chapter 28 Flashcards
Drug smuggled into China by the British.
Opium
British Queen in 1839.
Victoria
British territory on the coast of China in 1842.
Hong kong
The ____ Rebellion was an attempt to build a Heavenly kingdom of Great Peace in the 1800s.
Taiping
Many of Europe’s major powers and Japan gained a strong foothold in China called _____ (three words).
Sphere of influence
US economic policy in China was called _____.
Open door
The _____ Rebellion was for the Chinese to demonstrate their discontent and they formed a secret organization called the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
Boxer
In August 1900, a multinational force of 19,000 troops marched on ______ and quickly defeated the Boxers.
Beijing
The ______ opened trade with Japan with the Treaty of Kanagawa of 1854.
United States
The Japanese also admired the discipline of the ______ army and the skill of the British navy and based their own military on these examples.
German
Japanese capital.
Tokyo
Japanese seaport.
Yokohama
The Japanese Empire attacked _____ in 1876 and 1894.
China
In 1904, Japan attacked _____ in Manchuria.
Russia
In 1905, Japan annexed ______.
Korea
These soon became Latin American dictators in the mid-1800s.
Caudillos
______ were built throughout Latin America that greatly increased trade.
Railroads
The ______ Doctrine document stated that “the American continents . . . are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”
Monroe
Cuban independence fighter.
Marti
The Spanish-American War was primarily fought on the island of ____.
Cuba
The ending of the Spanish-American war left America gaining _____ as a territory in the Pacific.
Guam
The ______ Canal would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and increase trade around the world.
Panama
Panama gained its independence from _____ in an American sponsored revolution.
Colombia
He would claim the Panama Canal as a triumph for American power.
Roosevelt
He would dominate Mexican political life in the 1820s-1840s.
Santa anna.
This state would revolt against the Mexican government and obtain its independence in the 1830s.
Texas
This was a pivotal battle during the Texas Revolution.
Alamo
He was a liberal reformer in Mexican politics in the 1840s.
Juarez
The _____ invaded Mexico in the 1860s.
French
Oaxacan leader who gained control of Mexico in the 1870s who called for “Order and Progress”.
Diaz
Mexican revolutionary in 1910.
Madero
Mexican revolutionary in 1910, based in Northern Mexico.
Villa
Mexican revolutionary in 1910 calling for “Land and Liberty”.
Zapata
Mexican dictator that ordered Madero killed in 1913.
Huerta
Mexican revolutionary between 1917-1920.
Carranza
Mexican political party that emerged in 1929 after the Civil War.
PRI
