OUTLINE -

1750–1914

Major Developments

 

1.   Questions of periodization

1.      Continuities and breaks, causes of changes from the previous period and within this period

2.   Changes in global commerce, communications, and technology

1.      Changes in patterns of world trade

2.      Industrial Revolution (transformative effects on and differential timing in different societies; mutual relation of industrial and scientific developments; commonalities)

3.   Demographic and environmental changes (migrations, end of the Atlantic slave trade, new birthrate patterns, food supply)

4.   Changes in social and gender structure (Industrial Revolution; commercial and demographic developments; emancipation of serfs/slaves; and tension between work patterns and ideas about gender)

5.   Political revolutions and independence movements; new political ideas

1.      Latin American independence movements

2.      Revolutions (United States, France, Haiti, Mexico, China)

3.      Rise of nationalism, nation-states, and movements of political reform

4.      Overlaps between nations and empires

5.      Rise of democracy and its limitations: reform; women; racism

6.   Rise of Western dominance (economic, political, social, cultural and artistic, patterns of expansion; imperialism and colonialism) and different cultural and political reactions (reform; resistance; rebellion; racism; nationalism)

1.      Impact of changing European ideologies on colonial administrations

7.   Diverse interpretations

1.      What are the debates over the utility of modernization theory as a framework for interpreting events in this period and the next?

2.      What are the debates about the causes of serf and slave emancipation in this period and how do these debates fit into broader comparisons of labor systems?

3.      What are the debates over the nature of women's roles in this period and how do these debates apply to industrialized areas and how do they apply in colonial societies?

Major Comparisons and Snapshots

§         Compare the causes and early phases of the industrial revolution in western Europe and Japan

§         Comparative revolutions (compare two of the following: Haitian, American, French, Mexican, and Chinese)

§         Compare reaction to foreign domination in: the Ottoman Empire, China, India, and Japan

§         Comparative nationalism

§         Compare forms of western intervention in Latin America and in Africa

§         Compare the roles and conditions of women in the upper/middle classes with peasantry/working class in western Europe

Examples of What You Need to Know

Below are examples of the types of information you are expected to know contrasted with examples of those things you are not expected to know for the multiple-choice section.

§         Women's emancipation movements, but not specific suffragists

§         The French Revolution of 1789, but not the Revolution of 1830

§         Meiji Restoration, but not Iranian Constitutional Revolution

§         Jacobins, but not Robespierre

§         Causes of Latin American independence movements, but not specific protagonists

§         Boxer Rebellion, but not the Crimean War

§         Suez Canal, but not the Erie Canal

§         Muhammad Ali, but not Isma'il

§         Marxism, but not Utopian socialism

§         Social Darwinism, but not Herbert Spencer

 

 

 

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RECOMMENDED REVIEW LINKS

 

 

 

Notes and Links from AP Class Sites and College Sites

 

http://teachers.lps.org/tbayne/stories/storyReader$165 - Outstanding AP site – Just scroll down to the time period.

 

http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Resources/1750-1914/1750.htm - another great AP web site for findings 1750 –1914 research links

 

http://panthernet.net/~bradleyk/apworld/periodwebs/1750_1914.html - excellent links to sites covering this era

 

http://panthernet.net/~bradleyk/apworld/habitsquestions/1750_1914habits.html - study questions and links for 1750-1914

 

http://panthernet.net/~bradleyk/apworld/periodwebs/1750_1914.html - research web sites for this time period

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/03/03_1750-1914.doc - lecture notes for 1750-1914

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/cp/ppt/indust_rev_files/frame.htm - Powerpoint lesson on the Industrial Revolution

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/ppt/ir_notes.htm - Class notes on the Industrial Revolution

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/ppt/politic_revs_files/frame.htm - Powerpoint lesson on Political Revolutions

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/ppt/pol_revs.htm - Class notes on Political Revolutions

 

http://osx.lps.org/manila/tbayne/IntroIndustrialWeF0183.doc - Reading overview of this time period

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “The American Revolution.”

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “French Revolution.”

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “Industrial Revolution.”

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook17.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “Nationalism.”

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook2.html - online sourcebook links from Fordham University titled “3 Revolutions: Scientific, Political, Industrial.”

 

 

 

 

Review Packets

 

http://osx.lps.org/manila/tbayne/Politicalrevolutions.doc - Great study guide on Political Revolutions

 

http://osx.lps.org/manila/tbayne/IndustrialRevolutionS.G.doc - Outstanding study guide on The Industrial Revolution

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/02/1450_1750.doc - review notes for this time period

 

http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/whap/03_review/02/handout_1750_1914.doc - quick review sheet for 1750-1914

 

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/resource%20file/unit%20guides%20and%20handouts/Ch.%2029-30/Gender%20Chart%201450-1914.pdf - “Guide to Changes in Gender Roles from 1750-1914”

 

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/resource%20file/unit%20guides%20and%20handouts/Ch.%2012-14/Civilization%20Summary%20Guide.pdf - “Civilization Study Chart”

 

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/resource%20file/Timelines/4%20Timeline.htm - Timeline of world events from 1750-1914

 

http://www.mspugh.net/Documents/1750-1914%20Cram%20packet.pdf - Outstanding quick review “Cram Packet” for 1450-1750

 

http://www.mspugh.net/Documents/Latin%20America.pdf - Review packet on the “History of Latin America”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-8.htm - Section from an online college course titled “The Industrial Revolution.” The page includes great information, excellent links, and an online quiz.

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-6.htm - Another section of the online course at Brooklyn College. This one is titled “The American Revolution.”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-7.htm - Brooklyn online course section “The French Revolution.”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-9.htm - Brooklyn online course section “The Conservative Order Transformed.”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-10.htm - Brooklyn online course section “The Liberal Tradition.”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-10.htm - Brooklyn online course section “The Nationalist Dream.”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-12.htm - Brooklyn online course section “The Socialist Analysis.”

 

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/core4-13.htm - Brooklyn online course section “The Imperial Project.”

 

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/course.out.charts/4courseout.charts/4course.out04/31.htm - Comparison Chart - Comparative Revolutions

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended Links from General Reference Sites

 

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/INRES.HTM - World Civilizaton Internet resources from Washington State University

 

http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ - Excellent notes on the Ancient World from “Antiquity Online”

 

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/education/ancientcivilizations/index.html - “A series of culture-based websites look in depth at the achievements of some of the most remarkable world civilizations.”

 

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu - a digital timeline of history from Tufts University

 

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html - a collection of excellent art history web sites

 

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html - another great online art history research site

 

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/ - Internet links from “World History Archives”

 

http://www.historywiz.com/ancienthistory.htm - Ancient world history information and artifacts from “History Wiz”

 

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html - a wealth of history timelines

 

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/index.html - World history archives provides excellent resources for non-Western research

 

http://killeenroos.com/link/maps.html - wonderful site for historical maps

 

 

 

Review Guide

 

http://homepage.mac.com/tforsgren/apworld/thematic.charts/era4thematic.htm - Outstanding review guide for Era 4: Industrialization and Western Hegemony 1750 C.E. – 1914 C.E.

 

 

 

 

Textbook Review

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter23/deluxe.html - online student resources from World Civilizations: the Global Experience, chapter 23

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter24/deluxe.html - online student resources from World Civilizations: the Global Experience, chapter 24

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter25/deluxe.html - online student resources from World Civilizations: the Global Experience, chapter 25

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter26/deluxe.html - online student resources from World Civilizations: the Global Experience, chapter 26

 

http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/chapter27/deluxe.html - online student resources from World Civilizations: the Global Experience, chapter 27