HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Russo-Japanese War, Monroe Doctrine, Mass Production
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History 103: roots of a new world order the world at 1900. Vocabulary: imperialism, alliance system, monroe doctrine (1823, meiji reforms (1868 1912, russo japanese war (1904 1905, ottoman empire, opium wars. To determine the reasons behind european dominance in the pre-twentieth century world. To examine the repercussions of european domination. To identify those nations which were emerging to challenge the power of the west: western industrialization, the industrial revolution in europe, small countries in europe have a huge amount of power, western europe industrialized first. Major impacts of industrialization (4: advanced transportation and communication (gave global reach, mass production (arms, transport, health and medicine breakthrough, population increased, colonies, let people settle in different places. Industrialization changed the nature of imperialism: god, gold, and glory (religion, resources, and power, industrial rivalry and imperialism. Causes of imperialism in the late 19th century (3: 1870"s colonial scramble. Land was running out and there was a rush to claim land.
