Western Civilization II / Unit 13 WC2 1210 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Africa in 1850, and the Scramble: Ten Percent to Ninety
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The idea
In eighteen fifty Europe held only coasts: French Algeria, British and Boer South Africa. Then, the anchor says, European control went from ten percent of Africa in eighteen seventy-six to about ninety by nineteen hundred. Profit, raw materials, rivalry and the civilizing mission peaked: the Scramble for Africa.
In practice
"Imperialism" an everyday word by the eighteen eighties.
Where people slip
The percentages are the anchor's.
Your place on the trail
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