World History
since 1500
Wayne E. Sirmon
HI 104 – World History
History 104
World History since 1500
March 3
Online Quiz – Ch. 20
March 7
Review Session TBD
March 8
Exam Two
March 13 & 15 No Classes
March 22 Article 3 (Ch. 21-24) Approval
March 29 Article Review 3 Due
April 5
Exam Three
France and the Memory of the Great War
An Interdisciplinary Conference
March 2-3, 2017
Archaeology Museum
France/Alabama and the
WWI Centennial
1:30-3:15 pm – Thurs. March 2
Annette Becker
Professor of Contemporary History
Universite Paris ouest Nanterre la Defense
Student Center Ballroom
Keynote Address
7:00 pm – Thursday March 2
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
American Wars
of Independence
USA
France
Haiti
Argentina
Paraguay
Chile
Colombia
Panama
Peru
Mexico
Venezuela
Texas
1775-83
1789-92
1804
1810
1811
1818
1819
1821 (1903)
1821
1821
1830
1836
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
American Wars
of Independence
It was all
Napoleon’s Fault!
French occupy Spain from
1808-1813
Other countries follow
examples of American and
French Revolution
abdication of Spanish king
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Miguel Hidalgo “Father of Mexico”
September 16, 1810
The Cry of Freedom
Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire September 28, 1821
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Slavery:
the Foundation of the Empire
British N.Amer.
USA
British Caribbean
French Caribbean
Dutch Caribbean
(total Caribbean)
Spanish Amer.
Brazil
275,000
124,000
1,665,000
1,600,000
500,000
(3,765,000)
1,552,000
3.646,000
Most of Africa maintained or increased in
population due to improved diet –
American food (maze) and greater
demand for male slaves.
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862 - Lincoln issues a preliminary proclamation warning
that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any state that did not
end its rebellion against the Union by January 1.
Military measure
Undermines CSA efforts for European recognition
Broadens purpose of war from “preserve the Union”
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
13th amendment Proposed 8 Feb 1864
Passed 31 Jan 1865
Approved by President 1 Feb 1865
Ratified by states 6 Dec 1865
Selective enforcement will result in the 14th and 15th amendments
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United
States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation.
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Long distance Transportation
American Trans-Continental Rail (1869)
(1,777 miles)
Authorized
1862 & 1864
Paid by
30 govt. bonds
And land grants
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
American Trans-Continental Rail
PurposeAn Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the
Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use
of the same for postal, military, and other purposes.
InducementsLand Grants to Railroads:
200 feet R.O.W. on both sides of railroad
10 square miles of land for every 1 mile of track(5 alternate sections on each side)
Government Bonds:
30 year bonds at 6% - Paid back after RR in operation and from sale of land
From 1850-1871, the railroads received more than 175
million acres of public land - an area larger than Texas.
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
American Trans-Continental Rail
ImpactSpeed
Volume of goods
Reduce isolation
The making of “millionaires and billionaires”
Disruption of Native Americans
“Problem” of Irish and Chinese Immigrant Labor
Public
Health
1. Wash your hands
2. Don’t drink
sewer water
Ignaz Semmelweis, M.D.
1844 - Vienna Lying-In Hospital
Doctor’s Division – 16% death rate
Mid Wife Division – 2% death rate
May 1847 - all doctors and
students wash their hands in
chlorinated lime solution before
starting ward work. The
mortality rate from puerperal
fever fell from 18% in May 1847
to less than 3% in June–
November of the same year
Cholera
1849
Dr. John Snow
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Consumer Freedom
Cities as birthplace of “Mass-Consumption Society”
Department stores
Chain stores
Mail order houses
“Fordism”
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Consumer Freedom
what you do when not at work: “Mass Leisure”
Athletic games
Amusement parks
Dance halls
Department stores
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Science Guys
Louis Pasteur
Dmitri Mendeleev
Michael Faraday
Marie Curie
Max Planck
Albert Einstein
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Understandings of Nature & Society
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species (1859)
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Understandings of Nature & Society
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species (1859)
Voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-6) –
22 years old
Writes on Zoology and Geology –
develops private theory on
natural selection
Pushed to publish by Alfred Wallace’s
writing ( 50 years old)
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Understandings of Nature & Society
Thomas Huxley
Herbert Spencer
Francis Galton
Darwin applied to
business, eugenics, race
“Justified” anti-Semitism,
persecutions, and
pogroms
Social
Darwinism
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
The New Imperialism
Darwin’s Theories
Support for European Superiority
1. biological roots
2. permanent feature
of global order
Race Scientists
Eugenics, Biometry,
Genetics, Anthropology
Eugenics propaganda, Nazi style. Partial
translation of text :" Qualitative decline in the
population...It will come to this if individuals
with lesser value have four children and those
of higher value have two."
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Feb. 15, 1898
USS Maine explosion in
Havana, Cuba
“Splendid Little War”
April 25 – August 12, 1898
332 combat deaths
2,957 deaths by disease
Cuba
Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico
History 104 – World History since 1500
Chapter 20 – The Americas and Society and Culture in the West
Art:
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Cubism
Abstract
Photography
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