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a conflict between Britian and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britian's opium trade in China
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Opium War
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the peace treaty that ended the Opium War, and gave Britian the island of Hong Kong; the U.S. and other foreign countries also gained extraterritorial rights in China
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Treaty of Nanjing
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an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a country
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extraterritorial rights
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a mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing dynsaty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan
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Taiping Rebellion
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a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities
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sphere of influence
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a policy, proposed by the United States in 1899, in which all nations would have equal opprotunities to trade in China
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Open Door Policy
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a 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country
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Boxer Rebellion
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an 1854 agreement between the United States and Japan, which opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships and allowed the United States to set up an embassy in Japan
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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the period of Japanese history from 1867 to 1912, which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito
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Meiji Era
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conflict in 1894-1895 in which Japan drove Chinese forces out of Korea, destroyed the Chinese navy and began taking over Manchuria; in the peace treaty, Japan was given Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands
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Sino-Japanese War
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a 1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea; Japan won the brutal land battles and captured most of Russia's Pacific fleet; it also destroyed Russia's Baltic fleet; in the Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan retained all captured territories, and forced Russia to withdraw from Manchuria and to stay out of Korea
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Russo-Japanese War
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the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit
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annexation
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a military dictator of a Latin American country
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caudillo
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a U.S. policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America, announced by President James Monroe in 1823
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Monroe Doctrine
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an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the United States supported the Cubans' fight for independence from Spain; in the peace treaty Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines became U.S. territories
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Spanish-American War
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a human-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, built in Panama by the United States and opened in 1914
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Panama Canal
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President Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine in which he declared that the United States had the right to exercise "police power" throughout the Western Hemisphere
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Roosevelt Corollary
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led the fight for Mexican independence from Spain in 1821 and again in 1829 when Spain tried to re-conquer Mexico; between 1833 and 1855 he was president of Mexico four times; he fought against the rebellion of Texas to become independent from Mexico, but was defeated in 1836; he led the armies of Mexico against the U.S. in the Mexican War (1846-1848) but was defeated
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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the United States received the northern third of what was the Mexico, including California and the American southwest at the end of the Mexican War
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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led a liberal reform movement in Mexico to redistribute land, seperate church and state, and increase educational opportunities; he was elected president in 1858, and again in 1867 after the defeat of the French occupation of Mexico from 1862 to 1867
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Benito Juarez
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the liberal reform movement in 19th-century Mexico, led by Benito Juarez
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La Reforma
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the dictator of Mexico from 1876 to 1911; he offered land and political favors to those who supported him, but terrorized, beat, or jailed those who didn't; railroads expanded, banks were built, the currency stabilized and foreign investments grew under his reign
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Porfirio Diaz
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he was jailed and later exiled to the U.S. for calling for a revolution against Porfirio Diaz; he was elected president of Mexico in 1911 after Diaz resigned, but was murdered
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Francisco Madero
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led revolutionary armies against Porfirio Diaz, that led to his withdrawal from power in Mexico in 1911
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa and Emiliano Zapata
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