Social Studies Homework Thread

[Cassandra]

Research on Africa during the 1800s. Place your research on 1/2 short bond paper.

Deadline of Submission: January 6, 2010 (Wednesday).

[Cassandra]

Africa

European imperial involvement in Africa in the modern period began in the 15th century, when the Portuguese sent expeditions along the west coast of the continent. The Portuguese founded the colony of Angola in 1491 and Mozambique in 1505. Before the 19th century, the main impact of European involvement in Africa was the creation of a new slave trade to the Americas. Although a slave trade with the Muslim powers of Arabia already existed before the arrival of the Europeans, it was on a much smaller scale. By the beginning of the 19th century, the Europeans had well-established bases on the west coast of Africa, through which traders bought slaves and transported them to the Americas. A number of these trading posts had developed into formal colonies, such as the British colony of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), established in 1618.

In the 19th century control by European powers spread rapidly over the continent. This advance occurred mainly after 1875; before that date only 10% of Africa was under European control. After 1875 the ‘scramble for Africa’ took place, with European powers competing to take as much land as possible. The UK took official control of Sierra Leone in 1808, South Africa in 1814 (see South Africa: history to 1902), Nigeria in 1885, Uganda in 1894, and Kenya in 1895. France's empire in Africa by 1900 included Algeria, Tunisia (from 1883), Madagascar (from 1885), Mali (1895), Chad (1900), and the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast; made part of French West Africa in 1901). Italy controlled Somalia (from 1889) and Libya (conquered 1911), Portugal held Angola and Mozambique, and Germany controlled Namibia (from 1884), Cameroon (from 1884), and Tanzania (from 1885). Belgium held the Belgian Congo, a vast area in Central Africa that became the personal property of King Leopold II in 1885. By 1900 most of Africa was controlled by the empires of Europe; only Ethiopia and Liberia remained free, although Ethiopia had to fend off an Italian invasion in 1896.

In 1884–85 the major European powers (France, Germany, the UK, Belgium, and Portugal) met at the Conference of Berlin in order to decide how the continent should be divided between them. No African rulers were invited to attend the conference, as their opinions and rights were regarded as irrelevant to the proceedings. With the expansion of imperial control, European missionaries and explorers were able to move in, closely followed by the traders and government officials sent to exploit and govern the new empires. European explorers travelled widely, mapping the continent's major features. The course of the River Niger was plotted by Mungo Park during his expedition of 1795–97, and John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant reached the source of the River Nile on their expedition of 1860–63. In 1855 David Livingstone sighted and named the Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria.

European imperialism saw the end of the European slave trade in Africa during the 19th century. The first nation to outlaw slavery was the UK, with a series of laws from 1807. The UK took measures to enforce this ban, and worked to encourage other European powers to stop the trade within their empires. By 1900 the legal trade in slaves from Africa had ended among the European imperial powers. However, the treatment of native African workers and the government methods used by European powers meant that the Africans remained subjected peoples in their own continent, denied the rights of self-government or equal treatment. In the Belgian Congo, for example, the brutal punishments meted out to disobedient workers by their European employers included the amputation of hands.

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Thought this might help.

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[Cassandra]

Research on Carbonari (charcoal burners).

Deadline is on January 12, 2010 (Tuesday).

[Cassandra]

Carbonari (Italian for “charcoal burners”), early 19th-century secret revolutionary society that originated in Naples, Italy, during the reign of Joachim Murat, king of Naples (1808-1815). It later spread to France and Spain. The Carbonari advocated political freedom and a constitutional style of government. The members, mostly from the middle and upper classes, were organized in a hierarchy of lodges in two parallel structures, one in the civil population and the other in the armed forces.

The Carbonari led an unsuccessful uprising in Naples in 1820. They participated in the French revolution of 1830, after which most French Carbonari supported the government of Louis Philippe, king of France (1830-1848). About 1831, Giuseppe Mazzini, an active member of the Carbonari, founded a new secret society called Young Italy. This group absorbed most of the membership of the Carbonari, which then ceased to be effective.

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Carbonari - members of Italian political group: in early 19th-century Italy, members of a secret society that sought to establish a unified liberal republican government.

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This is just a guide for those who are having a hard time. If you plan to copy please do not copy word for word. Thank you.

[Cassandra]

Research on definitions of nationalism. Be ready to write an essay that explains your definition of nationalism, on January 15, 2010 (Friday).

[PdChua]

The Carbonari guys were also anti-clerical, meaning, they opposed the Church. Although it was in their philosophy, they also despised the Church, as took up land (the Papal states) which the Carbonari wanted to unite along with the rest of their "free Italy".

They get their name, meaning "charcoal burners", from the process in entering their organization, not that they were all poor charcoal burners, themselves. Among them were prominent guys like the Marquis de Lafayette; a hero of the American and French revolutions.

[King Camacho]

IS THAT A PLATYPUS?! On Patrick's picture.

[Kuro]

Isn't it a kiwi? XD



Anyway, thanks for all the help with homework! I feel guilty so I'll catch up on the science notes. XD

[Cassandra]

Research on the differences between European & Asian Nationalism and fill up the chart in your notebook.

Deadline is on January 13, 2010 (Wednesday).

[Cassandra]

Make a web about the costs/effects of WWI on:

• Men
  
• Women
  
• Environment
  
• Young men/Government/Country

Place your homework in you Social Studies notebook.

Deadline of Submission is on January 19, 2010 (Tuesday).

[Cassandra]

On an intermediate paper, answer the questions on the second page of your Schindler's List study guide.

• Submit your answers for Questions # 1-5 on February 2, 2010 (Tuesday) at 7:20 am to CJ.
  
• Submit your answer for Question # 6 on February 3, 2010 (Wednesday).

[Cassandra]

Class Number	Research Topic
21	Involvement of the U.S. in WWII
23	Involvement of the U.S. in WWII
24	Involvement of the U.S. in WWII
4	Appeasement of Allied Forces

Due on February 9, 2010 (Tuesday).

[Cassandra]

Answer Seatwork # 3 and pass it at 7:45 am on February 18, 2010 (Thursday).

Research on the Cold War for our discussion on February 18, 2010 (Thursday).

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