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Chapter 23
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Page Contents
1. Homework Dropbox
2. Crash Course World History Videos (French and Industrial Revolutions)
3. Small Group Discussion
4. Supporting Documents
5. Maps
6. PowerPoint Reviews
7. Reading Exercises
2. Crash Course World History Videos (French and Industrial Revolutions)
3. Small Group Discussion
4. Supporting Documents
5. Maps
6. PowerPoint Reviews
7. Reading Exercises
1. Homework Dropbox
1. 4CN, Reading and Lecture, with good connections
2. S.C.R.I.P.T.E.D.: Revolutionary France OR Change Analysis, France 1500-1800
3. Alike But Different: English Civil War, French Revolution, American Revolution
4. Selected Reading Responses
2. S.C.R.I.P.T.E.D.: Revolutionary France OR Change Analysis, France 1500-1800
3. Alike But Different: English Civil War, French Revolution, American Revolution
4. Selected Reading Responses
2. Review Videos
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3. Small Group Discussion Topics, Ch. 23
1. Discuss the influence of the revolutions beginning in 1820 and extending through 1870 in reconstructing the map of Europe, and how the reconstruction affected the development of European diplomacy by 1907.
2. Discuss how the Industrial Revolution changed the social structure and political alignment of the West.
3. Contrast and compare the causes of the American and French Revolutions.
4. What were the lasting reforms of the French Revolution?
5. What new political movements emerged in the aftermath of the French Revolution?
6. What changes led to industrialization?
7. What changes in social organization did industrialization cause?
8. How were industrialization and revolution linked?
9. How did government functions increase in response to the "social question"?
10. How did science and the arts diverge in the period after 1850?
Small Group Discussion Topics, Ch. 24
1. Contrast the motives for imperialism in the pre-industrial era with those of the industrial era.
2. In what way did the Dutch control of Java provide a model for pre-19th century imperial advance?
3. Contrast European social interaction with indigenous peoples before and after 1850.
4. What were the motives behind the global scramble for colonies?
5. Compare and contrast "tropical dependencies," "White Dominions," and "contested settler colonies.”
6. How did 19th-century European imperialists transform their methods of economic extraction?
7. In what ways were European colonial systems vulnerable?
8. Compare European imperialism in the initial period after 1450 to the colonial movement between 1750 and 1914.
9. Discuss 19th-century imperialism by advancing the viewpoints of an imperialist and a member of a colonized society.
2. In what way did the Dutch control of Java provide a model for pre-19th century imperial advance?
3. Contrast European social interaction with indigenous peoples before and after 1850.
4. What were the motives behind the global scramble for colonies?
5. Compare and contrast "tropical dependencies," "White Dominions," and "contested settler colonies.”
6. How did 19th-century European imperialists transform their methods of economic extraction?
7. In what ways were European colonial systems vulnerable?
8. Compare European imperialism in the initial period after 1450 to the colonial movement between 1750 and 1914.
9. Discuss 19th-century imperialism by advancing the viewpoints of an imperialist and a member of a colonized society.
4. Supporting Documents
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5. Maps
6. Got PowerPoint?
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7. Selected Readings: Primary Source Documents
From Hard Times, by Charles Dickens.
From Sybil, by Benjamin Disraeli
Various descriptions of Manchester, England
"The Philosophy of the Manufacturers," by Andrew Ure
"What is the Third Estate," by Abbe Sieyes
"The Tennis Court Oath," by Representatives of the Third Estate
"Declaration of the RIghts of Man"
Lyrics from "Ça Ira," the most popular Radical Revolutionary song
"Justification of the Use of Terror," by Maximilien Robespierre
"The White Man's Burden," by Rudyard Kipling
From Sybil, by Benjamin Disraeli
Various descriptions of Manchester, England
"The Philosophy of the Manufacturers," by Andrew Ure
"What is the Third Estate," by Abbe Sieyes
"The Tennis Court Oath," by Representatives of the Third Estate
"Declaration of the RIghts of Man"
Lyrics from "Ça Ira," the most popular Radical Revolutionary song
"Justification of the Use of Terror," by Maximilien Robespierre
"The White Man's Burden," by Rudyard Kipling
What Hath God Wrought?
