Assignment 2

By Ryan Schuhler

Ways of the World

Happened from 1775-1787Occurred out of a result of the British trying to tighten there control on the colonies.

The resulting U.S. Constitution and bill of rights set an example for many revolutions to come.

Chp. 17- American Rev.

Haiti was originally a very wealthy French Caribbean colony called Saint Domingue.

It produced as much as half of the world’s coffee and 40% of the world’s sugar.

The mixture of many slaves and fewer white people controlling led to a massive rebellion and eventually the independence of Haiti.

Chp. 17- The Haitian Rev.

European and American woman began redefining there roles and rights in society.

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman was written by a French woman in 1791 and made the issue known.

Most of early feminism was about suffrage.

Chp. 17- Feminists

The middle class was benefited most in the British Industrial Revolution.

Respectability was the central value in the new formed middle class culture.

There was a important distinguishing from the middle class and the laboring class.

Chp. 18- British Middle Class

American industrialization started in the textile industry in the 1820’s.

By 1914 the U.S. was the leading industrial power.

America’s industrial revelation was different then other parts of the world because it did not result in socialism or working class political parties.

Chp. 18- U.S. Industrialization

As a result of industrialization in Russia there was a growing middle class.

These newly educated individuals slowly started looking at different political ideals, such as Marxist socialism.

Sparked by World War I, the Russian Revolution took place in 1917.

Chp. 18- Russian Revolution

China suffered economic hardship in the 1800’s because of the robust population in early years.

The Taiping Uprising which followed was different then many other countries, because it was under the claim of Christianity and led by a man claiming to be Jesus’ brother.

The Taiping Uprising was eventually stopped, but weakened China.

Chp. 19- Chinese Crisis

The Ottoman Empire was at one time the power that kept Islam dominant in India, Indonesia, West Aftrica , and Central Asia.

In the late 1700’s the Ottoman Empire was weak and being overpowered by Christian influence.

Eventually the Ottoman Empire collapsed after World War I.

Chp. 19-The Ottoman Empire

Japan limited its contact to the west significantly.

The Meiji Restoration was a time when Japan restored power to its young emperor.

Japan then opened up to the western world and ideals.

Chp. 19-The Meiji Restoration

This French colony was eight times the size of France.

Its population was around 15 million.The rule depended mainly on Asian and African societies.

Chp. 20-French West Africa

African woman were farmers taking on many responsibilities of planting and weeding and such.

As the economies of colonies grew, women’s roles grew more separate than those of men’s.

Woman had many hardships and struggles to deal with and suffered a lot of injustice.

Chp. 20- African Colonial Woman

Missionaries and government brought schools to the colonies which helped bring about a new identity.

This education also caused some cultural prejudice and division.

It was hard for many Africans and Asians to receive an education because they were considered lesser peoples.

Chp. 20-Colonial Education

Brought an end to World War I in 1919.Germany lost 15% of its European land and all of its colonies.

The Germans were blamed for starting the war.

The punishment to

Germany was severe.

Chp. 21-Treaty of Versailles

In 1929 the Great Depression started when the stock market crashed.

The Depression started in America and spread its effects to the rest of the world.

President Roosevelt’s

response to the Great

Depression was the New

Deal, which was meant

to jumpstart the economy.

Chp. 21-Great Depression

The Nazi Party leader and German dictator.

He exercised the European fascism much like that of Italy.

When in control, Hitler

completely controlled the

country, everything from

police, to media, to

unions and much more.

Chp. 21- Hitler

He was the Bolshevik leader of the Russian Revolution.

He is now the world symbol of communism.

He distributed lots of

propaganda and ran

his country a lot like

a cult.

Chp. 22- Vladimir Lenin

Communism took over China in 1949 when a small political party known as the Chinese Communist Party arose.

The leader of the group was Mao Zedong.When Japan invaded China, the CCP finally took

control of China.

Chp. 22-Chinese Revolution

The leader of Cuba starting in 1959.He caused a good amount of conflict and trouble with the U.S.

He allied with the Soviet Union.He played a part in the nuclear standoff in the Cold

War between the U.S.

and the U.S.S.R.

Chp. 22-Fidel Castro

Mandela was a political prison for many years.

He was the leader of the African National Congress and the first black president.

He fought against

the control of the

whites and for

democracy in South

Africa .

Chp. 23-Nelson Mandela

Chp. 23-Kwame NkrumahNkrumah is considered the first hero of

Africa.He was the leader of the government of

Ghana.He unified Ghana and eventually won their

independence.He is known for his strong

support of Pan-Africanism.

Info from www.wikipedia.com

The culture of Turkey started to adapt to the modern world.

The Turkish people still practiced Islam, but it became less strict and accepted more modern ideals, especially in dress.

The people, however,

still remained

attached to their

Islamic beliefs.

Chp. 23-Islam in Turkey

Globalization is the growth of international interaction in regards to economic issues.

Technology was a major factor in globalization.

It is captured well

in Jeffrey Frieden’s

quote, “capitalism was

global and the globe

was capitalist.”

Chp. 24-Globalization

From Saudi Arabia and created al-Qaeda in order to send troops and funds for the Afghan resistance.

He was originally an ally with the U.S.He then became angered that U.S. troops were stationed in the holy

city, so he planned the

infamous attack on the World

Trade Center.

Chp. 24-Osama bin Laden

People began to lash out against the pollution of the world from the growing industry

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring revealed the chemical contamination happening and lead to a whole

western wave of

“going green”.

Chp. 24-Environmentalism