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Nationalism and Imperialism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Nationalism mean? | love, loyalty, and pride in one’s nation |
| What 3 things promote Nationalism? | common geography and boundaries shared language, religion, and race cooperating to solve problems |
| Who was the war of 1812 between? | Britain and the U.S |
| What did the Battle of Baltimore lead to? | Francis Scott Key writing our national anthem, the “Star Spangled Banner” |
| Who was given credit for sewing the first American flag? | Betsy Ross |
| Who saved a portrait of George Washington? | Dolly Madison |
| What happened in the 1830s? | Many people in the separate states and kingdoms of Italy wanted to form one nation. |
| What did Mazzini do? | argued that the land within Italy's natural boundaries should be one country and urged Italians to think of themselves as one people. |
| What did Garibaldi do? | Helped organize an army for revolution called the Red Shirts and freed Sicily, Naples, and much of Southern Italy. |
| What did Count Camillo de Cavour do? | United much of Northern Italy, Persuaded Garibaldi to set up a kingdom of Italy, 1870- Italy became fully united |
| Who was Otto von Bismarck? | Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Prussia in 1862. |
| What did Otto von Bismarck want? | He wanted to unite the German states under Prussian rule. |
| What was the main goal of the German Confederation? | To keep the German states independent. |
| What happened by 1871? | All German states except Austria had joined with Prussia. |
| What does Kaiser mean? | German word for emperor; Wilhelm I was the first Kaiser of the German Empire. |
| When and Who made Japan trade with the US? | Commodore Matthew Perry of the US made Japan trade with the US in 1853. |
| What was the main goal of Meiji Restoration? | To build national feelings by challenging the west. |
| What does Imperialism mean? | The control of foreign lands by stronger states. |
| What is cash crops? | A crop that is raised to sell to others to be used by others rather than be used at home. |
| How many European nations met in Germany to divide up Africa? | 14. |
| What is Direct Rule? | A type of colonial gov’t in which Europeans chose all gov’t officials. |
| What is Indirect Rule? | A type of colonial gov’t that allowed some participation by local officials. |
| What did the British gain control of? | Suez Canal, India, and Egypt |
| Who was the Opium War between and who won? | China and Britain--British won. |
| Japanese gained control of what? | Chinese Island of Formosa, which is present day Taiwan. |
| What is the open door policy? | A policy whereby all countries have an equal opportunity to trade freely in a certain place. |
| What are the five great lakes? | Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. |