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imperialism
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domination of one country over another, extension of nation's power over others land
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motives for imperialism
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economic, national rivalries, social darwinism, missionaries
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Economic
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new markets,raw materials
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national rivalries
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size of empire = national greatness
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social darwinism
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darwin's theory survival of the fittest
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missionaries
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converting people trying to "civilize" the natives
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Indirect control
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relieing on existing political rulers to rule
retained gov't but change it to rule in european goal was to develope future european leaders |
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Direct control
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ruling in the country
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White Man's Burden
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a poem about how white men are superior and it is their burden it civilize everyone else
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Scramble for africa
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European colonies completeing for african land
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Berlin Conference 1884-85
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where they decided which countries got which parts of africa, basically set up rules for the african scramble
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King Leopold
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king of Belgim, treated natives very poorly and made them work-- everyone hated him
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Congo Free State
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personal possesion of king leopold, not free or a state
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Joseph's Conrad's Heart of Darkness
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witnessed and wrote about leopold's regime and how horrible he treated people
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Henry M. Stanley, David Livingstone
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Stanley was a journalist who went to central africa and found Livingstone who went missing years ago in 1871, it interested people in europe to explore
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effect colonization had on native people
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they tried to resist, they only suceeded in Ethiopia
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Boer War
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Boers (dutch settlers) against the brittish for land -- the brittish won
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total war
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when you destroy everything instead of just the other force
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5 PROS
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1.schools
2.transportation (trains) 3.hospitals (new medicine technology) 4.sanitation (sewers) 5.foundation for democracy |
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5 CONS
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1.conflicts between tribes
2.diseases 3.assimulation - loss of traditional freedom 4.forced labor 5.loss of land |
