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Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Texas Revolt

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  • Santa A. gave up power to lead Mexicans

- Austin led Texans, who lost Alamo battle

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Santa Anna

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President 4x, hated between each

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Battle of San Jacinto

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  • Houston captured Santa Anna (he was hated after)

- Deal: if San An was released, Texas would be independent

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Santa Anna after

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Wanted revenge, resigned again to lead troops

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Who won the Mexican-American War?

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America

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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MX gave up a lot of land to America (California and SW)

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Benito Juarez

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Reformer in Mexico- 3 Ideas

1.Redistribute the land 2. Separate church and state 3.education

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Napoleon III

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Wealthy Mexicans didn’t like Juarez and wanted French to rule, they did

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Juarez Returned

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Put La Reforma into action, then died

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10
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Diaz

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A caudillo, ruled until Madero

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Pancho Villa

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“Robin Hood” in north. Had a peasant army to push Diaz out

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Zapata

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South, peasant army leader

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Madero

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wanted to run for president. Elected, but resigned

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Huerta

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Took over after Madero resigned, but overthrown

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Carranza

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  • killed Zapata, took over and wanted a new constitution

- Decided against it bc less power, overthrown

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Obregon

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  • Reformer, took over after Carranza
  • Good dictator
  • Won elections fairly, assassinated
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17
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Peonage

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forced labor system in Latin America with vouchers

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Caudillos

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Military dictators that ruled in LA for 20-30 years (political instability)

19
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Sarmiento

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a reformer in Latin America

20
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What helped Latin America earn more money?

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new trade items, like refrigeration, that increased exports

21
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Why did Latin America continue to have problems?

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They did not spend their money industrializing and took loans from foreign businesses

22
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Monroe Doctrine

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Stated that the Western Hemisphere was closed to colonization

23
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Spanish-American War

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Cuba wanted independence, US helped and created a two front war for Spain and won

24
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Roosevelt

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  • offered Panama 10 mil per year to build canal

- Sent navy into Panama to win independence from Colombia

25
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Panama Canal

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Panama gave 10 mile land to US to build canal, thanking for ind. Bad diseases

26
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Roosevelt Corollary

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stated that US had the right to act as an international police in the Western
hemisphere

27
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Perry

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took warships into Japan Harbor and a nice letter from Filmore

28
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Treaty of Kanagawa

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opened two ports to the us because the threat of gunships

29
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What was Mutsuhito’s reign called?

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Meiji Era, “enlightened”

30
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Mutsuhito

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  • took power back from shoguns

- modernized Japan quickly

31
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Hands Off Agreement

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no military in Korea (China and Japan)

32
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Sino-Japanese War

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Because Korean king asked China for help, but Japan thought it was a violation of the HO Agreement
-Japan won over China

33
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What did Japan win from the Sino-Jap war?

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Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands

34
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Russo-Japanese War

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Japan won and gained power and land from the Treaty of Portsmouth

35
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Treaty of Portsmouth

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Gave Korea to Japan and power

36
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Korea

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Protectorate- local leaders ruled by Japan

-Annexed and then went down because assimilation

37
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What did the Qing empire get illegally from the British?

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Opium, since the Euros had nothing the Chinese wanted.

-smuggled

38
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Opium War

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British crushed Qing

39
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Treaty of Nanjing

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Great Britain got Hong Kong after Opium War

40
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Taiping Rebellion

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Peasants took southern China

  • food shortages
  • many deaths
41
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Open Door Policy

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US wanted China to be open to everyone so no one could colonize it

  • Trade
  • Euros demanded extraterritorial rights(did not follow Chinese law)
42
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Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists

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Nickname:Boxers

  • did not like Europeans changing things or Christians
  • Beijing: boxers tried to starve the euros out
43
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Did the boxers/Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists have help from Chinese government?

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Verbal support, but no help

44
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World Tour

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Chinese were sent to get ideas for their country

  • they decided on a constitutional monarchy
  • communists took over before reforms

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