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Summarize the economic, political, and cultural motives of nineteenth-century imperialists. To what extent did those motives overlap and to what extent did they conflict with one another? |
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What were the principal "tools of empire"—the various technologies that gave the Europeans such an advantage? |
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How did the British establish control over India in the early nineteenth century? How did the Sepoy Mutiny contribute to this process? |
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Which Asian states managed to maintain their sovereignty in the nineteenth century? Why these states? |
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Who were the major players in the "scramble for Africa"? What was the principal objective of this land-grab? |
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Compare the British conquest of South Africa with that of Egypt and Sudan. |
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Why were the great powers less interested in the Pacific islands? What did they want from these islands? |
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What did the United States gain from the Spanish-American War? Note the political status of each of these acquisitions. |
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Where did the Japanese direct their ambitions as a new imperial power? How successful were they? |
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How did the imperial powers transform the economies of their colonies? Consider especially India and Ceylon. |
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Summarize some of the significant migrations of the late nineteenth century. What were the typical destinations? |
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How did subject peoples resist colonial rule? How did imperialism foster conflicts within colonial societies? |
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