History I
Comes from the belief that in a struggle between countries, the fit are victorious
Social Darwinism
British explorer who made detailed maps of central Africa and tried to find a river that ran to the ocean
David Livingstone
Indian soldiers hired by the British East India Company to protect their interests
Sepoys
Led the Cuban revolt against Spain
Jose Marti
The U.S. helped this Central American country gain its independence from Columbia
Panama
Belief that Europeans thought they had the responsibility to civilize primitive people
White Man's Burden
The type of control that happens when local rulers fought back & were replaced with imperial officials
Direct Rule
Founded diamond and gold mining companies in South Africa and also wanted to build a railroad
Cecil Rhodes
Policy that said the U.S. would pay all Latin American debts to European powers
Roosevelt Corollary
The revolt by Indian soldiers against the British soldiers
Sepoy Mutiny
The Boers' journey inland away from British controlled coastal cities
Great Trek
Filipino revolutionary leader that fought the Spanish and the U.S.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Built to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
Policy that said the U.S. would start investing money in Latin American countries
Dollar Diplomacy
This British colony was known as the 'Jewel in the Crown' by Queen Vicotria
India
Built to connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
U.S. Naval officer that defeated the Spanish fleet at the Philippines
George Dewey
Chinese Rebellion against Christian missionaries and Chinese Christian Converts that was eventually put down by western armies
Boxer Rebellion
Leader of the Zulu
Shaka
The Boer War in South Africa featured the British fighting what other European country for control of South Africa
Boer War
American reporter from the New York Herald who went to find a British explorer in Africa
Henry Stanley
The type of control when local rulers were allowed to keep their authority & status
Indirect Rule
Author of the Open Door Policy
John Hay
Areas in China where European powers had exclusive trading rights
Spheres of Influence
When Britain turned down the opportunity to colonize central Africa, which was filled with diamond mines, what country did Henry Stanley turn to?
Belgium