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5. The second Industrial Revolution and Imperialism - Coggle Diagram
5. The second Industrial Revolution and Imperialism
The second Industrial Revolution
Between 1870 and 1914, the Second Industrial Revolution took place. It was characterised by rapid industrialisation due mainly to the increase in the importance of the financial sector in industry and the rise of finance capitalism
Innovations and changes
New technological advances
New business structures
New sources of energy
New sources of finance
New industries
The consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution
The birth of the consumer society
Economic crisis and cycles
The organisation of work
The expansion of the Second Industrial Revolution
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
The United States
Russia
Imperialism
The colonial empires
The European powers, the United States and Japan colonised most of Africa, Asia and Oceania
The occupation and administration of the colonies
Political and administrative control
Organisation of the colonial economy
Occupation by conquest
Each colony had a specific value for the colonising country
Settler countries
Protectorates
Exploitation countries
The causes
People believed in the supremacy of white people
Scientific progress
The growth of the population in Europe
Were a symbol of international prestige
The consequences
Economic
Demographic
Political
Social and cultural