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This timeline explores the demands for democracy, the spread of democratic institutions, the politics of extremes, the new imperialism, and its impact on the non-western world during the period of 1870-1914.
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20 Mass Politics and Imperial Domination Democracy and the New Imperialism, 1870–1914
Demands for Democracy • Public education • Popular journalism • Political campaigns
Demands for Democracy • Liberal Democracy in Western Europe • Reform bills of 1867 and 1884 • France’s Third Republic • The Paris Commune • Spread of democratic institutions
Demands for Democracy • For and Against Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe • Germany under Bismarck • Conflict with the Catholic Church • Conflict with Socialists
Demands for Democracy • For and Against Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe • Nationalistic discontent in Austria • Radical action in Russia • Reaction under Alexander III
Insiders and Outsiders: Politics of the Extremes • The Spread of Unions • Strikes
Insiders and Outsiders: Politics of the Extremes • Socialism Gains Strength • The First International • The Fabians • Britain’s Labour Party • France and Jaurès • German Social Democrats
Insiders and Outsiders: Politics of the Extremes • Anarchism: Freedom from All Authority • Bakunin
Insiders and Outsiders: Politics of the Extremes • Anti-Semitism and Ultranationalism • The Dreyfus affair • Central and eastern Europe • Zionism and Herzl
Insiders and Outsiders: Politics of the Extremes • Still Outsiders: Women, Feminism, and the Right to Vote • Political activism • Suffrage movements
Key Dates Political and Social Developments
Emigration: Overseas and Across Continents • Leaving Europe • Causes for the migration
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • Money and Glory • Economic causes • Politics of imperialism • Nationalism and imperialism • Justification • Opposition to imperialism
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • The Tools of Conquest • Transportation facilities • Force • Medicine • Patterns of conquest
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • The Scramble for Africa • North Africa • Sub-Saharan Africa • Boer war • Dominance, conflict, and consequences
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • Establishing Control in Asia • The Middle East and India
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • Establishing Control in Asia • Southeast Asia • China • Opium Wars • Taiping Rebellion • The Philippines
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • Establishing Control in Asia • Boxer Rebellion
Photo credit: Defense Department/Marine Corps/National Archives
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • Establishing Control in Asia • Japan • The Meiji Restoration • Russo-Japanese war
The New Imperialism: The Race for Africa and Asia • The Legacy of Imperialism
Key Dates Imperialism and the Non-Western world