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Second-Wave Expansionism/Imperialism/Colonialism and Revolution in China

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Rudyard Kipling The White Man's Burden (poem 1899)civilize and convert them.
Scientific Racism research which promotes a racist ideology while forgoing scientific objectivity. Often scientific examinations of race or ethnicity can spark debate over whether they are works of science, or racist dogma
Social Darwinism people are subject to the Darwinian laws of natural selection. late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform
Cecil Rhodes founder of the diamond company,founder of the state of Rhodesia
Crimean War A war (1853–56) in which an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, and Turkey defeated Russia
Russo-Japanese War Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria
Opium War 1839-1841 1856-1860 the climax of a trade dispute between China (Qing Dynasty) and the British Empire. British smuggling of opium from British India into China in defiance of China's drug laws erupted into open warfare between Britain and China
Treaty of Nanking The treaty that concluded the Opium War. It awarded Britain a large compensation from the Qing Empire and ceded the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
Open Door Policy the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries
Commodore Matthew Perry United States naval officer negotiated with Japanese officials to achieve opening the doors of trade with Japan.
Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), conflict between Japan and China that marked the emergence of Japan as a major world power. for supremacy in Korea. forced Korea to open itself to foreign trade
Boxer Rebellion An anti-foreigner uprising in Qing China 1899-1901. ordinary villagers who reacted violently against the increasing influence of foreign Christian missionaries and diplomats
East India Trading Co. initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China
Sepoy Mutiny discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges
Qing Dynasty the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
Chiang Kai-Shek Chinese statesman and general; pres of China 1928–31, 1943–49 and of Taiwan 1950–75. tried to unite China by military means in the 30s but was defeated by Communists. Forced to abandon mainland China in 1949, he set up Nationalist Chinese State in Taiwan
Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) bourgeois. began a war against the Communist Party. fought for control of china
Communist Party of China (CPC) leader: Mao Zedong.After a lengthy civil war, the party defeated its primary rival, the Kuomintang (KMT), and expanded into all of mainland China by 1949.[7] The Kuomintang retreated to the island of Taiwan, which it still retains to this day.
Long March military retreat undertaken by the Red Army(Communist Party)the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army(unified military organization of all land,sea,strategic missile and air forces of the People'sRepublicofChina)to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang
Cultural Revolution socio-political movement in the People's Republic of China 1966-76. into motion by Mao Zedong its goal was to enforce socialism in the country by removing capitalist, traditional, cultural elements from Chinese society, and to impose Maoist orthodoxy
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