Global Situation (19th Century) Flashcards
Emancipation of 22.5 million serfs in 1861
Czar Alexander II (Russia)
Cause of American Civil War
South Americans were pro-slavery and North Americans were anti.
He issued emancipation proclamation freeing the American Negro
Abraham Lincoln
Pres. Juanito Suarez vs. Emperor Napoleon III of the 2nd French Empire
Mexico
_____ helped Mexco ending the French ambition to colonize Latin America
USA
Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour
Italy
Garibaldi
Italy
Red Shirts Army vs Austrians and French armies
Italy
Became easy targets of colonizers
Italy
Loser; split into various states; not unified
Germany
Iron Chancellor
Otto Von Bismarck
Franco-Prussian War
German vs. French
Original americans
13 colonies in the eastern side
USA made ______ her buffer zone
Mexico
Became rich through banking
Italy
group of states ruled by rich families
Italy
richest family in italy
Medicci Family
From a loose confederation of weak states to a unified powerful empire
Germany
A big fan of German history and culture
Rizal
First theme
Freedom, Unification, Identity-Building
Second theme
Global Prestige, Imperialism, Colonization, Domination
She was much tougher than a man
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria was _____ years old when she assumed the position
18
_________ Rules in the Waves under ____________
Britania
Queen Victoria
They had the number one navy
Britania
They used their navy to spread opium
Britania
What is the Opium war?
Britania forced China to use opium so China became addicted and useless.
Because of the Opium war, Britania got _______ and ____________.
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Great Britain’s next target after China
India
British got the __________ in India.
Mogul Empire
Mogul Empire
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Anglo-Burmese wars
Burma Ceylon Myanmar Maldives Malaya Singapore Egypt Australia New Zealand
Failed in getting global prestige
Spain
Quiet power of the Pacific
Australia
France in Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Had a very smart king so was spared in the WWII
Thailand
Eastward expansion to Sibera and Muslim Khanates countries of Central Asia and China
Russia
Got Manchuria and built the 5800 miles Trans-Siberian Railways connecting Vladivostok and Moscow
Russia
Complicated trains; bullet trains
Japan
Convinced by Commodore Matthew Perry of USA to reopen frrom 214 years of isolation
Japan
Benchmarking
Japan
She got Formosa or Taiwan and Pescadoras
Japan
Annexed Korea in 1910
Japan
Started colonizing in 1871
Germany
Yap Island of Carolines
Germany
He did not resist the invasion (Germany)
Don Enrique de Capriles
“Carolina Questions”
Jose Rizal; La Publicidad of M. de Morayta in Barcelona
Spain’s sovereignty over Carolines and Palaus
Arbitration
Concessions granted to Germany (Arbitration)
a. Right to trade
b. Right to establish coaling station in Yap for German navy
Third theme
Defeat, Stagnation as World Power
Mistress of the Sea no more
Spain
Vanished siglo de oro or golden age
Spain
First to revolt against Spain
Paraguay
heart of South America
Paraguay
If Paraguay can fight, they also can, even better
Argentina
Second to revolt
Argentina
Followed the rebellion; rich because surrounded by water
Chile
Northern part of South America; also revolted against Spain
Columbia and Ecuador
Left to Portugal
Brazil