ch.28 Flashcards
War in which US gained the colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Spanish american war
US military official who landed in japans harbor and ordered them to begin trading
matthew perry
document issued in 1823 banning European interference in Latin America
Monroe doctrine
exempted foreigners from Chinese law at Guangzhou and four other Chinese ports
extraterritorial rights
japans emperor who symbolized nationalism and replaced the Tokugawa shogunates
mutsohito
exempted foreigners from Chinese law at Guangzhou and four other Chinese ports
extraterritorial rights
campaign against foreign privilege by the society of righteous and harmonious fists
boxer rebellion
the treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese war
Portsmouth treaty
feeling that emerged in china partly as the result of the boxer rebellion
nationalism
the treaty that gave Britain the island of hong kong
Nanjing treaty
means to take control of, ex. Japanese control over Korea, Taiwan, and Pescadores
annex
the country that was taken as a colony of japan and the focus of the Sino-Japanese war
Korea
British vs Chinese due to Britains’ unethical attempts to correct its unfavorable balance of trade
opium wars
the movement led by Hong Xiuquan to build a kingdom in which no one would live in poverty
Taiping rebellion
US president who oversaw the completion of the Panama canal and negotiated the peace treaty between Russia and japan
Rosevelt
Gave the US the right to be “an international police power” in the western hemisphere
Roosevelt corollary
US proposal that china be open to merchants of all nations
open door policy
A “foothold” in china; an area where a foreign country controlled trade and investment
sphere of influence
Military dictators who ruled newly independent Latin American countries for their own benefit
Caudillos
a massive building project that connected the Atlantic to the pacific
Panama canal
china VS. japan because china sent troops to help the Korean king end a revolt, won by japan
Sino-Japanese war
Caudillo who saw Venezuela as his own personal cattle ranch
gomes
during Meiji japan, the amount of these skyrocketed from 20 miles in 1872 to 7000 by 1914
railroads
reform-minded leader
sarmiento
45 year period of westernization and modernization led by mutsuhito
meiji era
unequal treaty created after the arrival of commodore perry that allowed trade in 2 ports
kanagawa
narcotic from the poppy plant that found a market in china
opium
began the movement for Cuban independence
Marti
