Neo-Imperialism Quiz Bowl (c.1870-1914)

1. Neo-Imperialism Quiz Bowl (c.1870-1914)

2. Provide new mkts. & resources More complex socHarder to unite politically Early efforts focus on Africa as the main object of imperial expansion despite its relative unimportance to Britain’s economy. Scramble for colonies by other Eur. powers who want to keep up w/Britain Most of Africa carved up into colonies by 1914 Arbitrary borders drawn w/o respect for tribal divisions splits some tribes while throwing others together Benefits of Eur. Civ. (schools, RR’s, etc.) offset by suffering & humiliation caused by European rule Brit. seizes Egypt to guard its interests in Suez Canal Henry Stanley’s travel accountInterest in Afr. Br. conquers Zulus in S. Afr to protect Dutch Boers Other politicians, not wanting to lose popularity, also support imperialism Hard to compete vs cheap labor & newer factories Br. conquers Sudan to keep it from blocking Nile R. Enhance Britain’s internat’l prestige Protect Br’s econ. interests overseas Several problems for Britain after 1870: Brit. feels powerless to stop these changes & econ. depression in 1873 Leopold II of Belgium seizes & mercilessly exploits the Congo Tensions b/w Br & BoersBoer WarBr. takes S. Afr. Br. Prime min., Benjamin Disraeli proposes imperial expansion which will: FC. 122 EUROPEAN IMPERIAL EXPANSION INTO AFRICA (c.1870-1914) German unific. & Balkan turmoil upset balance of power (FC.119) Social changes brought by Ind.. Rev. (FC.113) Spread of Ind. Rev. outside Britain (FC.116) Vaccines vs. trop. diseases (FC.117) Improvements in milit. tech. (FC.117) When new lands to colonize are gone  Rising tensions in Eur. helps lead to WWI (FC.126) WWII Eur. weak & natives use Eur. tech. & ideas of to win indep. (FC.139)

3. Br. grants indep. (1947), but to separate Hindu India & Muslim Pakistan Many adopt local customs Efficient but segregated bur. Continue bldg. RR’s & telegr. Br. E. Indies Comp.(BEIC) sets up & must defend trading posts in India Br. needs Indian help More promises of concessions Indep.. movement by Hindus Indian Muslims want sep. state Gandhi’s non-violent movement Muslim/Hindu clashes worsen Dev. Tea, cotton, coal & iron ind’s Great India Mutiny (1857)  Br. Gov. takes control of India (1858) Defeat Fr. expansion in S. India during 7 Yrs War Defeat Bengalis at Plassey vs. 30:1 odds (1757) Tropical diseases & heat kill many Many make huge fortunes Many Indians upset either way BEIC trains native troops like Eur. armies  Many Indians upset either way Br. send missionaries, some to help Indians & some to show Eur. superiority Br. rapidly modernize Ind., some to help Indians & some to show Eur. superiority Growing tension between: British having no respect for Ind. civ. BEIC in debt Br. govt. assumes more control India wide open for exploitation & conquest by BEIC & its employees  British advocating respect for Ind. civ. FC. 123 THE BRITISH IN INDIA (c.1600-1947) Decline of Portuguese Emp. in SE Asia by 1600 (FC.82) Decline of Mughal Empire  Growing turmoil (FC.52) WWI (FC.127) WWI (FC.127) WWII (FC.135) WWII (FC.135)

4. FC. 124 CHINA AND THE WEST (c.1800-1911) Japan humiliates China in Sino-Jap. War over Korea (1894-5)“100 Days Reforms”Quickly crushed China in further decay Defeat in war &/or revoltNeeds foreign intervention Conservative reaction vs. change & foreign ideas Taiping Reb. (1850-64) & 2nd Opium War (1858-60)Sporadic reforms mostly thwarted Growing reform movement Boxer Rebellion (1898-1900)Foreign interventionSerious & lasting reforms Rev. in 1911 establishes moderate but weak Western style democracy Br. E. Ind. Co. sells opium from India to get silver for Chin. tea Millions of Chinese addicted 1st Opium War (1839-42) Br wins Controls Hong Kong & free trade in 5 Chin. ports through Treaty of Nanking Other Eur. nations force China to grant similar treaties, status of most favored nation & extraterritoriality, & right to collect debts by collecting Ch. taxes Drain of silver from Br. since Chinese don’t want Br. goods China’s trade & contact w/West (FC.81) Eur. free trade vs. centralized Chin. econ. (FC.100) Chinese feel superior toward outsiders (FC.53) Stresses from overpopulation (FC.55) Dynastic corruption cycle (FC.53) Growing chaos since Govt is too weak to stop turmoil & rise of more radical Communists (FC.147)