On May 24, 1844, Dr. Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the first interstate message via telegraph from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore, MD: ".-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... - ..--.." The words are from the Book of Numbers in the Old Testament: "What hath God Wrought"?
With the telegraph, men would be able to communicate over great distances faster than any man could have imagined. Although far from the internet, this was the beginning of the world-wide-web:
"If you run the videos of the deployments of all the telephone and Internet and social networks around the world in reverse, they'd all wither and contract until there were only two points on the electric-information network: that Supreme Court chamber and the Mount Clair railway depot in Baltimore."
A century later, on July 16, 1945, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer waited impatiently in a New Mexico bunker for the "Trinity" explosion. If "Trinity" worked, the United States would become the first country to possess nuclear weapons. If it failed, the United States would likely have to invade mainland Japan to end World War II in the Pacific. Most casualty estimates for such an invasion suggest American losses in dead and wounded would exceed a million men; the Japanese would surely suffer even more. Glancing over at Oppenheimer, Brigadier General Thomas Farrell observed,
"Dr. Oppenheimer, on whom had rested a very heavy burden, grew tenser as the last seconds ticked off. He scarcely breathed. He held on to a post to steady himself. For the last few seconds, he stared directly ahead and then when the announcer shouted "Now!" and there came this tremendous burst of light followed shortly thereafter by the deep growling roar of the explosion, his face relaxed into an expression of tremendous relief."
According to Oppenheimer, the explosion led him to recall a passage in the Bhagavad Gita: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one ..." As he pondered this passage, he remembered another from the Bhgavad Gita. According to all accounts, these were the first words uttered in response to the advent of the Nuclear Age: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." In 1964, Oppenheimer recalled, the moment:
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."
"What hath God wrought" and "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds": consider these two quips from two inventors.* Both are from ancient religious texts to describe two very different reactions to the most modern, technological achievements of their time.
Questions:
*To be honest, Oppenheimer didn't invent the atomic bomb, but he did oversee its invention,
Sources:
Wikipedia, "J.Robert Oppenheimer"The Atlantic
With the telegraph, men would be able to communicate over great distances faster than any man could have imagined. Although far from the internet, this was the beginning of the world-wide-web:
"If you run the videos of the deployments of all the telephone and Internet and social networks around the world in reverse, they'd all wither and contract until there were only two points on the electric-information network: that Supreme Court chamber and the Mount Clair railway depot in Baltimore."
A century later, on July 16, 1945, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer waited impatiently in a New Mexico bunker for the "Trinity" explosion. If "Trinity" worked, the United States would become the first country to possess nuclear weapons. If it failed, the United States would likely have to invade mainland Japan to end World War II in the Pacific. Most casualty estimates for such an invasion suggest American losses in dead and wounded would exceed a million men; the Japanese would surely suffer even more. Glancing over at Oppenheimer, Brigadier General Thomas Farrell observed,
"Dr. Oppenheimer, on whom had rested a very heavy burden, grew tenser as the last seconds ticked off. He scarcely breathed. He held on to a post to steady himself. For the last few seconds, he stared directly ahead and then when the announcer shouted "Now!" and there came this tremendous burst of light followed shortly thereafter by the deep growling roar of the explosion, his face relaxed into an expression of tremendous relief."
According to Oppenheimer, the explosion led him to recall a passage in the Bhagavad Gita: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one ..." As he pondered this passage, he remembered another from the Bhgavad Gita. According to all accounts, these were the first words uttered in response to the advent of the Nuclear Age: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." In 1964, Oppenheimer recalled, the moment:
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."
"What hath God wrought" and "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds": consider these two quips from two inventors.* Both are from ancient religious texts to describe two very different reactions to the most modern, technological achievements of their time.
Questions:
*To be honest, Oppenheimer didn't invent the atomic bomb, but he did oversee its invention,
Sources:
Wikipedia, "J.Robert Oppenheimer"The Atlantic