HISTORY FINAl

Ivory Coast

French imperilism

French colonial systems,

forced labor, trading,

largest cocoa producers-natural resource

Cash crops

gained independece in 1960

Imperialism Haiti

French imperialism

Sugar, coffee, - natural resources

Haitian Revolution: enslaved haitians revolted against french

gained independence in 1804

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US imperialism (1915-1934)

US political influence

Berlin Confrence

Conference where European power’s divided Africa

Held in Berlin, Germany

Imperialism in China

Tea and Silk - natural resources

Multiple European countrys had sphere of influence on china

By the late 1800s, Influneces were by powers including:

• Britain,

• France,

• Germany,

• Russia,

• Japan,

• and the United States

Imperialism Congo

KIng Leopold II of Beligium

Rubber- Natural resource

exploited congolese citizens

Sphere of Infulence

A spatial region over which a state or organization has a level of cultural, economic, military, or political exclusivity.

Boxer Rebellion

Anti imperialist uprising in China

Opium War

1st - Chinese goverment - anti opium trade

Britan defreated their rebellion

2nd - Britan and France faces china to gain more privlages

China loses again

Weakend Qing Dynasty

Sepoy Rebllion

Indian uprising agisnt british rule

Imperialism in India

British control of india

Imperialism in Kenya

British imperialism

became a colony in 1920

Speading christianity (white mans burden)

Imperialism in Japan

Matthew Perry - US

japn laxked oil and needed rapid industialization

Meiji restoration

Spanish American War

Conflict between the US and Spain in 1898, leading to the US acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, and marking a significant expansion of American imperial influence.

Meiji Restoration

Rapid industrialazation and modernization in japan

British East India Company

colonizers in india from britan created a trading company

Triple Entente and Triple Alliance

Triple Entente:

Britan, France, Russia

Triple Alliance:

Germnay, Austria-Hunagry, Italy

Zimmerman Note

Germnay sent a letter to Mexico proposing that Mexico joins Germnay as an ally if the US joined the war

Trench Warfare

A type of combat where troops occupy fixed positions in trenches, leading to protracted stalemates, particularly prominent during World War I.

Treaty of versailles

The peace treaty that ended World War I, imposing heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany.

Made by: Woodrow Wilson (US), Georges Cleamanceau (France), David Lloyd George (Britan), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy).

Leauge of Nations

Idea by Woodrow Wilson - aimed for peace after WWI- Germnay excluded

Sykes Picot Agreement

A secret agreement between great Britan and France dividing the Ottoman Empire's territories.

Assasanatioon of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Caused the outbreak of WWI, commited by Gavrilo Princip (serb)

Serbian Ultimatum

Austria Hungary imposed a ultimatum after the assasnation to Serbia, ended in the outbreak of WWI

Armstice of 1918

Agreement to ceasefire in the western front of the war later came with the end of the war and the treaty of versailles

Armenian Genocide

Mass murder of armenians by the ottman empire (turks) , blamed christian armenians for war and excuted the population

Arab Revolt

Uprising of arabs to fight the ottomans with the help of great britan

Nationalism

Ideas, feelings and ideology, that a nation should rule itself

Wilsons 14 Points

• Open diplomacy: No secret treaties.

• Freedom of the seas: Unrestricted navigation.

• Free trade: Removal of economic barriers.

• Arms reduction: Lowering armaments to the lowest point for domestic safety.

• Impartial colonial adjustment: Considering the interests of native populations.

• Self-determination: The right of peoples to choose their own government.

• League of Nations: A general association to guarantee the independence and integrity of all nations. 

Speech aiming for world peace

Self Determination

The principle that nations have the right to choose their own government and political status without external interference.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The peace treaty signed in March 1918 between the Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers, which ended Russia's involvement in World War I.

Facism

Hyper Militaristic, Hyper nationalist, Law and order (strict police force), undermines democratic norms, and promotes state control over all aspects of life.

Italy Post WWI

Economic crisis

Wanted more land gain from treaty of versailles

no political party to maintain control

Mussolini- past communist, created facism

Reischtag

Building where the government meets

Hitler blames communists and trys to exucute all communist leaders

Hindenburg gives hitler dictorial powers despite him being under the preseident

Resihtag fire decree

Enabling Act

Allows hitler to pass laws as a chancelllor without needing aproval

Night of Long Knives

Hitler kills his own party eliminating officals

Non Agression Pact

signed between Hiter and Stalin,

secretly there was plans to divide east europe,

Germany ended up breaking the treaty by invading the USSR in 1941

Invasion of Poland

Hitler invaded poland after the USSR

British and rance issued a ultimatum but germnay did not agree and declared war on poland

End of Polish Invasion

Poland surrenders and is divided by Germany and the Soviets

French Invasion

Germany invades France after Germany

Miracle of Dunkirk