Scramble for Africa
Skylar A. Brion
Cheyenne Greene
Rachael Doughty
April 12th 2015
What is it?
 Europeans
race to take over Africa
 1800’s
 “New
imperialism”
1881-1914
(The Age of Imperialism The Scramble for Africa)
Why?
 Curiosity
 New
Transportation
 Slaves
 Expansion
 Medicine
 Berlin
Conference
(Boddy-Evans, Alstair)
Curiosity
 Mythical
 Found
Timbuktu along Niger River
new routes, land, markets, materials,
goods
 Word
spread in Europe (Boddy-Evans, Alstair)
Slaves
 Great
Britain bans slave trade
 Inland
doesn’t give up slaves
 Start
plantations
Coffee,
(Slavery on a Plantation)
sugar cane, palm oil, rubber
(Boddy-Evans, Alstair)
Medicine
 Europeans
prone to African diseases
(Boddy-Evans, Alstair)
 Medical
advances
(Out for Blood)
New Transportation
 New
routes
 Improved
 Easier
boats and trains
Expansion
 Germany
 No
taking over Europe
room for other countries to expand
 European
10%
colonies in Europe
to 90%
(Boddy-Evans, Alstair)
Henry Stanley
 Started
 Led
the scramble
explorers from Europe
 New
discoveries
 Word
gets out (Henry Morton Stanley)
(Henry Morton
Stanley)
Relation to the Book
 Focus
on imperialism and colonization
 Exploitation
ideology
 Who
vs. Justifying humanitarian
was most savage, the Europeans or
Africans? (Bornedal, Peter)
(Morning Bites: Chelsea
Martin's Mix, Matt Kish's
Illustrations, Walter
Kirn Interviewed, Joyce
Maynard, and More)
Synthesis
 Doesn’t
connect well to today’s world
 Many
more repercussions when taking over
countries today
 Cause
uproars among nations across world
 Unacceptable
(The Scramble for Africa (1876-1914))
Works Cited
Bornedal, Peter. “A Journey into Darkness: Joseph
Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” A Journey into
Darkness: Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness.” N.p.,
n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015.
 Boddy-Evans, Alistair. “Causes of the Scramble to
Colonize Africa.” N.p., n.d. Web. 2009 April. 2015
 "Henry Morton Stanley." Biografia De. N.p., n.d. Web.
12 Apr. 2015.
 "Morning Bites: Chelsea Martin's Mix, Matt Kish's
Illustrations, Walter Kirn Interviewed, Joyce Maynard,
and More." Vol 1 Brooklyn. N.p., 05 Nov. 2013. Web. 12
Apr. 2015.
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Works Cited (Cont.)
 "Out
for Blood." NYMag.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12
Apr. 2015.
 "Slavery Life on a Plantation | Publish with
Glogster!" Glogster. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
 "The Age of Imperialism - The Scramble for
Africa." The Age of Imperialism - The Scramble
for Africa. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
 “The Scramble for Africa (1876-1914).”
Sparknotes. Sparknotes, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2015