries between 1750 – 1914
Analyze the political and social changes and continuities between 1750 and 1914 in Japan, Russia, Latin America, Europe and North America
Compare and contrast the effects of industrialization in the different regions of the world.
Explain the motives and effects of Imperialism
Compare the impact of imperialism on African and Asian societies