chapter 28 Flashcards
(36 cards)
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