World power 1880-1920 Kimberly Sanchez. Expansion

World power

1880-1920

Kimberly Sanchez

Expansion

European division from Africa

• European nations divided Central and

West Africa at the Berlin West Africa

Conference, The countries took Africa

at random.

Hawaii gives right to U.S Pearl Harbor

• Riciprocity Treaty-Hawwau grants

United States exclusive use of Pearl

Harbor. U.S is now allowed to trade

sugars.

Learning to Paint

• Van Gogh spent several weeks in The

Hague in late 1881 taking painting

lessons from his cousin by marriage,

Anton Mauve, a leading member of

the Hague School.

Anton Mauve

Starry night - Van Gough

Gender Roles

A new American workforce

• Gender played an important role

determining educational and occupational

choices for men and women.

• Women now entered the work force.

• The need of working women helped the

suffrage movement gain a status of respect

Civil rights

• The 1881 Washerwomen's Strike in

Atlanta was one of most successful

protests held by the African

Americans in the late 19th century.

Atlanta Riot of 1906

• In the wake of the riot, Atlanta became one

of the most segregated cities in the country.

• self-sufficient communities such as Auburn

Avenue began to appear

• Which was a major source of black

leadership, in modern day civil rights

Race issues

• The lynching of black women and men by

white mobs became almost to common in

communities near and around Atlanta

between 1880 and 1910.

• Black Atlantans from all segments of the

city held mass rallies and petitioned to put

an end to all the lynchings

Labor

• The most ambitious of these was the

Knights of Labor.

• the Knights sought to build a

comprehensive organization uniting

workers of all races, genders, ethnicities,

and occupations

• The knights grew rapidly during the 1880’s

Planters Vs. Hawaiin Queen

• 1893

• Hawiian queen overthrown

• Liliuokalani under the power of

Sanford Ballar Dole

Queen Liliuokalani

Sanford Baller Dole

….

• became the only American to become the Chief

Executive of an independent foreign nation.

• appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate

Justice.

• played a prominent and active role in the

overthrow of the monarchy and was then elected

president of the Provisional Government in 1893.

….

• became a United States territory and

President McKinley appointed Dole

first governor of the territory.

Grover Cleveland is elected president

• 1892-He beat Harrison.

• First president to be elected

twice(was popular in eastern states)

Grover

William McKinley becomes President

• William elected President (25th)

• 1896

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

• 1901

• Theodore president after McKinley’s

assassination

…

• Youngest president ever at 43 years

old

• He’s one of the most known

presidents

• Is the 26th president

• 1904 –was the Republican

The first Sino-Japanese War ends.

• 1895 Japanese won over/against China!!

• War started on August 1st, 1894

• Was between Qing, China & Meiji, Japan.

Empress Dowager

…

• Marked Japanese as an emergence of

new power

• They fought over the control of the

Korean Peninsula.

Expansion of American influence

•American influence was

overwhelming in China

and so it led to the boxer

rebellion.

Boxer Rebellion• The boxer rebellion was a group/band

of Chinese peasants that practiced

boxing so they’d rid China of all

foreign influence as well as to

destroy the Ch’ing dynasty .

• Empress Dowager backed up the

boxers.

Boxer rebellion

…

•Expansion

Russo-Japanese war

• Begins as conflict between Russia

and Japan over territorial expansion

in east Asia – 1904

Idealism

…

• It was a factor to the contribution of

expansion

Inventions

• Coca Cola, John Pemberton begins selling his

formula which was a mixture of cocaine and

caffeine at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia

in 1886.

• . It was initially sold as a patent medicine for

five cents a glass at soda fountains. Coca Cola

no longer contains Cocaine but that is how it got

its name.

More inventions

• Automobile Beginnings, Karl Benz

patents his first automobile, the

Motorwagen, which was three

wheeled, on January 29th.

Benz in 1886

• First Dishwasher, Josephine

Cochrane, a housewife from

Shelbyville, Illinois, invents and

builds the First Dishwasher

• The Statue of Liberty, The Statue of

Liberty was made in France and

funded by the French people. It was

shipped in 1885 to New York and

placed onto Liberty Island in New

York Harbor.

• Kodak Box Camera, George Eastman

introduces the Kodak No 1 which is a

simple and inexpensive Box Camera

that brings photography to all.

• Electric Clothes Iron, Henry Seeley

patents his "electric flatiron" on June

6, 1882

• First Electric Fan, Dr Schuyler Skaats

Wheeler invents the first electrically

powered mechanical fan.