Wayne E. Sirmon
HI 102 – Western Civilization
HI 102 – Work to be done….
Article 3 DUE – 3 APRIL
Hinson Lecture – Martin Hall – 7 pm – 3 APRIL
Learning Lunch – noon – 8 APRIL (Tues.)
40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking HR
EXAM THREE – 10 APRIL
Article 4 approval – 24 APRIL
Article 4 DUE – 1 MAY
FINAL EXAM – Friday - 2 MAY – 9:30 am
History 202 — United States History From 1877
HI 202 – Work to be done….
Hinson Lecture –
Martin Hall – 7 pm
3 APRIL
Howard Jones, PhD.
Professor of History
University of Alabama
Chapter 25 – pt 2
Nineteenth Century Empires
Chapter 25
The New Imperialism 1870-1914
Imperialism at its Peak
Chapter 25
Long distance Transportation
Suez Canal (1869)
American Trans-Continental Rail (1869)
(1,777 miles)
Trans-Siberian Railway (1916)
(5,753 miles)
Chapter 25
Long distance Transportation
Suez Canal (1869)
Legendary canal of Pharaoh ~ 1800 BC
Chapter 25
Long distance Transportation
Suez Canal (1869)
French
Plan
Construction
British
Chapter 25
Long distance Transportation
American Trans-Continental Rail (1869)
(1,777 miles)
Authorized
1862 & 1864
Paid by
30 govt. bonds
And land grants
Chapter 25
Long distance Transportation
Trans-Siberian Railway (1916)
(5,753 miles)
Chapter 25
The New Imperialism
1. Official Policy
“Trade follows Flag”
2. New “Master” Nations
Germany, Belgium, Italy, US, Japan
3. Political Conquest
4. Use of Force
(p. 745)
Boer War (UK vs. Dutch farmers)
British
7,894 killed
13,250 died of disease
934 missing
22,828 wounded
Boers
9,093 killed or died
of disease
Civilian casualties: 27,927
Boer women and children died in
concentration camps, (107,000 were
interned).
Chapter 25
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."
Chapter 25
Methods of Governance
Brute Force
(Belgian Congo)
Indirect Rule
(British Empire)
Direct Rule
(French Empire)
From 20 down to 8 million
Chapter 25
Imperialism at its Peak
“Overcivilization”
New model of masculinity
Role of Women
Defend biological purity
Harden social boundaries