- Industrialization and Western impact in Japan vs. Russia
- Fall of Qing dynasty-social, economic and political impacts
- Latin America’s independence movements
- Centralist vs. liberalist Latin American government movements
- Causes of industrialization
- Effects of industrialization
- Haitian Revolution and its leaders
- French Revolution-causes, important events and outcomes
- Dependent vs. independent nations
- Revolutionary period of 1820-1870 in Europe—who rebelled? Why? Outcomes?
- Alliance formations in Europe
- Fall of Ottoman-sequence of events and impact on Islam
- Immigration reading
- Working conditions reading
- Changing land warfare reading (discussed day of math test but passed out to those absent day before—did you read it on own time?)
- Why Europe?
- Modernization readings
- Castas
- Monroe Doctrine
- Science and arts in philosophy in Europe during 19th century
- Otto von Bismarck’s influence (for you Jay!)
- Engels, Marx and communism
- Serfdom in Russia
- Goals of intelligentsia
- Russo-Japanese war—local and global effects
- Tokugawa-positive effects on Japanese society
- Meiji Restoration-impact on social structure of Japan
- Results of end of slave trade in Africa
Central Academy: Social Sciences: Mrs. Snyder
Today in History- Peter the Great: the Russian czar levied a tax on beards (1698)
- Continental Congress: delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (Georgia did not attend) convened in Philadelphia to seek repeal of the British Intolerable Acts (1774)
- Sam Houston: was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas (1836)