HIST 1150 Chapter : Week 1: Origins of the new century: the European-dominated world order
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The late 19th and early20th centuries were a time of a. Week 1: origins of the new century: the european- dominated world order (1900-1914) Second industrial revolution because of: einstein"s theories, freud"s theories, 1890 energy innovation, ford"s assembly line (mass production, the wright brothers first plane ride. The us had the fastest growing economy, japan and. By 1914 4/5th s of the world"s surface was under european american control. Democracy is the equal right of every person regardless of race, wealth and social status. Socialism advocated equality and fairness and had the. Marxist belief of overthrowing the middle class and giving power to the working class; socialism was popular in 1912. Some signs of modernization by the beginning of ww1 were: That all men could vote in most places in europe. Empires were doing it to help. patriotic: people were proud of their own beliefs and pressed them on others; kipling"s white man"s burden".