INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND IMPERIALISM REVIEW

BEGINNINGS England – coal, stable society and Gov’t, investment capital ($), universities (factors of production) Textile industry – inventions like flying shuttle, spinning machines 1 st Revolution – Steam 2 nd Revolution – oil, gas, chemicals

IMPACT End of Cottage system -> Factory system Urbanization and rise of middle class Steam engines -> railroads -> greater transportation = mobility and job opportunities in inequality of wealth -> Communism and socialism as cure (Workers’ Paradise) Labor unions

MORE IMPACT Leads to environmental problems – smog, pollution Long hours -> hurts family, child labor, juvenile delinquency Poor working conditions, abuse More labor saving devices, more free time, less need for servants

ARTISTIC RESPONSE Romanticism Realism

IMPERIALISM Creating empires Primarily Europeans – British, French, Germans, Belgium Wanted natural resources (for factories), power, prestige, exploration, religious conversion Social Darwinism - rational

DIFFERENT RESPONSES Africa – COLONIES – many countries India – COLONY – one country, England French Indochina -> Vietnam China – SPHERES OF INFLUENCE Japan – INDEPENDENT – becomes imperialistic (copies Euros)

NATIVE RESPONSES Rise of independence movements Nationalism Collapse of culture and gov’t - China

EXAMPLES Manchuria – part of China, taken over by Japan India – Gandhi Japan – Domination of Asia = WWII Africa – Artificial borders = Genocide South Africa – Apartheid = Mandela

LEGACY Disruption of traditional society Fear and distrust of White men/societies Weak governments = corruption, poverty and inequity