Rebellions & Revolutions
Led by a Chinese Christian convert over 20 million died in this 15 year long civil war.
What was the Taiping Rebellion?
Guang Xu's period of attempted reforms inside of China.
What was the Hundred Days of Reform?
Before the Opium War began this Chinese port was the only one opened to western nations.
Where was Canton?
Series of treaties that placed China in a subordinate position to the western powers for most of the 19th century.
What were the Unequal Treaties?
Foreigners would become exempt from Chinese law as a result of the Nanjing Treaty further eroding sovereignty.
What was extraterritoriality?
This ultranationalist Chinese group persecuted Christian missionaries and laid siege to Beijing for over 60 days.
Who were the Boxers?
As American secretary of state his Open Door Policy sought a leveled playing field for trade among the western powers operating inside China.
Who was John Hay?
Taiwan came under Japanese control following this war with China.
What was the 1st Sino-Japanese War?
China had to pay $333 million to 8 western nations after the Boxer Rebellion was ended.
What was the Boxer Protocol?
Term referring to areas within China controlled by the western powers.
What were called the spheres of influence?
Name for the Nationalist Chinese government created after the 1912 Revolution.
What was the Guomingdang?
Western educated Chinese leader he helped establish a republic.
Who was Sun Yat-Sen?
Japan gained half of Sakhalin Island and Manchuria after defeating the Russian Empire.
What was the Russo-Japanese War?
Under the Nanjing Treaty that ended the Opium War Britain received this small island as a new port.
What was Hong Kong?
Another name for factions during China's Warlord Era.
What were cliques?
Another name for the famous revolution that led to the westernization and modernization of Japanese society.
What was the Meji Restoration?
His fleet of Black Ships forced the Japanese shogunate to open to the US.
Who was Commodore Perry?
The Russian fleet was destroyed in a surprise attack by the Japanese.
Where was Port Arthur?
Treaty that recognized Japan's dominance in Asia and successfully negotiated by President Theodore Roosevelt.
What was the Portsmouth Treaty?
This term described the period of Japan's limited contact with the outside world before the 1850s.
What was isolationism?
During the 1870s this rebellion occurred on the southern most island opposed to the reforms of the Meji Restoration.
What was the Satsuma Rebellion?
He negotiated the Kanagawa Treaty and opened the first American consulate office.
Who was Townsend Harris?
Western power that initiated the Opium War against China's Qing Dynasty.
What was the British Empire?
1858 treaty with Japan that agreed to return shipwreck sailors and gained concessions for western powers.
What was the Kanagawa Treaty?
Prolong periods of crop failures resulting in hunger among the Chinese people.
What were famines?