THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

SECTION 1: THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

ESSENTIAL GOALS DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN NATIONALISM AND WESTERN IMPERIALISM AS FORCES OF GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION, INCLUDING THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY, THE RISE OF JAPAN'S POWER IN EAST ASIA, ECONOMIC ROOTS OF IMPERIALISM, IMPERIALIST IDEOLOGY, COLONIALISM AND NATIONAL RIVALRIES, AND UNITED STATES' IMPERIALISM.

VOCAB IMPERIALISM RACISM SOCIAL DARWINISM BERLIN CONFERENCE SHAKA BOER BOER WAR

SETTING THE STAGE WHY DID NATIONS LOOK TO AFRICA DURING INDUSTRIALIZATION? DEFINE IMPERIALISM.

AFRICA BEFORE EUROPEAN DOMINATION 1. IMPERIALISM—

THE CONGO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CONGO IN MANKIND: SPEED?

FORCES DRIVING IMPERIALISM 3. FORCES DRIVING IMPERIALISM: WANT FOR NEW LANDS TO INDUSTRIALIZE NATIONAL PRIDE OR RACISM BELIEF IN SOCIAL DARWINISM

BERLIN CONFERENCE DIVIDES AFRICA 4. BERLIN CONFERENCE—

THREE GROUPS FIGHT OVER AFRICA 5. GROUPS THAT FIGHT OVER AFRICA: SHAKA BOERS BRITISH

THE BOER WAR 6. BETWEEN THE BOERS AND THE BRITISH—

SECTION 2: IMPERIALISM CASE STUDY: NIGERIA

ESSENTIAL GOALS DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN NATIONALISM AND WESTERN IMPERIALISM AS FORCES OF GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION, INCLUDING THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY, THE RISE OF JAPAN'S POWER IN EAST ASIA, ECONOMIC ROOTS OF IMPERIALISM, IMPERIALIST IDEOLOGY, COLONIALISM AND NATIONAL RIVALRIES, AND UNITED STATES' IMPERIALISM.

VOCAB PATERNALISM ASSIMILATION MENELIK II

SETTING THE STAGE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BERLIN CONFERENCE?

A NEW PERIOD OF IMPERIALISM 1. BRITAIN AND U.S. USED INDIRECT CONTROL IN AFRICAN COLONIES.

NIGERIA: A BRITISH COLONY 2. BRITAIN CONTROLLED NIGERIA IN 1914.

AFRICAN RESISTANCE 3. DIVERSE AFRICAN GROUPS—

“NOR IS VIOLENT PHYSICAL OPPOSITION TO ABUSE AND INJUSTICE HENCEFORTH POSSIBLE FOR THE AFRICAN IN ANY PART OF AFRICA. HIS CHANCES OF EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE HAVE BEEN STEADILY DWINDLING WITH THE INCREASING PERFECTIBILITY IN THE KILLING POWER OF MODERN ARMAMENT… THUS THE AFRICAN IS REALLY HELPLESS AGAINST THE MATERIAL GODS OF THE WHITE MAN, AS EMBODIED IN THE TRINITY OF IMPERIALISM, CAPITALISTIC-EXPLOITATION, AND MILITARISM.” -EDWARD MOREL, THE BLACK MAN’S BURDEN

ETHIOPIA- SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE 4. MENELIK II—

THE LEGACY OF COLONIAL RULE 5. NEGATIVE EFFECTS— 6. POSITIVE EFFECTS—