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Chapter 25 Section 3&4
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05/01/2012

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Social Darwinism
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an application of Charles Darwin's scientific theories of natural selection and the survival of the fittest to the struggle between nations and races; used in the late 1800s to justify imperialism and racism
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Rhodes, Cecil
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British imperialist and business magnate; he was one of the foremost advocates of expanding the British Empire and was a strong believer in the superiority of the 1CAnglo-Saxon 1D race.
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Suez Canal
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Egyptian waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas; built in 1869 by Franco-Egyptian company; in 1875 Britain bought Egypt's share in the canal
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Berlin Conference
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a meeting at which representatives from European nations agreed upon rules for the European colonization of Africa
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Leopold II
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King of Belgium from 1865 to 1909; he financed an expedition to the Congo and assumed the title of sovereign of the Congo Free State. His armies treated the Congolese brutally and exploited them as workers.
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Shaka
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Founder of the Zulu Empire; he reorganized the army and introduced new fighting tactics. He subdued neighboring peoples, consolidating an empire that encompassed most of southern Africa.
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Menelik II
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Emperor of Ethiopia after 1889; he gained Ethiopian independence from Italy in 1896.
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the white man 19s burden
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European influence in africa
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Boers
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Dutch settlers
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Boers
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Dutch settlers
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New imperialism in africa
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the rapid invasion of Africa by European powers to obtain manufacturing materials during the industrial revolution
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Competition between European nations and discrimination and social Darwinism fueled ____________
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Imperialism
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European Nations in Africa aided
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advances in medicine, weapons ,communication, and transportation
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_________ influenced Britain's interest in Egypt
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Suez Canal
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_____________ mediated European disputes
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Berlin Conference
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Boer War
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Fought over south africa
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____________ controlled Congo with brutal methods.
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Leopold II
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Resistance to imperialism
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Zulu fought the British
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Ethiopians defeated the ________
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Italians
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Manlinke people fought against _____ rule in west Africa
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french
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Maji Maji Rebellion was out down by ______ in east Africa
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Germans
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_____ declares Independence from Spain
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Mexico
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Mexican president _______ is overthrown
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Santa Anna
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Napoleon III overthrows Mexican government, installs archduke _________ as emporer
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Maximilian
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___________ returned to Cuba to join uprising against Spain.
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Jose Marti
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_____ canal built in 1911
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Panama
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Rebels led by _____ in the Mexican Revolution
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Benito Juarez
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in 1917 a new ________________ goes in effect
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Mexican Constitution
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Santa Anna, Antonio López de
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(1794–1876) Mexican general, president, and dictator; he fought in the Texas Revolution and seized the Alamo but was defeated and captured by Sam Houston at San Jacinto.
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Díaz, Porfirio
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(1830–1915) Mexican general and politician; president and dictator of Mexico for 30 years, he sought foreign investment but ruled harshly.
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Zapata, Emiliano
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(1879–1919) Mexican revolutionary; he led the revolt against Porfirio Díaz in the south of Mexico during the Mexican Revolution.
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Villa, Francisco “Pancho”
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(1878–1923) Mexican bandit and revolutionary leader; he led revolts against Carranza and Huerta. He was pursued by the United States but evaded General Pershin
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Carranza, Venustiano
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(1859–1920) Mexican revolutionist and politician; he led forces against Vitoriano Huerta during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).
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Martí, José
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(1853–1895) Cuban writer and independence fighter; he was killed in battle but became a symbol of Cuba’s fight for freedom.
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Spanish-American War
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(1898) war fought between Spain and the United States that began after the sinking of the battleship USS Maine; the United States won the war in four months, gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
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Aguinaldo, Emilio
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(1869–1964) Self-proclaimed president of the new Philippine Republic in 1899; he fought for Filipino independence from the United States.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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(1904) a policy proposed by U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt as an addition, or corollary, to the Monroe Doctrine; it pledged to use U.S. military force to prevent European interference in the internal affairs of Latin American nations while reserving for the United States the right to intervene
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