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Unit: Era 6 - The Long Nineteenth Century (1750 to 1914 CE)

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6.0: Era 6 Overview

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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Era 6 Overview
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WATCH: Era 6 Overview
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READ: Era 6 Overview - The Long Nineteenth Century
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Frames in Era 6
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6.1: Liberal and National Revolutions

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READ: Sovereignty
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
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READ: Ingredients for Revolution
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READ: The Enlightenment
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READ: The Atlantic Revolutions
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READ: Origins and Impacts of Nationalism
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism
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6.2: Industrialization

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READ: The Industrial Revolution
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Origins of the Industrial Revolution
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WATCH: The Origins of the Industrial Revolution
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READ: Scale of the Industrial Revolution
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READ: The Global Transformations of the Industrial Revolution
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution - Crash Course World History
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WATCH: The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution
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READ: Japan’s Industrial Revolution
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READ: Egypt’s Short-lived Industrial Revolution
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6.3: Imperialism

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READ: Industrial Imperialism, the “New” Imperialism
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READ: Responses to Industrial Imperialism
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Experiencing Colonialism - Through a Ghanaian Lens
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WATCH: Experiencing Colonialism - Through a Ghanaian Lens
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Asian Responses to Imperialism
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READ: Struggle and Transformation in China
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Opium Wars
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WATCH: Opium Wars
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READ: Dual Consciousness
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Resisting Colonialism - Through a Ghanaian Lens
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6.4: Transformation of Labor

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READ: Why Was Slavery Abolished? Three Theories
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READ: Rise of Proletariat
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BEFORE YOU WATCH: Capitalism and Socialism
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WATCH: Capitalism and Socialism
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READ: Child Labor
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READ: A World Tour of Women's Suffrage
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READ: Responses to Industrialization
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You might expect a 164-year period called “the long nineteenth century” to feel like a long time. But democracy, industry, imperialism, and a growing human population meant change was happening more rapidly than ever before.