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24 Cards in this Set
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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American Naval commander sent by President Fillmore to open up trade with Japan.
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William Seward
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Secretary of State who bought Alaska for 2 cents an acre
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President Millard Fillmore
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President form 1850-1853
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Queen of Hawaii. Wanted to keep Hawaii but Americans overtake Hawaii.
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Japan
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Island nation with mountains with earthquakes and volcanoes.
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Alaska
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Russian Territory purchased by William Seward.
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Hawaii
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Wealthy American Plantation owners overthrow the Queen in 1893 with the help of U.S. marines. U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898.
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China
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Features: Huang He River, Yangzi River, Gobi Desert ,Himalaya Mountains isolate China from the West, Pacific Ocean - Effects of this Terrain: Great Wall of China contributes to isolation until the Silk Roads increase trade - Explorations of Zheng He
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Russia
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Features: Irregular Coastlines, lack of political boundaries, harsh winters
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Samoa
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Island divided up between America and another country
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Isolation
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Foreign policy of having little or nothing to do with other nations
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Imperialism
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policy of when a powerful, stronger nation seeks to take control of the economic and political affairs of weaker nations or a region. Often leads to colonies.
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Sphere of Influence
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A territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation.
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Treaty opened 2 ports in Japan for Americans to trade with.
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"Boxers"
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"The Righteous Order of Harmonious Fists"--led a failed Chinese rebellion against foreign domination in 1900
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Open Door Policy
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Policy proposed by U.S. to allow any nation (Europe, Japan, U.S.) to be allowed to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China.
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"Seward's Folly"
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When Secretary of State William Seward bought Alaska for the Russians, they called it "Sewards Folley"
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"White Man's Burden"
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Poem by Rudyard Kipling. Talks about how white men are superior and should spread Democracy and Christianity to other people.
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Arrival of Perry in Japan
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1853. Asked Japanese to open ports to America.
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Signing Treaty of Kanagawa
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A treaty signed in Japan at Kanagawaon on March 31, 1854, by Japan and the United States to allow U.S. ships into the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda
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Boxer Rebellion
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A rebellion by the people of China to end foreign domination
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American Purchase of Alaska
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1867, purchased by Secretary of State William Seward.
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Overthrow of Queen of Hawaii
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Overthrown in 1893 by Americans.
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Annexation of Hawaii
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Annexed in 1898
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