What conclusions can you draw from the map about the role of railroads in this time period quizlet?

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Looking back, it is easy to identify the beginnings of imperial control over Africa and Asia, but local leaders could not see the full scope of what was happening.

Imagine you are giving advice to African and Asian leaders. What are the signs that an imperial power might be headed their way?

Correct:
- Representatives of a foreign government show up, asking for land so they can build a railway through your territory.
- Christian missionaries begin arriving, asking or demanding to spread their ideas to your people.
Foreign visitors suggest that when they are in your country, they should be allowed to follow their own laws, instead of your laws.
- Foreign merchants start getting pushy, demanding free access to all your ports and complaining about import taxes.

Incorrect:
- Industrialists arrive, seeking to build manufacturing plants in your major cities.

Granting people the right to vote was a way of consolidating and legitimizing the power of the nation-state.
However, this right was only extended to some residents of nation-states.

Which of these groups freely exercised the right to vote in the years indicated?

Correct:
- all adult German men during the Second Reich (1871)
- a small minority of Japan's male population after the adoption of the constitution (1889)

Incorrect:
- women in Britain, at the start of the twentieth century (1900)
- Afro-Brazilians just after the end of the Atlantic slave trade (1830)
- the vast majority of Italians just after Italian unification (1870)
- African Americans in the United States, shortly after Reconstruction (1880)

"In 1876, they opened our ports to trade, then applied their laws here, instead of our own. It is only a matter of time before they claim our land for themselves."

a Korean person, talking about Japan

"When we lost the 1895 war against them, it was a shocking humiliation! We should learn from them and develop new, hybrid economic and political institutions."

a Chinese reformer, such as Liang Qichao, talking about Japan

"In 1898, they told us they would help free us from Spain, but then they stayed and claimed our country for their own."

a Filipino person, talking about the United States

"After our 1857 rebellion, they built railroads and telegraph lines to cement their control over us, and agricultural projects that enabled them to profit more from us."

an Indian person, talking about the British during the Raj

The purple lines on this map identify railroad tracks in the United States and Canada, most of which were constructed during the second half of the nineteenth century.

What conclusions can you draw from the map about the role of railroads in this time period?

Correct:
- The tracks themselves are evidence of large-scale labor movements.
- Railroad tracks integrated distant communities into a unified system for moving commodities, people, and ideas.

Incorrect:
- Railroads moved goods faster than ships, but they still had to follow routes through river valleys.
- Western railroad lines were constructed primarily to facilitate trade with Amerindian peoples.

How did Japan's experience with imperialism differ from China's?

Correct:
- Japanese reformers successfully replaced the Tokugawa shogunate with a reformist government, whereas Chinese reformers were unable to institute significant changes.
- The American military arrived in Japan after China lost the Opium War, so Japan was able to learn from China's experience with imperial pressure.

Incorrect:
- Japan was able to emphasize a sense of ethnic and linguistic pride to build a sense of nationalism, whereas Chinese people had never developed unifying institutions or language.
- Japanese reformers understood the purpose and benefits of European- and American-style business and technology, whereas Chinese leaders did not understand either one.

In what ways were the limited-liability joint-stock companies that were formed in the United States and Europe similar to the private economic dynasties that developed in Japan?

Correct:
- Both depended on political support from a nation-state for their existence and success
- Both had the capacity to raise large sums of money to engage in trade and production on a global scale.

Incorrect:
- Women played a visible role in both kinds of institutions.
- Both relied on public stock exchanges and independent banks to raise funds for their projects.

[T/F] Russia was unable to consolidate its power as a nation-state because it did not acquire new territories.

FALSE

[T/F] Imperialism was the practice of extending the power of a state into additional territory for the benefit of the imperial power.

TRUE

Review Primary Source 17.1, "Manifest Destiny" (1845), by John L. O'Sullivan. Why is O'Sullivan confident that a railroad will soon be built connecting the west coast of the United States to the Mississippi Valley?

Correct:
- A railroad is necessary to bind together the eastern and western reaches of the United States.
- It will be easy to entice European workers to come to America to build a railroad.

Incorrect:
- A railroad is needed so people can send letters between the east and west coasts.
- The railroad will help transport European goods to the west coast of the United States.

steam-powered gunboats and breech-loading rifles

Products like cocoa, coffee, and rubber grew in regions owned by Africans.

overland and undersea telegraph lines

Giant companies needed up-to-date information about supply lines and markets.

limited-liability joint-stock companies

Mass production required tremendous amounts of capital and organization

railroads and steam-powered ships

Energy resources (like coal) and raw materials (like rubber) were often located far from communities of skilled workers.

[T/F] In the General Act of the Conference of Berlin European countries agreed that they would maintain tax-free trade in and out of the territories they claimed in Africa in perpetuity and without limitation.

FALSE

Prince Esper Ukhtomskii, asserting that Russia has a greater claim than western Europe to influence in Asia

We are the natural leaders of this continent; we are at home here, and we see its peoples as our "brothers in humanity."

John L. O'Sullivan, explaining why California is destined to be independent of Mexico

Our settlers are stronger, more numerous, and harder working than the people who currently claim the territory.

Signatories to the General Act of the Conference of Berlin, outlining their intentions in the new territories they plan to claim

We will protect local people, but also Christian missionaries, explorers, and property.

How were limited-liability joint-stock companies, technological developments, and European and American expansion into Africa and Asia connected to one another?

Correct:
- As companies' manufacturing capacity grew, they sought greater access to markets in Africa and Asia.
- Companies and new technologies made it possible and profitable to acquire African and Asian territories and extract raw materials from them.

Incorrect:
- Companies often disagreed with their governments' use of transportation technologies for imperial purposes.
- Imperial expansion into new territories accelerated the development of new technological and manufacturing breakthroughs in Europe and the United States.

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