1. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND IMPERIALISM REVIEW

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. ARTISTIC RESPONSE Romanticism Realism

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

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

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

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

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