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The previous two chapters were pretty much a cause and effect of each other. European imperialism grew strong in the 1800s. Europe’s main place for domination was in Africa. Every country scrambled and rushed to colonize in Africa to extract its resources for personal use. Things got so out of hand the Europeans had to set up the Berlin Conference to set up ground rules for colonizing in Africa. What was interesting was that no representative from Africa was present. Throughout this new imperialistic period, Europeans tried to justify their actions with the idea of “civilizing” the Africans or helping them advance. Besides colonizing and imperializing in Africa, Europe also took control of countries in Asia. England took over the majority of India which caused many rebellions and up risings such as the Sepoy Mutiny. They also colonized along the coast of China. The Opium War was the result of Chinese lack of collaboration with the English. France mainly colonized in south east Asia.

Imperialism was one of the factors the led to the growth of the Great War, aka World War I. The Great War was also a result of intense nationalism, self- determination, alliances, but what lit the fuse was the assassination of an Austrian heir to the throne. The majority of the war was a stalemate. The war enabled women to be heard in society due to the fact that they had to the men’s place in the arena of work while they were off at war. The War also caused economic damages. Everything was invested into the war. Even every bit of food. Women and children had to fast on certain days so that the men would have enough to eat. At the end of the war the Treaty of Versailles tried to mend all the terrible out comes of war by having Germany pay for all the war debts. Behind the curtains of The Great War, Russia had its own internal conflict with its proletariat and the government. Russia had to pull out of the war which caused it to lose a vast amount of land just to focus on itself. Lenin and the Bolsheviks led a revolt to start a new form of government that was theoretically the best government possible, Communism. This revolt was known as the Russian Revolution. Even today, Lenin is still remembered as a great leader of Russia for leading it out of a “terrible” time. Lenin coming to power was not a coincident but a work of the Germans.