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1750-1900 Flashcards

1
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French King that taxed people heavily but was in lots of debt; the French revolution happened during his reign. (1750 - 1900)

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Louis XVI

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Why did Britain only trade opium to China? (1750 - 1900)

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To get them addicted since they weren’t trading much else with Europe

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Define Spheres of Influence (1750 - 1900)

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“the claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory” (ex. Europe in China)

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French General who became emperor in 1804 and abdicated but then later did a coup to get back into power. Died at Waterloo.(1750 - 1900)

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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American born Spaniard who did not like the Spanish so he led revolutions in S. America. Owned slaves (1750 - 1900)

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Simon Bolivar

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Haitian priest that started the Haitian revolution (1750 - 1900)

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Boukman

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Who is Cecil Rhodes? (1750 - 1900)

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British head of a S. African company who wanted to connect North and South Africa with Telegraph wires

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Rational for imperialism that uses ideas of evolution to say that white people are “fit” and everyone else isn’t (1750 - 1900)

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Darwinism

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Federation made by France containing Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos for convenience (1750 - 1900)

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Federation of Indochina

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What was some technology made during the industrial revolution? (1750 - 1900)

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Water Frame, Spinning Jenny, Steam Engine, Railroads

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War fought in Europe and all over America between Britain and France. (1750 - 1900)

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Seven years war

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What was an outcome of the second industrial revolution? (1750 - 1900)

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Ideas spread quicker / more nationalism

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Treaty that allowed the British to trade in more of China and gave them control of Hong-Kong; was created after opium war 1 (1750 - 1900)

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Treaty of Nanjing

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What were Africans statuses in S. Africa? (1750 - 1900)

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Low

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Conference that divided Africa up between European countries (1750 - 1900)

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Berlin conference

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Ethiopian Emperor who kept Ethiopia free, mainly through diplomacy but once through combat (1750 - 1900)

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Menelik II

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African King that saved his kingdom and others from European rule (1750 - 1900)

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King Khama III

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Code made by Napoleon that grants legal equity to all French people (1750 - 1900)

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Napoleonic Code

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When was the declaration of independence signed? (1750 - 1900)

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1776

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Leader of a Jihad against Europeans; assassination attempt; created Sokoto caliphate

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Shehu Usuman dan Foido

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Idea that started during the French Revolution that people are bound together by ties of language, culture, and history; and that others of those things are worse (1750 - 1900)

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Nationalism

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22
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Why did the Indian Revolt of 1857 happen?

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With some new ammo, they had to use their mouths to load it. A rumor spread that the ammo was greased in cow’s fat and against Hinduism

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23
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Conference that restored the Balance of Europe after Napoleon (1750 - 1900)

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conference of Vienna

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Who could vote in the start of the U.S.? (1750 - 1900)

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Land Owners

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Japanese Darwinism toward other Asians (1750 - 1900)

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Fukazawa

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Why did THE new imperialism happen? (1750 - 1900)

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The Industrial revolution and the need for materials

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Person that combined Steam power and job specialization. Made teaware and laid the foundations for consumerism. (1750 - 1900)

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Josiah Wedgewood

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28
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Person who did guerrilla warfare against the French and founded a state (1750 - 1900)

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Samori Toure

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British arrived - cattle started dying; Some Africans killed cattle because of prophecy. Then they were taken over by Britain because they had no food (1750 - 1900)

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Xhosa Cattle Killing

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30
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person who wants to end slavery (1750 - 1900)

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Abolitionist

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31
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Secret society that Mozart, George Washington, and Ben Franklin were a part of (1750 - 1900)

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Society of the Freemasons

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Group composed of wealthy Indians that influenced the Government and eventually got India its independence, though not in this time period (1750 - 1900)

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Indian National Congress

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33
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Group that started the French Revolution (1750 - 1900)

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National Assembly

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34
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Philosophy that says that a socialist revolution is inevitable (1750 - 1900)

35
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Chinese secret society that doesn’t like foreigners and rebelled after the Treaty of Nanjing (1750 - 1900)

36
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Portugese Prince who wanted Brazil to be free, so, they were made free with him as king (1750 - 1900)

37
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Wars to force China to trade with Europe (1750 - 1900)

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Opium Wars

38
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Revolution that created new technology and was started in Britain (1750 - 1900)

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The Industrial Revolution

39
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What events happen that give the National assembly a lot more power?

