[HIST 1150] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 39 pages long Study Guide!
30 Mar 2017
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Chapter 2 - origins of the new century. Europe - problems below the surface: titanic as a metaphor for the europe-dominated world, above surface everything looked great (wealth, military, technology, etc. ) global power. The (cid:494)sick man(cid:495) the ottoman empire. Tied to success + growth of oversea empires. Intellectual + scientific discoveries (darwin, freud, einstein: deep structural problems not apparent at beginning of century, 19th century expansion and success, relative international stability, economic expansion industrial revolution (western europe) La belle poque (1800s-1914) (cid:494)the golden age(cid:495: early 20th century dominated by europe, )ntroduction of the (cid:494)great powers(cid:495) France + germany universal male suffrage. Few countries over europe economy), defeated russia. North/south and east/west was divided uneven progress of left for the usa alone) come from poorest areas. Agriculture still the most important area (south/east) Land and power concentrated in a very small area. Emigration from europe to new world (25 million europeans.
