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Britain began to sell opium to China in order to do what? |
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make money; equal balance of trade |
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During the Meiji era, the Japanese adopted the American system of what? |
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The self-strengthening movement initiated in China in the mid 1860s failed, largely because of what? |
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they weren't industrialized. |
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In the mid-1800s, the US entered a conflict with MExico due to the US actions regarding what? |
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Which country occupied and ruled Korea in the early 1900s? |
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Which of the following foreign powers persuaded the Japanese government to allow trade with the west? |
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What product did Britain sell to China to establish a favorable balance of trade? |
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With what country did exiled Mexican conservatives join forces in order to overthrow the government and Benito Juarez? |
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As part of an effort to receive the right to construct a canal across Panama, the US aided Panama's fight for independence from what country? |
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Japan's Meiji era is known as a period of what? |
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The main reason of the Boxer Rebellion was to do what? |
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The Sino-Japanese War was fought over control of what? |
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What were the results of the Opium War? |
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The Open Door Policy by the US was meant to do what? |
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protect is trade interests in China |
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The Mexican Revolution was fought to gain Mexico's freedom from... |
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What was the result of the Spanish-American War? |
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Cuba was given semi-freedom. US got Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. |
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Who benefited the most from the granting of extraterritorial right in the 19th-century China? |
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Japan was involved in wars with whom? |
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The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was to discourage European nations from attempting to establish colonies in... |
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What popular leader raised a powerful army to fight in the Mexican Revolution and had the battle cry "Land and Liberty?" |
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Who attempted to run for Mexican presidency but was forced into exile? |
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In the 1840s and 1850s, who worked for acceptance of La Reforma? |
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What caudillo came into power in Mexico in the mid-1870s and ruled until he was forced from office in 1911 by the Mexican Revolution? |
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What former cowboy was immensely popular in northern Mexico for his reputation of being a Robin Hood? He murdered sixteen Americans. |
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Who led Mexico's fight for independence from Spain and to hold on to Texas? |
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
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In what year did Japan annex Korea? |
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China was forced out of Korea as a result of what war? |
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What country did Japan model its government after during the Meiji era? |
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What two nations signed the Treaty of Kanagawa |
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This armed protest was a violent reaction to foreign influence in China? It was defeated by multinational force in August of 1900. |
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This protest was finally crushed by Qing, British, and French forces. An estimated 20 million people died during the rebellion. |
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What clash between the British and Chinese resulted in the Treaty of Nanjing? |
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What leader desired to establish a "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace?" |
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She ruled China almost continuously between 1862 and 1908. |
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This was declared by the US in an effort to protect American trading rights in China. |
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What island did the Treaty of Nanjing give to the British? |
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These were regions of China in which Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia dominated trade investments. |
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This provided American and other foreigners with privileges and exempted them from Chinese law at several Chinese ports. |
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