1. Maps and Images for McKay 8e A History of Western Society Chapter 26 The West and the World Cover Slide Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

2. Empire and advertising Empire had become so much a part of European life in the late nineteenth century that advertisements for biscuits, such as this one for Huntley & Palmers (Manufacturers to the Queen), included colonial scenes. Such media made colonial domination seem normal, part of the natural order of things. (The Robert Opie Collection) Empire and advertising Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

3. Jewish market, New York This hand-colored photograph shows a Jewish market in New York City in 1900. The center of economic and social life in the Lower East Side was the market. Jewish immigrants could usually find work with Jewish employers, and New York's Jewish population soared from 73,000 in 1880 to 1.1 million in 1910. (The Granger Collection, New York) Jewish market, New York Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

4. Leopold's treatment of Africans This 1908 English cartoon, "Leopold, King of the Congo, in his native dress," focuses on the barbaric practice of cutting off the hands and feet of Africans who refused to gather as much rubber as Leopold's company demanded. In 1908 an international human rights campaign forced the Belgian king to cede his personal fief to the Belgian state. (Archives of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan) Leopold's treatment of Africans Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

5. Opening of Suez Canal This colored engraving depicts the opening of the Suez Canal, which the French had built across Egyptian territory in 1869, linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It significantly shortened the voyage by ship from Europe to East Asia. The Suez Canal exemplified the speeding up of transportation and communication in the second half of the nineteenth century. (akg-images) Opening of Suez Canal Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

6. Petersen, Danish emigrants departing In 1890 Danish artist Edward Petersen painted Danish emigrants readying to leave their homeland. Between 1860 and 1914, 300,000 people emigrated from the small country of Denmark, most of them to the United States. (Courtesy of the Aarhus Museum. Reproduced with permission of Thomas, Paul, and Ole Hein Petersen, Aarhus.) Petersen, Danish emigrants departing Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

7. Railroads and immigration, United States The opening of the western region of the United States attracted settlers from the east coast and from Europe. These migrants are waiting for a train to take them to the Black Hills of Dakota during one of the gold rushes of the late nineteenth century. (Library of Congress) Railroads and immigration, United States Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

8. Vaccinating migrants bound for Hawaii First Chinese, then Japanese, and finally Koreans and Filipinos went in large numbers across the Pacific to labor in Hawaii on American- owned sugar plantations in the late nineteenth century. The native Hawaiians had been decimated by disease, preparing the way for the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898. In this photo, migrants bound for Hawaii in 1904 are being vaccinated onboard ship. (Corbis) Vaccinating migrants bound for Hawaii Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

9. European Migrations, 1820-1910 Throughout the nineteenth century, millions of Europeans left home for overseas; most headed for the United States.(Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.) European Migrations, 1820-1910 Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

10. Map: Africa in 1914 Africa in 1914 European powers in the late nineteenth century conquered most of Africa. Only Liberia and Ethiopia were left unoccupied at the start of the war. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.) Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

11. Map: Asia in 1914 Asia in 1914 China, Siam (Thailand), and a portion of Persia were the only parts of Asia still independent after the Great Powers, including the United States and Japan, subjugated the continent to alien rule. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.) Copyright ©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.