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| ______________ could attack even inland targets, repeating rifles, exploding shells |
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| Steam powered machine gun boats |
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| British East India Company |
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| Controlled trade between Britain, India, and East India. |
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| ________________ introduced new education systems and the English language to India |
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| Indian soldiers who fought the British army |
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| the time that Brittian Ruled over India |
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| a solider had to bite off a the case of the cartridge to load weapons this offended |
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| Muslims and hinds because of the beef and pork grease |
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| _____ most significant source of cotton for Brittian |
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| British closed Indian factories to promote ____________________ |
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| comity that made requests the the British government |
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| sought to protect interest of Muslim Indians |
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| trade treaties that China signed under pressure of invasion; gave Western powers trade benefits |
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| the right of citizens to be tried in the courts of their native country rather than in the courts of the country that they are living in |
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| 1850–1864) revolt against the Qing dynasty in China led by Hong Xiuquan, a convert to Christianity; over 20 million Chinese died; eventually suppressed with British and French aid |
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| (1900) a siege of a foreign settlement in Beijing by Chinese nationalists who were angry at foreign involvement in China |
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| (1866–1925) Chinese statesman and revolutionary leader; he believed that China should be a democracy but that it first needed to replace the Qing dynasty with a ruling nationalist party. He founded the Revolutionary Alliance in 1905. |
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| 1854) trade treaty between Japan and the United States opening up two Japanese ports to U.S. trade; signed in response to a show of force by U.S. admiral Matthew Perry |
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| (1852–1912) Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912; he restored imperial rule to Japan and, with the help of samurais, pushed for many reforms in Japan. |
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| (1894) war fought between China and Japan for influence over Korea; Japan's victory symbolized its successful modernization |
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| war between brittin an china over the destruction of illegal brithish sumgled opium |
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| Opened up 5 more ports to foreign trade gave brittish extraterritoriality rights (tried in Britain) |
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| believed that he was the brother of Jesus wanted to create a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace where no one would be poor |
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| self-strengthening movement |
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| pushed to build coal mines, factories, and railroads. They encouraged the government to make modern weapons and ships. They tried to introduce Western knowledge and languages to China. |
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| China went to war with Japan over _______ |
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| Japanese soundly defeated _____ for korea |
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This policy would allow the United States to continue its trade in China. Although the European nations never formally agreed to the Open Door Policy, they did allow free trade in their ports.
proposed by john hay |
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liminated the system of examinations for officials and tried to establish primary and secondary schools.
created elected provincial assemblies, which began to meet in 1909
officials took steps to create a new national army. |
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Qing wanted Yuan Shikai to quash the rebellion. Instead of crushing the rebels, though, Yuan negotiated peace with them. At the peace talks, Yuan convinced the Chinese emperor to abdicate
first president of the new Republic of China. |
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| the emperor’s return to power |
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| period of his reign from 1868 to 1912 |
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| The _________ emperor believed that the best way to preserve and build Japan’s strength was to modernize and reform |
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required all children to attend school and allowed some students to study abroad.
military officials adapted practices of the U.S. and European armed forces to strengthen their own military.
government financed the construction of the infrastructure necessary for a modern industrial economy
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| two-year journey Mission, in which they traveled to the United States and Europe to learn about Western society, military practices, and economics. The officials were to determine which aspects of Western life would help Japan modernize efficiently. |
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| The treaty gave Japan control over Russian railway lines in southern Manchuria and transferred Russian leases on two Manchurian ports to Japan. The treaty also recognized Korea as under Japanese influence |
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| gave the French control of most of the territory in southern Vietnam. |
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| Siam served as a buffer between British-controlled Burma and French Indochina |
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