Chapter 12

Question 1

Texas Revolt

Answer 1

• Santa A. gave up power to lead Mexicans

- Austin led Texans, who lost Alamo battle

Question 2

Santa Anna

Answer 2

President 4x, hated between each

Question 3

Battle of San Jacinto

Answer 3

• Houston captured Santa Anna (he was hated after)

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

Question 4

Santa Anna after

Answer 4

Wanted revenge, resigned again to lead troops

Question 5

Who won the Mexican-American War?

Answer 5

America

Question 6

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Benito Juarez

Answer 7

Reformer in Mexico- 3 Ideas

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

Question 8

Napoleon III

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Juarez Returned

Answer 9

Put La Reforma into action, then died

Question 10

Diaz

Answer 10

A caudillo, ruled until Madero

Question 11

Pancho Villa

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Zapata

Answer 12

South, peasant army leader

Question 13

Madero

Answer 13

wanted to run for president. Elected, but resigned

Question 14

Huerta

Answer 14

Took over after Madero resigned, but overthrown

Question 15

Carranza

Answer 15

• killed Zapata, took over and wanted a new constitution

- Decided against it bc less power, overthrown

Question 16

Obregon

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Peonage

Answer 17

forced labor system in Latin America with vouchers

Question 18

Caudillos

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Sarmiento

Answer 19

a reformer in Latin America

Question 20

What helped Latin America earn more money?

Answer 20

new trade items, like refrigeration, that increased exports

Question 21

Why did Latin America continue to have problems?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 22

Stated that the Western Hemisphere was closed to colonization

Question 23

Spanish-American War

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Roosevelt

Answer 24

• offered Panama 10 mil per year to build canal

- Sent navy into Panama to win independence from Colombia

Question 25

Panama Canal

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Perry

Answer 27

took warships into Japan Harbor and a nice letter from Filmore

Question 28

Treaty of Kanagawa

Answer 28

opened two ports to the us because the threat of gunships

Question 29

What was Mutsuhito's reign called?

Answer 29

Meiji Era, "enlightened"

Question 30

Mutsuhito

Answer 30

- took power back from shoguns | - modernized Japan quickly

Question 31

Hands Off Agreement

Answer 31

no military in Korea (China and Japan)

Question 32

Sino-Japanese War

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What did Japan win from the Sino-Jap war?

Answer 33

Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands

Question 34

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Treaty of Portsmouth

Answer 35

Gave Korea to Japan and power

Question 36

Korea

Answer 36

Protectorate- local leaders ruled by Japan | -Annexed and then went down because assimilation

Question 37

What did the Qing empire get illegally from the British?

Answer 37

Opium, since the Euros had nothing the Chinese wanted. -smuggled

Question 38

Opium War

Answer 38

British crushed Qing

Question 39

Treaty of Nanjing

Answer 39

Great Britain got Hong Kong after Opium War

Question 40

Taiping Rebellion

Answer 40

Peasants took southern China - food shortages - many deaths

Question 41

Open Door Policy

Answer 41

US wanted China to be open to everyone so no one could colonize it - Trade - Euros demanded extraterritorial rights(did not follow Chinese law)

Question 42

Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists

Answer 42

Nickname:Boxers - did not like Europeans changing things or Christians - Beijing: boxers tried to starve the euros out

Question 43

Did the boxers/Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists have help from Chinese government?

Answer 43

Verbal support, but no help

Question 44

World Tour

Answer 44

Chinese were sent to get ideas for their country - they decided on a constitutional monarchy - communists took over before reforms