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53 Cards in this Set
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In general, what happened to the freedom of the West?
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It generally was granted independance.
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Nationalism
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A sense of national belonging, opposed to ownership by a king.
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What was the position of Spain at the end of the 1700's?
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Lots of land and power, especially in Latin America
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What was the position of Spain at the end of the 1800's?
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They were attacked in their homeland by Napoleon, and no longer had much of their colonies.
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Junta
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When Napoleon took over, he put these in place to rule over the conquered lands and their colonies.
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Why did loyalists in Latin America create their own juntas?
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They disliked being owned by France
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What happens with the Venezuelan creoles in the early 1800's?
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Lead a revolt for their own gain. Declare independance. Simon Bolivar.
They were opposed by loyalists, who rallied thousands of slaves as their army. Creoles win. |
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What happened in Buenos Aires in the early 1800's?
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A Junta lead by military commanders feigned loyalty to king until he returned to actual power. When he did, they declared independance, and under Simon Bolivar, they got it.
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Why was it so hard to create stability in Latin America?
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It was created by men with their families an ocean away. And the men who choose to come over were profit-mongers.
Due to the complex social heirarchy, it was much harder to create a unified national identity. |
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Why was it easier to create stability in The United States of America?
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It was inhabited by more families, with a more unified identity due to relative lack of lack of social interaction with natives.
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Early Mexican Revolution
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest, rallies thousands in a fiery speach against the oppression of Mexican Officials. Wealthy side with him, then realize the flaw [he'd go after them, too] and have him executed.
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Late Mexican Revolution
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Jose Maria Morelos takes over the army and leads it to near-sucess. Executed. A handful of other leaders shoulder the movement to its eventual sucess.
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What type of Imperialism did Britain adopt after Port-Imperialism?
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Colonial-Imperialism
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What type of Imperialism did Britain adopt after Colonial-Imperialism?
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New Imperialism
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What is the reasoning behind adopting colonial-imperialism?
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Nationalistic pride, and security. "We have bigger colonies, ha ha"
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What is the reasoning behind adopting New Imperialism
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White man's burden / pride.
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Describe a protectorate.
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A state that is politically free, but under the shadow of a larger state that promises to beat it up if it misbehaves.
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Describe a colony
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No. It's obvious.
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Describe a sphere of influence.
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Foreign nations have special rights in other another country.
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Describe free-trade imperialism
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Outside nations manipulate nations by dominating their economy.
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British Raj
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British Port-Imperialism system that eventually became New Imperialized with the Sepoy Rebellion.
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Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
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The Sepoys, Indian soldiers-for-hire, revolt against the British and lose. Leads to conquering of India by Britain.
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Indian Civil Service
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British Beaurocracy that rules Indian Masses
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What is the greatest cause of Imperialism
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Nationalism
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What happens to France after Napoleon gets the boot?
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It seriously wanes in power.
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Who fought in the Boer Wars?
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British and Afrikaners
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Where was the shift in laborers to and from?
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From India, China, Africa to American/British Colonies
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What are the most important aspects of national identity?
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Language.
Religion. |
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Unification of Italy
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Splintered Italy.
North unites with nationalistic pride. South uses war. Both agree to join together |
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Unification of Germany
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There were 40 un-unified german states. Wanted to unite, but under which of the states, Prussia or Austria? Prussia challenges Austria for the right, crushes them, and takes no territory.
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Who first used industrial land warefare?
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Germany
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Who was Europes most powerful land empire?
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Germany
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Where was Otto Von Bismark from?
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Prussia
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What happened to Britain's poor?
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They became less poor
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Sokoto Caliphate
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Muslim kingdom in Africa who sold slaves to the Middle East
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Egypt 2.0
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Egypt got whipped by France, an industrial army, and decided to industrialize. So it did.
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What happened in Leopold's Congo Basin?
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He wants rubber from trees there. Wants more than they can produce, and wipes out their forests.
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Berlin Confrence
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Splits up Africa among European nations.
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Russia Cycle
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Russia hates Steppe Nomads. If unified, beat them. If not, they lose. Repeat.
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What was the exchange for being owned by Britain?
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More peace, and more food.
Less national resources/money. |
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Who does the US steal the Philippines from?
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Spain
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Ottoman Crisis
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Meca + Medina conquered. Jannisaries threaten anyone who tries to bring about change. Sultan tries to modernize. Jannisaries revolt. Serbia puts them down. But now Sultan has no current army. Allows Serbia de Facto freedom for protection. Artillery unit created in secret. Used to finish off Janissaries. Crimean War.
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Whabbism
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Conservative Islam
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Crimean War
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Russia versus Europe + Ottomans.
Shows how modern war is. |
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Slavophiles
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Slavo - Philes
Slavo= relating to Russia or Slavic Culture Phile= relating to love. Lovers of Slavic/Russian culture. |
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Pan Slavism
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Pan Slavism
Pan = all Slav = relating to slaves Want all slavs on one side militarily. |
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Which revolt caused a fear of reform in Russia?
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Decembrist
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Pogrom
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AntiSemetic Violence
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Early Qing Status
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Lots of export
New Agriculture Lots of silver. Stable population stresses -famine -landlessness -deforestation rebellions pushy europeans no industrialization |
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Opium trade
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Narcotics trades opposed to silver. Banned, but still traded.
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Opium wars
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Industrial tech dominates China. Britain gets low tariffs, china has no navy, more ports, and Hong Kong.
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Taipeng Revolts
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Chinese anti-foreigner rebellion. Christain... somehow. Woman fought for him, too! Blodiest pre-WWI conflict in human history.
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Meiji Restoration
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Japanese restoration. It was an imperialist movement that created a barrier from the west. It created a sphere of influence in China, as well as physically claiming Korea.
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