"turn of the century" history chapter 18
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-  India under Great Britain
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oThought they were superior
oRule wasn’t fair - Meiji-
- oIndustrializing, modernizing and threatening
- oMeiji Empire
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Japan
Samurai overthrew the shogunate and replaced it for the emperor
Started to industrialize and modernize, restoration
Needed more natural resources to modernize so they decided to invade China - oDiet-
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Parliament
2 house assembly
•One for people who were elected
oLimited power
•Group of leaders like emperor had the real power - China’s last dynasty-
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oPu-ye’s emperor
oManchu dynasty, Ching Dynasty
oEnded with Sun yat-sen - Spanish-American War-
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oWar over who controlled the Philippines
oU.S won
oFilipinos helped
oEmilio Aguinaldo led fight for independence (didn’t work) - oTreaty of Paris results
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For the Spanish-American War
Gave up Cuba for independence, and we got Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam, - oCuban independence-
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From Spanish American war
Started when Maine, battleship exploded
U.S won, got Cuba independent - oPanama Canal-
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U.S wanted to build this for faster route
Revolt in Panama for Columbia
Panama let U.S build it
New technology, helped workers work in jungles (mosquitoes à yellow fever) - oT. Roosevelt-
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War hero to the Spanish-American war, and McKinley was shot in second turn and T. Roosevelt took over
Wanted a two ocean navy (why we built Panama Canal)