Imperialist by Dawson Bartunek

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Imperialist

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

BERLIN COFERENCE

It happened in between 1884 and 1885.
It was also called the Congo conference.
In this conference they decided how to divide up Africa.
They did it this way to avoid warring in the European countries.

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EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM

It was the conquering, occupation, and annexation of Africa.
The Portuguese were the first to occupy this area.
It began at the end of the 18th century.
Only 10% of Africa was controlled in the 1870s.

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IMPERIALISTIC METHODS

They influenced the governments in their favor.
Things like spheres of influence are used for control
They replaced leaders with leaders that would listen to them.
Lots of times they used indirect control.

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END OF COLINESLISM

It ended after World War 2.
They couldn't control them
They got diseases and died from them.
They didn't want to fight a big war over it.

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LASTING EFFECTS

Many borders of countries still exist today from colonization.
African culture was changed by them.
Lots of racial oppression exists because of them.
Widespread poverty and poor cities and countries.

Dawson Bartunek