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NATIONALISM : Nation-Builder & Empire-Destroyer, Ch. 8, Sections 1 & 3. What is nationalism & what do nationalists want?. How did nationalism help to CREATE modern countries?. How did nationalism help to THREATEN/DESTROY empires?.
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NATIONALISM:Nation-Builder & Empire-Destroyer, Ch. 8, Sections 1 & 3 What is nationalism & what do nationalists want? How did nationalism help to CREATE modern countries? How did nationalism help to THREATEN/DESTROY empires? ethnicity versus nationality • Latin America - Italy - Germany - Spanish Empire - Austrian Empire - Ottoman Empire
What is your ethnicity?What is your nationality? • ethnicity - characteristic of a group of people who share a common heritage, region, history, language, & customs (ethnic biology that you inherit from your ancestors) • nationality - condition of belonging to a country (ie. country on your passport)
In most countries, most of the people have the same nationality & ethnicity France, India, Egypt, … • Countries that are populated largely by immigrants (& their descendants) are an exception to the rule USA, Canada, Australia, Israel …
What is the difference between an empire & a country? • empire - area controlled by one ruler regardless of ethnicity (often many different ethnic groups are within an empire) gained through military victory or royal marriages VERSUS (different from) • country, nation, or nation-state
Nationalism • belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire, but to a nation of people who share a common culture & history (especially if ruler does not share same ethnicity as people) • influenced by the unity of the French people during the French Revolution became a powerful idea/“force” in the 1800s (& still is today … hence, so many countries!) • devotion & pride to your country; patriotism to the extreme (patriotism on steroids!)
Who are nationalists? • Nationalists are individuals who believe that people of a single ancestry should unite & govern themselves! We (people with common ethnicity) want to rule ourselves! • Nationalists are often revolutionary leaders who help their countries gain independence from foreign rule or influence Simon Bolivar, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Fidel Castro
Rising nationalism was weakening multi-ethnic empires in late 1800s
Rising nationalism was weakening multi-ethnic empires in late 1800s • Spanish Empire – made up of Spaniards, Mexicans, Cubans, Filipinos, & many, many others in New World • Austrian Empire – made up of Austrians, Hungarians, Slovenes, Germans, Czechs, Slovaks, Croats, Serbs, Poles, & Italians • Russian Empire – made up of Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Finns, Jews, Romanians, Georgians, Armenians, Turks, etc… • Ottoman Empire – made up of Turks, Greeks, Slavs, Bulgarians, Armenians, & many Arab groups ------------------------------------------------------------------------- • What if these groups no longer want to be ruled by a foreign power??? Bye, bye empires!!!
Latin America • Western hemisphere south of the USA • Called “Latin” because most people speak Romance languages (those based on Latin) • Hispanics/Latinos & Latinas: people from Latin America (or with ancestors from there)
USA’s largest minority group 16% of US population (2010 Census) Hispanics/Latinos & Latinas are …
Hispanics/Latinos are largest % of legal & illegal immigration to US