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Unit 4 Overview

AP World History

+Big Picture 1750 - 1914

Western civilizations dominate

Industrialization alters many areas of life

Politically, the British parliamentary model spreads as empire grows

Inequality among individuals and states becomes focus of reformers

+Western Domination

Power based on technological innovations of IR

Western states have new ability to make commercial contacts – steamships, railroads, telegraphs

New technologies create new wealth

New technologies allow western states to control other areas of the world - Imperialism

+Effects of Industrialization

Economic changes

Falling birth rates in industrialized countries

Rural to urban migration (urbanization)

Movement from less to more industrialized nations (immigration)

Cities grow, family size shrinks in industrialized countries

Environment altered as population grows and factories are built

Air and water pollution become problematic

+Growth of Democratic Governements British Parliamentary

model, Enlightenment ideas the basis for democratic movements

Democratic revolution in the Americas and France

Absolutism remained in some areas

Democracy spreads

+Inequality and Reform Slave systems successfully

dismantled

Slavery abolished through abolitionist movements

Movements for equality begin in industrialized societies

Inequality among states grew as western countries gained power

Western countries gain power and resources at the expense of most other areas of the world (Africa, Latin America, Middle East and China)

+Be able to..

Analyze motives for revolution in various countries between 1750 – 1914

Analyze the political and social changes and continuities between 1750 and 1914 in Japan, Russia, Latin America, Europe and North America

Compare and contrast the effects of industrialization in the different regions of the world.

Explain the motives and effects of Imperialism

Compare the impact of imperialism on African and Asian societies