Section 1
What is the name of the violent uprising in China that was made up of a group of people that wanted to rebel against the Japanese and Western influence in China?
The Boxer Rebellion
What country did Japan annex? The Japanese were harsh rulers when they occupied this country.
Korea
Mexico established political independence, but this means nothing if the people living there cannot escape what cycle?
Poverty
What is the name of the rebellion in Texas that Stephen Austin led?
The Texas Revolt
What did the large amount of manufacturing and mining jobs in China provide the people there with?
Jobs
What is the name of the U.S. Commodore that sailed a fleet of ships to Japan to demand that the Japanese open their trading ports with the U.S?
Matthew Perry
What is debt piling up from one generation to the next called?
The Peonage System
Who were the Anglos?
English colonists that moved to Texas for cheap land.
Powerful caudillo and a leader in Mexican politics. He served as Mexico’s president four times. He was wealthy and often put himself before the people in his country.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
What nation refused to stop trading opium with the Chinese? Opium was causing problems for China and this would soon lead to the Opium War.
Great Britain (The British)
What is the name of the first agreement that was signed between the U.S. and Japan? It demanded that the Japanese open their trading ports to the U.S
The Treaty of Kanagawa
Why was Cuba’s independence so important to the U.S.?
The U.S. had businesses there.
The Anglo population in Texas grew. Tensions began to develop between them and Mexico. What two things did tension begin to develop over?
Slavery and religion
Powerful caudillo that forcefully took control of Mexico in 1876. People protested his rule and began to create political parties that opposed him.
Porfirio Diaz
What agreement came after the Opium War? This gave the British Hong Kong as a result.
The Treaty of Nanjing
What is the name of the agreement that was signed off the coast of the U.S. and it gave Japan the captured territories from the Russo-Japanese War? It also forced Russia to withdraw from Manchuria and stay out of Korea.
The Treaty of Portsmouth
What is a caudillo?
Military dictator
He began a liberal reform movement “La Reforma.” People admired him for his hard work, honesty, and judgement.
Benito Juarez
Who was the Opium War between?
The British and Chinese
The U.S. and Latin America feared that European countries would try and reconquer them. What document served as a warning to the European powers to not interfere with events in the Western Hemisphere?
The Monroe Doctrine
This is an extension of the Monroe Doctrine. It stated that the U.S. would interfere as a last resort to preserve order and protect the life/property in the U.S. and Latin America.
The Roosevelt Corollary
What occurred during Porfirio Diaz’ presidency in Mexico?
-He established a bank.
-He stopped elections.
-He terrorized the people that did not support him.