US and French Revolutions
The one Latin American country to have a peaceful revolution.
Brazil under Pedro II
A meeting of European countries in Germany to decide the fate of Africa.
The Berlin Conference
Wars between Great Britain and China over Brittans right to sell illegal drugs in Chinese ports.
The Opium Wars
The leader of the first Mexican Revolution
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Belgium king. Oversaw the invasion of Congo in central Africa and owned the colony personally to exploit it economically. Workers harvesting ivory and rubber were often beaten or killed if they did not meet quotas. In 1908 Belgium took over and conditions improved.
King Leopold II
One of the largest rebellions in history. It was started by Hong Xiuquan who wanted to destroy the Qing and create a new heaven on earth.
The Taiping Rebellion
Within this time period Japan FULLY Industrialized.
1850-1900
After the death of Robespierre and the dissolving of the National Convention, France quickly reorganized itself again, creating this lame five man government...
The Directory
Who led the Haitian Revolution against the French?
Toussaint L’Ouverture
A conflict between British and Afrikaners in South Africa from 1880-1881, 1899-1902. British army drove Afrikaners and Africans from their lands and into concentration camps where many died of starvation.
Boer Wars
A modernization effort in China that ended up being blocked by The Dowager Empress Cixi and ended in failure. Started with the writings of Kang Youwei.
The Hundred Days of Reform
Invention that used waterpower to drive a spinning wheel, invented in 1769 by Richard Arkwright, leads to the factory system.
The Water Frame
The first country to make socialist laws protecting factory workers and children.
Germany
Name the TWO leaders of the South American Creole Revolutions
San Juan Martin, Simon Bolivar
The two terms that were used as superiority ideologies during the time period 1750-1900. They held that Europeans were on a civilizing mission to help the underdeveloped races.
Social Darwinism and White Man's Burden.
This country in Southeast Asia was never colonized and was left as a buffer state between the British and French.
Siam or Thailand
Steel Production was made easier due to the introduction of this Process in 1856.
Bessemer Process
Ottoman reforms pushed by the Young Turks. They focused on giving more rights to Ottoman citizens, especially non-Muslim citizens.
The Tanzimat Reforms
Name FOUR Enlightenment Thinkers who inspired the American and French Revolutions.
John Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Denis Diderot
Rousseau
Hobbes
Kant
Mary Wollstonecraft
Adam Smith
Rene Descartes
Name the FOUR social classes of French Colonial Haiti from the top down.
Grand Blancs, Petite Blancs, Mulattos, African Slaves
During the Scramble for Africa, only these TWO African nations remained independent of European rule...
Ethiopia and Liberia
Name THREE countries colonized by the Europeans in Asia AND their colonizers.
India - Britain
Vietnam - France
Banda Islands - The Dutch
China - Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan
Name three inverters AND their inventions during the period 1750 -1900.
Thomas Edison
James Watt
Richard Arkwright
Samuel Morse
Nicola Tesla
Alexander Graham Bell
Name THREE Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution.
Creation of the Bourgeoisie.
Rise in Alcoholism or Suicide.
Women's Rights Movements.
Labor Unions.
Socialist and Communist Movements.
Name ONE of the racist immigration policies of the period 1750-1900.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Immigration Act
Influx of Chinese Restriction Act
White Australia Policy