World History Task 4 from home

A. Discuss the causes and results (i.e., cultural, political, and/or economic) of one of the following revolutions ( suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs ): Haiti was France’s most profitable colony, mainly focused on sugar production. Most of the population were enslaved Africans with high mortality rates due to the dangerous work conditions. Slaves rarely lived ten years after their arrival. There was a small population of free peoples of mixed heritage called people of color; some were wealthy and educated. Whites, though the smaller population, continually made discriminatory measures to humiliate people of color. Petit Blancs were the petty artisans and professionals and above them were the Gran Blancs, the wealthy planters who ran the island and aristocracy. (Acrobatiq, 2017) When news of a French Revolution reached Haiti, the Gran Blancs were concerned with enlightenment thinkers attacking slavery. The wealthy whites did not like the emphasis on the rights and freedoms of the middle class. The Petit Blancs were open to the idealistic notions because they resented the dominance of the Gran Blancs. People of color wanted to be able to have a say in political decision making and be able to participate in the social life of the colony, but the Petit and Gran Blancs were united in denying them. Petit Blancs would be the ones that would start the Haitian Revolution to seize power from the Gran Blancs. When the French National Assembly began to grant rights and protections to people of color, the white middle class joined the white aristrocrats in opposing them. This forced people of color to rise up, recruiting slaves in the process. By the end of 1791, half of the slaves had freed themselves. In 1794, the National Convention would outlaw slavery in the French colonies. (Acrobatiq, 2017) After the Haitian Revolution ended, the Republic of Haiti struggled with debt given by France, who was demanding compensation for the slave owners. Regardless, the people were determined to never return to slavery, and their story of them seizing their freedom would remain inspirational to people around the world. Slave societies, like the United States, did not want others to hear of how the black population fought and won over the white population. The Spanish- speaking Creoles were suspicious of the French and Haitian revolutions, who believed that rights and freedoms should only be rewarded to free people descended from the Spanish. The Haitian Revolution would be the cause for Creole rebellions throughout the American colonies. (Acrobatiq, 2017) B. Explain the development of one of the following ideologies in relation to associated historical events ( suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs ): With early industrialization came factories that pushed materials out at a faster rate than ever in history. Steel became a more easily accessible material due to new, cheaper methods of production, and electricity increased efficiency in the factory line. However many workers faced hardships, low wages, and dangerous working conditions. Men, women, and children would work together, many dying from chemical inhalation, and others would be burned or injured by the machinery. (Acrobatiq, 2017) Early socialists would attempt to address the inequity, for example, factory owner Robert Owen. Mr. Owen changed his factory to reduce working hours, build suitable housing, and provide his workers with better working conditions and facilities. Men like Owen thought that industrialists and factory owners could be persuaded to improve working conditions. Philosophers, such as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, proposed that laborers should seize political and

economic power for themselves. They predicted that eventually workers would have a revolution against the upper classes. (Acrobatiq, 2017) C. Explain three consequences (e.g., social, cultural, economic, technological) of industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries ( suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs ). Unit 6 Module 15 Industrialization in the 19 th and 20 th centuries changed a lot of social, cultural, economic and technological aspects. New materials and methods of producing those materials would forever change how families and economies would operate. Women were able to process materials in their homes with machinery give to them, making peasant and farming families wage earners. People moved from rural to urbans areas to find work. The idea of an extended family disappeared, replaced with the small nuclear family instead. People were able to travel farther than ever before at a faster pace by train or steamboats. More and more people would purchase goods instead of making them at home, making the population more and more dependent on each other and international trade. (Acrobatiq, 2017) The cost of doing work dropped as productivity rose. Efficient coal-powered steam engines were able to spin yarn and weave cloth and iron became easier to turn into steel, driving the development of railroads, large ships, and other steel goods. Electricity was also introduced during this time. Countries like Britain would come to depend on far-flung areas of the world for raw materials. Other countries would start industrial processes to compete with Britain, whose corporations would support industrial growth in France, the United States, and other parts of Europe. A dependency cycle would form from industrialized countries buying raw materials from other regions, manufactures them and then sold them back at a large profit. It would make those regions dependent on the industrialized countries for manufactured goods, which replaced the locally produced goods over time. (Acrobatiq, 2017) D. Discuss the causes and results (i.e., cultural, political, and/or economic) of one of the following conflicts ( suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs ): Before World War II, the Soviet Union and United States had differences of ideological beliefs and the U.S. involvement in the Russian Civil Wars led to hostilities existing between the 2 powers. The U.S. had a capitalist and free-market economic system that encouraged freedom of choice while the Soviet Union had a communist system where the state determined the production and distribution of goods among the nation and promoted economic equality. While both had different beliefs, the two powers claimed to support self-determination for all. Leaders of both countries made poor decisions after WWII, and the climate would be based on what Germany’s fate would be. (Acrobatiq, 2017) After WWII, both powers began collecting allies. The United States would use the Marshall Plan/European Recovery Act, which solidified most of Europe as allies, and NATO, a military mutual defense agreement meant to organize opposition to the Soviet Union and China. The Soviet Union would bring much of Eastern Europe into the Warsaw Pact. This organization bound these nations together in a military alliance. The Soviet Union also made allies with newly independent countries such as Cuba, Vietnam, and China for a short time. (Acrobatiq, 2017) The Soviet Union exerted its control over its allies by using Warsaw Pact forces to crush any rebellion. They relocated tens of thousands of people and arrested alleged opposers to the regime. The two powers, the Soviet Union and the United States, never fought each other straight-on, because they knew that they could mutually