Flashcards: Historical Unification and Colonial Movements — 24 cards

Features of Capitalism — definition?

Private ownership, profit motive, free market competition.

Features of Nationalism — key concept?

Shared identity and sovereignty.

Unification of Italy — key figure?

Garibaldi and Cavour.

Unification of Germany — leader?

Otto von Bismarck.

American Civil War — main cause?

Slavery and sectionalism.

Eastern Question — involved?

Decline of Ottoman Empire, Balkan nationalism.

Colonial motives in Africa — main?

Resources, strategic interests, civilizing mission.

Scramble for Africa — period?

Late 19th century.

Berlin Conference — purpose?

Regulate colonization, formalize partition.

Colonial policies — types?

Direct rule, indirect rule, settler rule, assimilation.

African resistance — methods?

Armed struggle, protests, social movements.

Impacts of Colonial Rule — long-term?

Political destabilization, economic dependency, social change.

Risorgimento — movement?

Italian unification movement.

Cavour — role?

Piedmontese statesman, unification strategist.

Garibaldi — known for?

Military campaigns in Italy.

Bismarck — strategy?

Diplomacy, wars,

Wars of German unification — key conflict?

Franco-Prussian War.

Treaty of Frankfurt — significance?

Ended Franco-Prussian War, unified Germany.

Causes of Civil War — main?

Slavery, states' rights.

Major Civil War event?

Gettysburg Battle.

Post-Civil War outcome?

Union preserved, slavery abolished.

Nationalism — impact on empire?

Fuelled independence, conflicts.

African colonization — formalized?

Berlin Conference.

Colonial administration — impact?

Restructured borders, social hierarchies.