HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I. Pope Pius IXII. The rise of PrussiaIII. Otto von BismarckIV. Wars of unificationV. The German ReichOutline of Current Lecture I. Late 19th century NationalismA. German Reich (Empire) established in 18701. Wilhelm I was also leader of Prussia2. Unification of Germany was significant because it:i. Altered the balance of power in Europeii. Created economic importance for Germanyiii. Militaristic state, semi-absolutist B. Nationalist advance1. More and more Europeans began thinking of themselves as part of a country (German, French, English), national identity became more important than local 2. Awakening of nationalism leads to:i. Nationalist political partiesii. Different countries wanting to be liberated from empireII. Second industrial revolutionA. Focus on scientific advances1. Electric light2. Phonograph3. Cinema4. Plumbing B. Rise of large corporationIII. The new imperialism-definitionA. Generalized phenomenonB. Everyone gets involvedIV. Science and theories of conquestA. Modern anthropology1. Debates about how many races there are (pigmentation, hair texture, width of nose)2. Insistence that race was hierarchical These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Based on level of technologyB. Social Darwinism1. Natural selection2. Application of Darwinian thought to explain human societies3. This theory justifies conquests4. “Extinction is just another word for natural selection” A.R. WallaceV. Case study: Leopold II and the Congo Free
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