I understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed through analysis of primary sources of many kinds

A primary source is a piece of evidence written, created, or otherwise produced during the time under study. An example would be a speech made during the time of what is being studied. The reason they are a primary source is because there is nothing that can tell us what happened at a certain time than an actual piece of evidence that helps explain what might have happened at this time. It is able to give us evidence to an event without any bias of the moder world.

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New Imperialism

New Imperialism Propaganda

• Published March 16, 1899


• Created by William H. Walker

This is a political cartoon published after the poem "The White Man's Burden." It shows that the burden is obviously not on the white men. It points out that Europeans are putting stress on other nations and people for their own self-ish reasoning. Instead of the burden being on the white men for having to look after the people that white man are conquering, the burden is obviously on all the people of the conquered nations, or in the picture's case, the people that are carrying the men.

The source for this specific item is very credible because it comes from the highly esteemed Standford university.

New Imperialism Artwork

This was a drawing about the New Imperialism and the "Scramble of Africa." The man symbolizes the Europeans and it shows him stretching across all of Africa. It shows that he (the Europeans) thinks that since there is nothing that is stopping him from being on all of Africa it is rightfully his. This is the way that every global power thought during the time of New Imperialism.

The source for this item is credible because it comes form an edu website. That means the sole purpose for this site is to instruct.

New Imperialism Photograph

• Taken Jan 1, 1900


• Men prospect for gold in a trench on the Rand, South Africa
  

This is a photograph of several men who have come into Africa and are extorting money from her in anyway they can. You can see that Natives are living in tents less then 100 ft. away but yet these men think that they can use the land to benefit them. This photograph is a wonderful microcosm of the New Imperialism.

The source from which this item originates is very credible because it is coming from Life. Life has made magizines for a very long time and have built up a big enough reputation to trust even though they are a comercial website.



New Imperialism Artifact

• The Maxim gun. The First Machine gun
• Invented by Hiram S. Maxim in 1864
  

This is a very significant artifact from the New Imperialism. The Maxim gun was a main reason Europeans and the U.S. were able to oppose their will on the less advanced nations. The global powers just had better technology. There was almost nothing the less advanced countries could do against the superior technology.

The site from which this artifact originated is very credible because it is frmo a non-profit website. This means it isn't trying to sell anything so they are just in it to give information.