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WHAP VOCAB 7.1:
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bolsheviks | An organization representing the revolutionary working class of Russia (under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin and he was a communist). |
| Communist | That workers eventually should own the means of production and that collective ownership would lead to collective prosperity and a just society. |
| Russo-Japanese War | Both Russia and Japan wanted to expand their power into Korea and Manchuria (Japan won). |
| Sun Yet-Sen | The leader of a republic revolution that overthrew Qing power. |
| Chinese Republic | A sovereign state build to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. |
| Three People's Principles | A book (by. Sun Yet-Sen) to elaborate on continuing Confusion principles such as: Democracy, Nationalism, and Livelihood. |
| Young Turks | A group of reformers emerged when the Ottoman's prosperity started to decline; they advocated for constitution like those of Europeans states. They also advocated for Turkification. |
| Porfirio Diaz | A president who oversaw a period of stability and some economic progress. |
| Francisco Madero | An opposition candidate who ran for president against Porfirio Diaz which led to his arrest. After his escape he set up revolutionary offices in El Paso, commander of Francisco "Pancho" Villa. |
| Mexican Revolution | Because of the arrest of Francisco Madero, the growing opposition to Diaz's strong-armed policies, accommodation to foreign powers, and opposition to land reform. |
| Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Francisco Madero troops: they defeated Mexican troops sending Diaz into exile. |
| Emiliano Zapata | A revolutionary leader who began the actual process of redistributing land to impoverished peasants. |
| Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) | Formed in 1929; widely criticized as corrupt, the PRI dominated Mexican politics. Until 2000, all presidents were PRI members. |