AP WORLD HISTORY
Kaysi Gray, Period 5 Change and Continuity Analysis Chart
Unit: Modern Era (1750-1914) Region: Americas
THEME / Characteristics at the beginning of the period / Key Changes-at least TWO
-give evidence for each / Characteristics at the end of the period / Analysis of changes
Key Continuities
-At least TWO
-give evidence for each / Analysis of continuities
Human-Environ
Interaction
(Demography, disease,
Migration, technology) / · South and East Asians never migrated to other places. They were in need of employment but not many people migrated to the Americas / · Massive military production
· Changes of the Second Industrial Revolution (transportation, chemistry, etc.) / · Transportation across water became safer and cheaper through new technology of the second industrial revolution which allowed many Eastern Asians to come to The Americas for employment of indentured servants / · Industrial Revolution brought new innovations in electricity (telephone and radio), chemistry (fertilizers), transportation (cars and airplanes) and steel (skyscrapers and modern weapons)
· Massive military production came from the greatened use of armor and weapons from the great wars
· Continued a different form of indentured servitude
· Was never affected by the Black Death / · Slavery was once practiced, but they moved on to other forms of Indentured Servitude by Eastern Asians
· The Mongols never attacked or invaded The Americas, so they remained free of the many diseases that were spread called ‘Black Death’.
Culture
(Religions, philosophies,
Science, technology, art,
architecture) / · Vampires played to illustrate many aspects of spirituality
· Traveling overseas was considered dangerous and it was very expensive. / · Modernists art and culture dominated North America
· Freedom of religion was enshrined in the Bill of Rights / · Technology took a rise, there were more innovations
· Picasso became a figure that Americans admired, especially for his views on the Germans / · Karl Marx’s philosophy was never overlooked.
· Modernists thought it was essential to express through art
· Different religions were still followed amongst The Americas
· Many artists used Art to express their feelings and views on wars, revolutions, etc. / · Though the Americas was looked up to by others, being a central power globally, Americans didn’t share the same religious views
Politics
(State-building,
conflict, Political structures, Empires,
Revolts and revolution) / · Enlightenment helped with the impact of the American Revolution and changed the type of government
· U.S. constitution had been ratified
· Under European colonial power / · Broke free of European colonial power
· Chunks of South America were independent from Spain
· Americas became more involved in global affairs / · Became more designed towards the image of England
· Built the Panama Canal after convincing the Panamanians to break free from Columbian rule
· National Assembly ratified a new constitution / · Americas became an independent place after the American Revolution (which was inspired by the Enlightenment and mercantilist policies)
· South America became independent
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· South America remained loyal to their Spanish King when Napoleon invaded
· America was still more globalized than South America / · In 1808, Napoleon invaded Spain, South America didn’t know whether to follow Napoleon or their original Spanish king
Economics
(Agric, trade, commerce, labors systems,
industrialization,
capitalism, socialism) / · Didn’t share cost of wars with Britain
· Wasn’t considered a world power
· Largest economy / · Emergence of a significant middle class of merchants and small farmers
· Wasn’t in control of anywhere / · Considered a world power
· U.S. Destroyed the Spanish fleets in Cuba and Philippines and gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines / · Because of the emergence of a middle class of merchants and small farmers the ideas of the Enlightenment ideas spread to populations other than the land-owning middle class.
· Able to control Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines because they overthrew the Spanish
· Not in control of Cuba
· Had largest economy / · No control of Cuba -- though the Americas won Spanish-American War, Cuba remained independent in exchange for concessions which funded for two naval bases in The United States
· The Great Wars and The Great Depression (recovery from them) led to The Americas having the largest economy
Social
(Gender roles/ relations, family, racial & ethnic constructions,
social and economic classes) / · Women were heavily restricted with few freedoms, political and legal barriers for men based on racial or economic status
· No middle class / · Women were joining reform movements
· Women were denied access to education / · Abolition of slavery
· Men were still superior to men, but not as superior as they were before in the beginning of the modern era / · Women were allowed university education
· Women got more of men’s rights, but not all
· Women were denied real wages from jobs
· Emergence of middle class
· Leading towards the abolition of slavery / · Social Darwinism tried to allow women real wages, professional opportunities, etc. but was denied.