5. Japan emerging as a big power RR;s, mining, army, navy, merch. marine & mod. agr. Draftees replace samurai Polit. & soc. reforms modeled on West, but keeping trad. Jap. values  Conditions to modernize: Famine disease, inflation, & unrest in 1830s Struggle b/w isolationists & West. style reformers as Jap. Gov. weakens U.S. forces Japan to open up to the West (1854) Pop. grows faster than agr. Prod. Gov. coordinates & funds ind’s Abolish class distinctions Keep Shinto as state relig. Mandatory educ. for all Industrial & military reforms: Stresses from overpopul. Power & need to expand Japan depends heavily on foreign trade Replace feudal w/mod. prov’s FC. 125 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN (1853-1937) 200 yrs of peace weaken samurai (FC.61) Brit. power in China worries Japan (FC.124) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) Mex. War  US a Pacific power (USFC.7) 1868- Meiji Restoration of emperor’s power & program of reforms to make Japan a major power Success of Ger Unif., Ind. Rev. & autocracy (FC.121) Banking tech’s & unific. under Tokugawas (FC.61) Sino-Jap. War (1894-5) Rev. in Chin. (FC.124) Japan joins allies vs. Germany in WWI (FC.127) Russo-Jap. War (1903-5)  Rev. of 1905 (FC.129) Jap. Gets Ger’s lands in China FC.128) Communist Rev. in China (FC.147) Com. Rev. in Rus (FC.130) Growing milit. control of Gov. Jap. takes Manchuria from China (1931) Japan invades China (1937) WWII in Asia (FC.135) Depression cuts trade (FC.132)

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7. What is ironic about these paintings?

8. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye.

9. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye. Artist & title of the bottom painting?

10. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye. Artist & title of the bottom painting? Olympia by Edouard Manet

11. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye. Artist & title of the bottom painting? Olympia by Edouard Manet Where were they shown?

12. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye. Artist & title of the bottom painting? Olympia by Edouard Manet Where were they shown? The one on top was shown in the regular Salon. Olympia was shown in the Salon des Refuses

13. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye. Artist & title of the bottom painting? Olympia by Edouard Manet Where were they shown? The one on top was shown in the regular Salon. Olympia was shown in the Salon des Refuses Supposedly what sort of effect did the Olympia have on viewers?

14. What is ironic about these paintings? The one on top was considered to be in good taste because it was a classical theme (Birth of Venus), while the bottom painting was considered vulgar because it was supposedly of a prostitute who had the audacity to look the viewer in the eye. Artist & title of the bottom painting? Olympia by Edouard Manet Where were they shown? The one on top was shown in the regular Salon. Olympia was shown in the Salon des Refuses Supposedly what sort of effect did the Olympia have on viewers? It would cause pregnant women to miscarry and one viewer supposedly went out & started biting people.

15. Artist & title?

16. Artist & title? Edouard Manet (1832-83), Portrait of Berthe Morisot holding violets, 1872

17. Artist & title?

18. Edouard Manet (1832-83), The Execution of Emperor Maximillian, 1867

19. Artist & title?

20. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 Oil on canvas; 38 5/8 x 51 1/8 in.)

21. Artist & title?

22. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Train in the Country, 1870

23. Artist & title?

24. August Renoir (1841-1919), By the Seashore, 1883

25. Artist & title?

26. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Rue Montargeuil with Flags, 1878

27. Artist & title?

28. August Renoir (1841-1919), Two Sisters, 1881, Chicago Art Institute

29. Africa

30. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum?

31. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels

32. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria?

33. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter

34. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter ECT: What did Cecil Rhodes say he would annex if he could?

35. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter ECT: What did Cecil Rhodes say he would annex if he could? The Planets

36. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter ECT: What did Cecil Rhodes say he would annex if he could? The Planets ECT: What was “jingoism”?

37. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter ECT: What did Cecil Rhodes say he would annex if he could? The Planets ECT: What was “jingoism”? 19th century term glorifying imperialism

38. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter ECT: What did Cecil Rhodes say he would annex if he could? The Planets ECT: What was “jingoism”? 19th century term glorifying imperialism ECT: How was Liberia founded?

39. Africa ECT: What was Khartoum? City in Sudan besieged and taken by the Mahdist rebels ECT: What incident led to the French conquest of Algeria? Hitting the French ambassador on the head with a fly swatter ECT: What did Cecil Rhodes say he would annex if he could? The Planets ECT: What was “jingoism”? 19th century term glorifying imperialism ECT: How was Liberia founded? By Americans trying to find a new home in Africa for freed slaves

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41. Where in Africa is this art from?

42. Where in Africa is this art from? Benin

43. Where in Africa is this art from? Benin Whom did it influence?

44. Where in Africa is this art from? Benin Whom did it influence? Picasso

45. What does this map illustrate?

46. What does this map illustrate? How European colonial boundaries cut across traditional African tribal boundaries, thus splitting up some tribes and throwing other, often hostile ones together.

47. Who is this man and what did he do?

48. Who is this man and what did he do? Benjamin Disraeli, British prime minister (1874-80) who largely initiated the colonial movement in the late 1800s by saying foreign colonies would enhance Britain’s power, wealth, and prestige.

49. Who is this and what did he do?

50. Who is this and what did he do? Leopold II of Belgium who brutally conquered and exploited the Congo.