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Farm Revolts

40
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What act made Britain start taxing Americans? (1750 - 1900)

41
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Anti-western Samurais without masters (1750 - 1900)

42
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Chinese Empress who ruled through two different people before doing a coup. Stopped the self strengthening movement (1750 - 1900)

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Empress Ci Xi

43
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American naval officer that convinced Japan to trade with the west (1750 - 1900)

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Commodore Mathew Perry

44
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What order did the four major revolutions happen in? (1750 - 1900)

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U.S., France, Haitian, S. American

45
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Movement to industrialize China started by scholars; didn’t work (1750 - 1900)

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Self Strengthening Movement

46
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Indian who won a Nobel Peace prize for his peaceful protests against the British government (1750 - 1900)

47
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Assembly in Prussia that wanted to unify Germany, didn’t work (1750 - 1900)

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Frankfurt Assembly

48
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Person who unified Italy in 1860 and conquered Sicily and Naples. Wanted a republic but got a monarchy (1750 - 1900)

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Giseppe Garibaldi

49
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Who allied with the U.S. during their revolution? (1750 - 1900)

50
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Person who looked for David Livingstone and used unnecessary force while doing so. Also found a new trade route through Africa (1750 - 1900)

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Henry Morton Stanley

51
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Egyptian who did a Jihad against British controlled Egypt (1750 - 1900)

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Muhammad Ahmad the Mahdi

52
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Chinese person who said he was Jesus’s brother and led the Taiping Rebellion. Wanted no inequality (1750 - 1900)

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Hong Xiuquan

53
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Why did the Haitian revolution happen? (1750 - 1900)

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Bad Slave Conditions/France was in Turmoil

54
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Person that made the theory of evolution (1750 - 1900)

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Charles Darwin

55
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Russain Emigre who traveled by train and steamship to spread anarchy (1750 - 1900)

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Mikhail Bakunin

56
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Ideology that says that individuals should be free do do what they want (1750 - 1900)

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Liberalism

57
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Name two negative impacts of the partition of Bengal that happened in 1905

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It separated families and of anti-British sentiment

58
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Leader of the Haitian Revolution (1750 - 1900)

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Toussaint L’Ouverture

59
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What happened during the Meiji restoration in Japan? (1750 - 1900)

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Edo was renamed Tokyo, salaried Samurai, Emperor’s power restored, modernization

60
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A parade/show that the British used to legitimize rule in India (1750 - 1900)

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Darbar Procession

61
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Act that ended trading slaves in Britain; didn’t end slavery (1750 - 1900)

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Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade

62
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What is anarchy in the context of world history? (1750 - 1900)

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Tear down old Government and put a new one up

63
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The Ottoman’s attempt to industrialize (1750 - 1900)

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Tanzimat Reforms

64
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What was the main invention of the second industrial revolution? (1750 - 1900)

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Electricity

65
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What war was the first war in which an Eastern State beat a Western one? (1900-2001)

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Russo-Japanese war

66
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Prussian Chancellor who became the first German Chancellor (1750 - 1900)

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Otto Von Bismark

67
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Egyptian ruler who promoted the making of cotton and other textiles. He sent people to Europe to study their processes (1750 - 1900)

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Muhammad Ali

68
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A founder of Modern Japan who Influenced the Meiji restoration as a teacher and political theorist (1750 - 1900)

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Fukuzawa Yukichi

69
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Canal between the Mediterranean and the Red sea

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Suez Canal

70
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Belgian King who started the scramble for Africa by Claiming Congo, which has rubber-making resources (1750 - 1900)

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King Leopold II

71
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Indian soldiers working for the British (1750 - 1900)

72
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Revolt that happened in Brazil to try and Overthrow the Government; didn’t work (1750 - 1900)

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Male (right angle over e) Revolt

73
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Who made the first steam engine? (1750 - 1900)

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James Watt

74
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British bill that lowered the requirement to vote (1750 - 1900)

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Reform bill of 1832

75
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What is the Women’s March on Versailles?

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A protest over the high price of bread that ended with Louis XIV being forced to move back to Paris; was part of the French
Revolution

76
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Leaders during the French Revolution that were very radical (direct democracy, equality) and had a “reign of terror” (1750 - 1900)

77
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Scottish missionary who “explored” Africa while trying to convert Africans (1750 - 1900)

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David Livingstone

78
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Father and son who assured Siam’s independence by having Europeans fight one another instead of them (1750 - 1900)

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Mongtut (father) and Chulalongkorn (son)

79
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The conservative nephew of Napoleon who became emperor in 1852 an abdicated after losing to Prussia (1750 - 1900)

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Louis Napoleon

80
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Edict in Russia that freed serfs (1750 - 1900)

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Emancipation Edict

81
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What happened in India because of Industrialization (1750 - 1900)

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Deindustrialization; happened because India mainly made cloth, but then Europe started making a lot of cloth

82
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Overall, what happened in the period from 1750-1900?

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Revolutions
Industrialization
Imperialism

83
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What war did Japan fight to try and colonize Korea after they industrialized? (1750-1900)

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Sino-Japanese war

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