Today we’ll be taking a look at the topic of imperialism – the policy by which a country’s power and influence is extended through colonization, use of military force or any other means. What do you know about imperialism in areas like Japan, China, Latin America and Mexico?
The Boxer Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion
The Guangxu reforms
The self-strengthening movement
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A military draft
Separation of local and central governments
Universal public education
The development of naval and land-based military operations
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To open trade in China to all nations
To annex Texas to the United States
To establish the right of the United States to control the spice trade
To discourage European nations from establishing colonies in Latin America
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Spain lost control of Cuba.
Panama gained its independence.
Cuba broke free of U.S. influence.
The Snowy Range fell to Spanish guerillas.
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For instituting La Reforma while he was president of Mexico
For defeating Texans at the siege of the Alamo
For luring Emiliano Zapata into a trap and killing him
For using strong-arm methods that kept him in power for 25 years
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Both were in Japan.
Both were in Africa.
Both were in China.
Both were in America.
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Japan closed its ports to all Western traders and sank deeper into isolationism.
Japan declared war on Russia, China, and America to gain Korea as a buffer zone.
Japan tried to build its own modern navy before Perry's return.
Japan and the United States signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, allowing trade and diplomatic relations including an embassy.
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It aided Panama's fight for independence from Colombia.
It fought the Spanish-American War, defeated Spain, and gained Panama as a result.
It bought the isthmus of Panama from Colombia.
It invaded Mexico and forced the Mexican president to give up Panama.
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The United States established military bases in Mexico.
The United States became an imperial power in Latin America and the Pacific.
The United States built a trans-continental railroad through the southwest.
The United States allowed non-citizens to vote.
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He lost the battle of the Alamo and later served as Mexican ambassador to the United States.
After serving as president, he won a war against the United States and then became a permanent judge in the American Supreme Court.
He helped win independence from Spain, and served as Mexico's president, but lost much territory to the United States following the Mexican-American War.
After winning the war against Texans at the Alamo, he invaded the American South to start a slave rebellion with John Brown.
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They both made more direct voyages possible.
They were both in Africa.
They were both constructed by the same government.
Both were exactly the same length.
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The United States
Germany
Britain
Korea
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1368 to 1396
1533 to 1559
1774 to 1791
1867 to 1912
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A highly addictive narcotic drug
A form of government
A replacement for gunpowder
A Mexican dance brought in from Western culture
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France and Great Britain
China and India
Great Britain and China
France and China
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Peasants
9th graders
Bourgeoisie
Aristocrats
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Extinction of kudzu
Rapid increase in crop yields
A new religion forms
Government regulations
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Jesus Christ
Julius Caesar
Muhammad
Alexander the Great
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Peru and Western Russia
Middle Earth
Korea and parts of China
Virginia
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Caudillos
Kaisers
Russian Czars
Conquistadors
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Opium
Tourism
Urban religious leaders
Cash crop agricultural exports
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Mexico
America
The Shire
Canada
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Peninsulares
“Anglos”
Khajiits
Cubans
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California, Arizona, and New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
The Confederate States of America
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Benito Juárez
John Smith
Rasputin
Adolin Kholin
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Mexican
Morgan
American
French
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Manifest Destiny
Expansive Enterprise
Roosevelt Corollary
Navy
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African
European
Canadian
American
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Southerners fed up with the Confederate government
Peaceniks from California
Austrian Archduke Maximilian and two thousand fancy French soldiers
Anabaptists
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Mexico
Texas
Florida
Germany
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Open Door Policy
Russo-Japanese War
Sphere of influence
Treaty of Kanagawa
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Open Door Policy
Russo-Japanese War
Sphere of influence
Treaty of Kanagawa
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Open Door Policy
Russo-Japanese War
Sphere of influence
Treaty of Kanagawa
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Open Door Policy
Russo-Japanese War
Sphere of influence
Boxer Rebellion
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José Martí
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Benito Juárez
Sancho Panza
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