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17 Cards in this Set
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Effects of Perry
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Launched trade between Japan and West and made Japan aware of the power of the western industrial nations
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Help shipwrecked american sailors and opened 2 Japanese ports to trade
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Matthew Perry
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Presented Japanese officials with letter from Pres. Fillmore. Then returned with 7 warships
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Alaska
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7.2 million dollars and William Seward
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Why was Alaska good?
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The lowlands of southern alaska are well suited to farming. Land is rich with timber and copper and other natural resources. Gold in 1890. Today an important source of potrdeum and natural gas
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white mans burden
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British writer Rudyard Kipling. Many Europeans believed that they has the duty to spread their religion and culture to people whom they considered to be less civilized
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competition
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when a European country colonized an area, it often closed the area's markets to other countries
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Why did people expand outside of U.S boarders?
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People in crowded eastern cities had no new land to settle because the western frontier was gone
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Who was interested in Samoa and why?
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Germany, Great Britain, and US. It had a fine harbor that could serve as a naval base and commercial port
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1889 peaceful settelment on Samoa
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US and Germany divided the island and Britain recieved territories elsewhere in Pacific
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Was was the missionaries goal?
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to convert Hawaiiens to chirstianity. Also wrote their frist consitution.
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what were planters?
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wanted cheap labor. Brought thousands of workers from China, Korea, Phillippines, and Japan
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revolt?
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Liliuokalani take throne and depends hawaiien independence. 1893 planters rebel
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outcome of revolt?
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planters quickly set up a republic and asked the US to annex Hawaii
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sphere of influence who?
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Britain, France ,Germany, Russia, Japan, and US
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boxer rebellion
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attacked foreigners all over China. Killed more than 200 people. Trapped them in Beijing. foreign governments went in and freed them.
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outcome? or boxer rebellion
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John hay sent another letter. Britain, France, Russia, Japan scared any attempt to divided China
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