EUROPEAN HISTORY SECTION II Part A (Suggested writing time—45 minutes) Percent of Section II score—45 Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-12. The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: • Provides an appropriate‚ explicitly stated
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1. Between 1880 and 1920‚ the population of the Congo was slashed in half: some ten million people were victims of murder‚ starvation‚ exhaustion‚ exposure‚ disease and a plummeting birth rate. Why do you think this massive carnage has remained virtually unknown in the United States and Europe? 2. Hochschild writes of Joseph Conrad that he “was so horrified by the greed and brutality among white men he saw in the Congo that his view of human nature was permanently changed.” Judging from Hochschild’s
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where it came from. In 1878 Stanley and Leopold met to discuss the things Stanley had found in Africa. Stanley told Leopold that the Congo held the potential of a powerful transportation system‚ that there was no military threat from the tribal people‚ and that there was no central political state there. Stanley agreed to work for Leopold for five years and explore the Congo. They agreed that Stanley would create a base at the Congo’s mouth and construct a road. Stanley would use porters to carry steamboats
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power to control Congo‚ he want his country become to more powerful and he want became to more rich ‚ than rough use forced labor in his Congo to create wealth for their personal and country used. Two main aggressos The first five chapters of King Leopold’s Ghost have two main characters that is Henry Morton Stanley and Belgium’s king Leopold II. From this story we can get know‚ one person was conquered the Congo River and other one was control Congo‚ they are both
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narrative type of historical account of the King of Belgium Leopold II and his conquest of the Congo. Adam Hochschild’s motivation in writing the book was to make people aware of what happened in the Congo and what effects Colonialism had on the African Nation. He also sheds light on the following reform movement that took place when the public found out about the atrocities happening in the Congo and how it was the beginning of any civil rights campaign occurring currently. Leopold had always
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how the sea can "unfold the secret of a whole continent‚ and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing"(48). Conrad must have felt this excitement upon hearing the news that he was to travel to the Congo for four months. After witnessing the "abomination"(50) that took place in the Congo under the rule of King Leopold II‚ Conrad felt that "the secret" he was so enthusiastic about four months prior was "never worth knowing". The theme of Heart of Darkness is the immorality of imperialism.
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considered to be the first international scandal of the modern era took place in the Congo from 1890 until 1910. King Leopold II of Belgium was at the head of this so-called scandal. Although Europe and the rest of the world seemed to have forgotten the victims of these crimes‚ there is a considerable amount of material to use when attempting to recreate the horror that took place in Leopold’s Congo. This is exactly what Adam Hochschild is attempting to do by writing this book.
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had completed several expeditions in Congo‚ he hired him as his agent and between 1880 and 1884‚ Stanley established several trading stations‚ mostly in the lower Congo‚ and got local natives to sign agreements‚ not knowing they were giving away their land to Leopold. The area Stanley was able to get consisted of nearly 905‚000 square miles. At the beginning‚ King Leopold gained ownership over Congo mostly
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person. King Leopold II had one idea in mind‚ and it was not to help better Belgium as a whole‚ or to even better Congo‚ his place of conquest. King Leopold used Congo strictly for monetary reasons for himself‚ and had no sympathy for who he had to lie to or step on to get what he wanted. King Leopold saw the splitting of Africa and wanted a piece of the pie. He saw the country of Congo as great prize and immediately jumped for it. He went about this very sneakily and covered his true motives with
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native Congo culture. Roland Barthes said‚ “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Similarly‚ Heart of Darkness‚ displays the inhumane behavior of man towards another‚ without a clear explanation of why. The Europeans felt superior and as a result‚ proceeded to take full advantage of a ‘backwards’ people. Joseph Conrad’s main character‚ Marlow‚ displays characteristics which are different from the normal Europeans. He can see the wrongdoings that are taking place within the Congo. He keeps
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