Modern Era Essential Questions 1750-1900

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AP WORLD HISTORY

Daniaja Davis, Marisol Villanueva, Simone Greblo, Mardi Caminer, Shannon Knight

End-of-Year Review: Essential Questions Unit FIVE

Key Concept Questions Possible Comparative Question Possible Comparative EssayResponse (evidence, reasons)

Possible CCOT Question Possible CCOT Essay Responses(changes, continuities, evidence)

Unit FIVE: Nationalism, Revolution, andReform

1. What role did the Enlightenment

play in making politicalrevolutions and rebellionspossible?

2. What is the basis of nationalidentity and nationalism?

3. What propelled reformist andrevolutionary movements?

4. What new political ideologiesdeveloped from 1750-1900?

Compare and contrast the nationalistideas that led to revolutionarytendencies in China and Japan from1750-1900.

Chinese nationalist feelings aroseagainst the foreign Qing from Manchuria.The state had become increasinglyunable to perform its many functions like

tax collection, flood control, socialwelfare, and public security. The fact thatthe rulers were foreign made them feelless connected to the affected people.This added to stress that caused theTaiping uprising in 1850-1861 Both China and Japans lackedopen global trade as to keep out foreigninfluence. China rejected British requestfor open trade and Japan had originallyturned away European countries and theUS who demanded open ports for trade.

The failure to keep the foreign Americaforces out led to the takedown of theruling Tokugawa Shogunate

In Japan the Meiji restoration wasall about instilling nationalist feelings ofunity. The emperor tried to bring backold Japanese tradition to unite the peoplein bringing back the old Shinto religion asthe national religion of Japan getting ridof a foreign Buddhism. This brought


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necessary unity for the industrialrevolution.

Analyze changes and continuities inpolitical ideologies in Japan from 1750-1900

Change: The Anglo Japanese treaty wasabolished which in turn consideredJapanese political and economic equalsto western imperialist countries. Change: Japan changed from informalempire of the US to a politically andmilitary dominant country able to defeatRussia, China and in the process gainedcontrol of Taiwan and Korea.

Continuity: A new constitution wasinstituted, it drew heavily of Germanexperience, introduced an electparliament, political parties anddemocratic ideas.

Unit FIVE: Industrialization andCapitalism

1. How did industrializationfundamentally change how goodswere produced?

2. How did the Industrial Revolution

influence global trade overall?3. How did financiers facilitate

investments at all levels ofproduction?

4. What were the importantdevelopments in transportation

How did the social and economicoutcomes of Russias IndustrialRevolution compare to that of Britains?

Russia focused on railroads and

heavy industry while Britainfocused on mining andmanufacturing

Russia had fewer but larger

factories than more of westernEurope

The working class in both Britain

and Russia suffered the most

Social uprisings led to a Russianrevolution

Only in Russia did industrializationlead to violent revolutions.


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during the Industrial Revolution?5. What were the responses to the

spread of global capitalism?6. How did the Industrial Revolution

affect social and demographic

characteristics?

Analyze both changes and continuities inBritish society that occurred because ofindustrialization c. 1750-1900.

Changes: factories producing

goods, people congregate tocities, better economy, availabilityof many goods

Continuties: disease continued to

spread from over population,government relied on newinnovations, and Europecontinued to modernize socially,politically, and economically.

Unit FIVE: Imperialism and Nation-StateFormation

1. How did Imperialism strengthenand create new states andempires?

2. How did imperialism encourage

state formation (and contraction)around the world?

3. How did imperialists justifyimperialism?

Compare and contrast the social effectsof European colonial rule over West andSouth Africa.

South Africa- idea of apartheid Both- Europeans invented andidentified different tribes West Africa- all natives legallyobligated for statute labor Both- Mass influx of slaves back intoAfrica caused overcrowding and need of

jobs

Analyze the changes and continuities of

African slave labor in the time period of

1780-1900s.

1780 marked the beginning of theabolition of slavery, nothing close topolitical equality Labor shortage, mass imports of slavesback to Africa (change) Under European rule, migration toEuropean farms or plantations to work(change) Working conditions were terrible(continuity)

Mining (continuity)Unit FIVE: Global Migration

1. How did the Industrial Revolutioninfluence migration patternsduring this period?

2. What other reasons explain whypeople migrated?

3. What were the socialconsequences and reactions to

Compare the migration patterns of thoseliving in industrialized countries anddeveloping nations between 1750-1900.

Europe- gained more people in citybecause could offer labor work in thefactories, caused overcrowding andunsanitary issues in the city America- gained more people becauseof textile factories, better livingstandards Latin America- fled to industrializedcountries to work


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19th century migrations? Explain the changes and continuities ofreasons for migration between 1700 and1950

continuity: nationalism, escape,freedoms changes: 1750- Industrializationbrought work and urbanization,resources (South African diamonds,

1849- California Gold Rush)

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