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Imperialism
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. Monroe doctrine made the countries in The Americas revolt against imperialized colonies. This policy was toward the western hemisphere and to leave those countries to be free. There were many Spanish colonies established in the americas which eventually led to the Spanish American wars to help free those countries from the Spanish and to make Spain retreat. -
Recent Movements
Temperance & Women Suffrage
The Temperance movement was the movement to ban alcohol all over the United States. The movement was eventually achieved with the 18th Amendment. This movement started in the 1830's it had a huge impact on the U.S. The prohibition movement has been called " the first mass women's movement in US history" and prohibition was made by women getting the vote in many states before the national amendment that took effect in 1920 to let women vote in the United States. -
New Philosophies
Writing of Karl Mark
Karl's philosophy was that a person position within a class is determined by his or her role in production process.Marx moved to Belgium he started to write more about Communism and his theory later he wrote the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels. Marx ideologies led to the development of Theory of Capitalism, which Marx didn't agree with Capitalism which he thought was oppressive. Karl Marx was an influential figure in the Communist Theories,many countries supported. -
Recent Movements Pt.2
Women's Suffrage
Women's suffrage is the movement to gain the right to vote and have the same rights as men. The Women's Suffrage movement started in 1848 and continued until 1920.he Women's Suffrage Movement achieved the Nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote.The woman suffrage movement actually began in 1848, when a women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. suffragists, such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton, chose the former helped in the movement. -
Italian and German Unification
Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian also named Franco-German war was a war between France and young Germany that lasted from July 1870 until France's surrender in February 1871. This marked the end of France's military domination and beginning of Germany's military domination, resentment from Franco- Prussian war lead to the first World War. This event signaled to the rise of military power and imperialism provoked by Otto Van Bismarck as a part of his plan to create a unified German empire. -
Latin American Independence
Spanish American Wars of Independence
In the 15th century South American countries were Spanish colonies, but during the 16th century many revolutions took place. In South America the bad conditions of the working class and the mass amounts of slaves caused many of revolts. British forces tried to invade colonies that belonged to Spain. It generated an awareness to the South American continent. These wars were placed in Chile, Peru, Bolivia, etc. with the aim to get political independence.
