Roaring for Wars
1898; Involved fighting for Cuban Independence, a ship exploding, and a letter eventually causing one country to get involved. A eventual president earns his fame here.
what is the Spanish-American War?
1857 --- Involved Animal Fats and Gun Cartridges. Offended Many soldiers who served under Britain
What is the Sepoy Rebellion ?
What is the Industrial Revolution
the Belgian king who opened up the African interior to European trade along the Congo River and by 1884 controlled the area known as the Congo Free State.
Who is King Leopold II ?
The Mining Company that was started by Cecil Rhodes. End up controlling over 90% of Diamond Reserves in Africa
What was the De Beers Mining Company
Lasting from 1899 to 1902, Dutch colonists and the British competed for control of territory in South Africa.
What are the Boer Wars ?
Rituals that were made by the Northern Paiute Indians to rebel against the rise of Manifest Destiny.
What are Ghost Dances?
What is Social Darwinism?
The last Inca emperor; in the 1780s, a Native American rebellion against Spanish control of Peru took place in his name.
Who is Tupac Amaru II ?
Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.
What is the Dutch East India Company ?
Started by Jose Rizal
1899 - 1902. Villages were destroyed, civilians were murdered, and prisoners were tortured. The war ended when Emilio Aguinaldo surrendered in 1902.
What is the Philippine-American War ?
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a mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan
What is Spain ?
queen of the Asantes that led the fight against the British in the last Asante war, took power after the king was exiled
Who is Yaa Asantewaa ?
A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.
What is the British East India Company ?
1894 - 1895, A war where an archipelago gets a slice of mainland territory in southeast Asia. It begins momentum for industrialization for this nation.
What is the Sino-Japanese War?
1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops.
What is the Boxer Rebellion
This piece, by Rudyard Kipling in 1899, urges the whites of Western Countries to establish colonies for the good of the "inferior People" (whether he really supported this idea or not, we don't know)
What is "The White Man's Burden" ?
leader of Malinke peoples in West Africa who formed an army that fought againstthe French for 15 years and proclaimed himself king of Guinea
Who is Samory Toure ?
The Writer O.Henry coined this term to describe small central american countries owned by the economic power of foreign-based companies. (You sing this song to spell it . . . you know who you are)
What are Banana Republics ?
1846 --- A failed treaty, and Indigenous peoples in New Zealand finally pushing back toward an imperialist nation.
What are the Maori Wars?
Pivotal movement that broke the ushered in a new era of colonial expansion and domination of South Africa by the British. Thought it would bring back ancient chiefs and ancestors
What was the Xhosa Cattle Killing Movement ?
The Former name of Taiwan that gets seized by Japan after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 ?
What is Formosa ?
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Born in 1853, played a major political and economic role in colonial South Africa. He was a financier, statesman, and empire builder with a philosophy of mystical imperialism.
The famous family that overthrows the Queen of Hawaii. Wasn't exactly a sweet deal . . . even though most of you eat it to this day!