World History B

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World History B

• SSWH15 The student will be able to describe the
  impact of industrialization, the rise of
  nationalism, and the major characteristics of
  worldwide imperialism.
• a. Analyze the process and impact of
  industrialization in England, Germany, and Japan,
  movements for
• political reform, the writings of Adam Smith and
  Karl Marx, and urbanization and its affect on
  women.
• b. Compare and contrast the rise of the nation
  state in Germany under Otto von Bismarck and
  Japan under
• Emperor Meiji.
• c. Describe the reaction to foreign domination
  include the Russo-Japanese War and Young Turks.
• d. Describe imperialism in Africa and Asia by
  comparing British policies in South Africa,
  French policies in
• Indochina, and Japanese policies in Asia.

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Define

• Industrialization-Verb
• 1.to introduce industry into (an area) on a large
  scale.
• 2.to convert to the ideals, methods, aims, etc.,
  of industrialism.
• Industrialism-noun
• 1. an economic organization of society built
  largely on mechanized industry rather than
  agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.

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Define

• Nationalism-noun
• 1.national spirit or aspirations.
• 2.devotion and loyalty to one's own nation
  patriotism.
• 3.excessive patriotism chauvinism.
• 4.the desire for national advancement or
  independence.
• 5.the policy or doctrine of asserting the
  interests of one's own nation, viewed as separate
  from the interests of other nations or the common
  interests of all nations.
• 6.an idiom or trait peculiar to a nation.
• 7.a movement, as in the arts, based upon the folk
  idioms, history, aspirations, etc., of a nation.

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Define

• Imperialism-noun
• 1.the policy of extending the rule or authority
  of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or
  of acquiring and holding colonies and
  dependencies.

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Define

• Urbanization-verb
• 1. The process by which cities grow or by which
  societies become more urban
• Urban-noun
• 1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
• 2. Characteristic of the city or city life.

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define

• Militarism
• 1. Glorification of the ideals of a professional
  military class.
• 2. Predominance of the armed forces in the
  administration or policy of the state.
• 3. A policy in which military preparedness is of
  primary importance to a state.

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Adam Smith

• In 1776, Adam Smith published one of the most
  important books on economics. It was called An
  inquiry Into the Nature of the Wealth of Nations.
  Smith thought that people should be free to
  produce and sell products at a profit.
  Government should not interfere with this
  process. Competition would produce the best
  goods at the lowest prices.

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• Smiths ideas are called capitalism. Capital
  is money that is used to produce more money. In
  a capitalist system, individuals and private
  businesses own and control most of the capital.
  Today, the United States is the most powerful
  capitalist nation in the world.

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Karl Marx

• A German who said that all societies were made up
  of the haves and the have nots. The haves
  have power and wealth. The have nots have
  nothing, no money and no power.

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Marx said powerful leaders would never willingly
give up their power. He thought workers would
always fight with factory and land owners. Marx
believed that all of history was a class struggle
between the rich (the haves) and the poor (the
have nots). He thought factory owners used
workers to grow rich from their labor by paying
them low wages and keeping the profits for
themselves.
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Marx believed that workers could improve their
lives and gain power only by violent revolution.
In his book The Communist Manifesto, he wrote
Workers of the world unite! he believed workers
had nothing to losebut their chains Marx
called these industrial workers the proletariat.
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Marx saw a future society with no need for
government. Each member of society would be
equal. There would be no rich or poor. His
ideas influenced the late 19th century and the
first years of the 20th century.
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Otto Von Bismarck

• He became the Prime Minister of Prussia in 1848.
  He was a member of the rich landlord class and
  loyal to the Prussian King. He wanted to unite
  all the German states under Prussias leadership.
  Bismarck was a conservative and did not believe
  in democratic rule. In a speech to Prussias
  parliament he said the only way to solve problems
  was by blood meaning war and by iron meaning
  a king with absolute power.

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He wanted to make Prussia a great military power
and forced parliament to give him money to build
a strong army. He believed that war would unite
the German states. This belief is called
militarism. Bismarcks army defeated Denmark in
1864 then Austria in 1866. Next Bismarck
manipulated a war between Prussia and France to
defend their national honor. Prussia defeated
the French in 1870 and captured the French ruler
Napoleon III.
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In the peace Treaty of Frankfurt France had to
pay Prussia a huge sum of money and give up the
two territories of Alsace and Lorraine. The
Franco-Prussian War brought the German states
together. After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia
took control of northern Germany, forming the
North German Confederation. Bismarck united the
German States into one strong military nation,
the German Empire also known as the Second Reich.
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Emperor Meiji

• The Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, during
  whose reign Japan was dramatically transformed
  from a feudal country into one of the great
  powers of the modern world. New leaders governed
  Japan in the emperors name. they introduced
  many reforms, adopted western ideas in
  transportation and education. They abolished
  feudalism and wrote a constitution based on the
  system Bismarck developed for Germany.

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• A western style army was developed and all young
  men were required to serve in the army. They
  used this new military power to become
  imperialistic. They went to war with China.
  China lost and had to give up some of its
  territory. In 1904 Japan went to war with
  Russia and took over Korea and gained trading
  rights in the Russian controlled lands of China.
  Japan was now a world power.