During the Boxer Rebellion (or Boxer uprising), what was the name of a secret Chinese organization that led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there?
What is the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
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What is another word for yellow journalism?
What is sensationalism.
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What was the incident that occurred in California?
What is an earthquake registered 8.25 on the Richter scale followed by many fires the quake ignited which caused the world's worst natural disaster in the nation's history.
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American settlers in Hawaii quickly discovered that the climate and soil of the islands were suitable for growing what?
What is sugar cane.
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Why did war break out between Japan and Russia?
What is Russia was spying on Port Arthur in Manchuria, China and Japan felt threatened causing them to declare war in 1904.
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Why were the rebels referred to as "Boxer's" by the Westerners?
What is they performed physical exercises they believed would make them able to withstand bullets, kill others and destroy foreign property.
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True or False: Yellow Journalism presents little or no legitimate well-searched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.
What is True.
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What was a change the school board had made involving the students that made Japan furious ?
What is the school board ordered the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students to be segregated to a special school to make room for whites.
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Once President Grover Cleveland, an opponent of annexation, was replaced by William McKinley, when was Hawaii annexed by the United States?
What is July 1898.
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Fill in the blank: By 1904, Russia and Japan had endured several years of disputes over control of ______.
What is Manchuria.
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How did the Boxer Rebellion formally end?
What is the signing of the Boxer Protocol on September 7, 1901 between the Qing Empire and the Eight-Nation Alliance.
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Which event started the outbreak of Yellow Journalism?
What is the sinking of the USS Maine.
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Due to Japan being sensitive towards race and discrimination issues, what were they planning to do after finding out the school board's decision?
What is going to war with California.
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Who was the Hawaiian monarchy overthrown by?
Who is a group of planters supported by United States Marines.
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What are three locations where the war took place ?
What is the Yellow Sea, Manchuria, Korean Peninsula.
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What did the international force of 20,000 troops from eight nations hope to do when arriving in Beijing on August 14?
What is rescue the foreigners and Chinese Christians.
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He was a millionaire and the owner of the New York Journal. His introduction of features such as large headlines and sensational crime reporting revolutionized U.S. journalism.
Who is William Hearst.
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What informal document reduced tension between Japan and California by stopping a war from breaking out?
What is Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907.
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What resulted in the annexation of Hawaii?
What is extending U.S. territory into the Pacific and economic integration.
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What treaty terminated this war and caused Teddy Roosevelt to win the Nobel Piece Prize in 1906 for his part in this treaty?
What is Treaty of Portsmouth.
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What happened when the "Boxers" spread to the Beijing area?
What is killing Chinese Christians, Christian missionaries and destroying churches, railroad stations and other property.
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What was the name of a lead comic strip character that ran from 1895 to 1898 in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, and later William Hearst's New York Journal, who was always drawn wearing an oversized yellow t-shirt?
What is the yellow kid.
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What were two provisions of the "Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907?"
What is California agreeing not to ban Japanese students from public schools and Japan agreeing to stop the flow of laborers into the United States.
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Why did the US want to annex Hawaii?
What is it made a great naval base, had lots of natural resources, trading costs go down, don't have to pay taxes on goods, wanted to expand power and influence.
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Who won the Russo-Japanese War?
What is the Japanese Empire defeated the Russian empire due to superior naval strength and tactics. It was more of a negotiated peace rather than a crushing victory but improved Japan's status.