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Module 2: Industrialization and imperialism

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Why did industrialized nations build empires in Africa and Asia, and how did they rule?

Explain the causes and methods of nineteenth-century imperialism: how industrialized nations sought raw materials, markets, strategic advantage, and prestige, and how they divided and ruled Africa and Asia (Framework Key Idea 10.4).
A Framework-level answer on nineteenth-century imperialism for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: the economic, strategic, and ideological causes, the Scramble for Africa and the Berlin Conference, rule in India and China, and the justifications used, with worked exam questions.
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How did workers, reformers, and governments respond to the problems of the industrial age?

Explain the responses to the problems of industrialization: labor unions, reform movements, government legislation, and the extension of rights, including the abolition of slavery and the early women's rights movement (Framework Key Idea 10.3).
A Framework-level answer on responses to industrialization for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: labor unions, factory and child-labor laws, public health reform, the abolition of slavery, and the early women's rights movement, with worked exam questions.
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How did colonized peoples resist, adapt to, or reform in response to imperialism?

Explain how colonized peoples responded to imperialism through resistance, rebellion, reform, and modernization, including the Sepoy Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Meiji Restoration in Japan (Framework Key Idea 10.4).
A Framework-level answer on responses to imperialism for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: armed resistance and rebellion (Sepoy and Boxer rebellions), reform and nationalism, and Japan's Meiji modernization as an alternative path, with worked exam questions.
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How did industrialization change where people lived, the class structure, and daily working life?

Explain the social and economic effects of industrialization: urbanization, new social classes, changes in working and living conditions, and new economic ideas such as capitalism and socialism (Framework Key Idea 10.3).
A Framework-level answer on the effects of industrialization for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: urbanization, the new middle and working classes, factory and tenement conditions, child labor, and the rival ideas of capitalism and socialism, with worked exam questions.
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How do I answer the Part II Constructed Response Question (CRQ) sets and earn every point?

Apply the method for the Part II CRQ sets: answer the historical context, sourcing, and identify-and-explain questions for Cause-and-Effect, Turning Point, and Similarity and Difference sets (Social Studies Practices A, B, C).
An exam-skills answer for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents Part II: how to answer the two CRQ sets, the scaffolded historical-context, sourcing, and identify-and-explain questions, and the difference between Cause-and-Effect, Turning Point, and Similarity sets, with worked examples.
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Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain, and how did it change production, transport, and daily life?

Explain why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain and how new energy sources, machines, factories, and transport transformed production and society (Framework Key Idea 10.3).
A Framework-level answer on the Industrial Revolution for the NY Global History and Geography II Regents: why it began in Britain, the role of resources, capital, labor and markets, the shift to factories, steam power, and improved transport, with worked exam questions.
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