6.8

Causation in the Imperial Age

AP World History: Modern

Understanding causation

What the AP exam expects

Avoiding simplistic causation

Causes of the New Imperialism (1870s-1914)

Long-term causes

Short-term causes (triggers)

How causes interacted

Effects of imperialism

Short-term effects

Long-term effects

Chain causation: How effects become causes

Causation in AP essay writing

LEQ strategy for causation

Sample thesis statements

Primary sources for causation analysis

J.A. Hobson, Imperialism: A Study (1902)

Jules Ferry, speech to the French Chamber (1884)

Frederick Lugard, The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa (1922)

Key figures

Key events summary

Vocabulary