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Imperialism
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The Berlin Conference
European powers met at Berlin, Germany to regulate colonization and trade in Africa to avoid violence and division. -
First Sino-Japanese War
The japanese, the victors of the war caused by their large, growing influence in Korea, gained treaty ports, and the island of Taiwan. -
Battle of Adwa
Battle between the Ethiopians and the Italians that ended in Ethiopias victory, allowing them to become one of the few African nations with Independence. -
Spanish-American War
conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
Newlands Resolution
transfer of Hawaiian sovereignty to the United States. -
The Open Door Policy
the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, and dispatched to the major European powers. -
The Boer War
allowed the victors, the British, to unite the Cape Colony and the former Boer Republics into the Union of South Africa, granting South Africa a new constitution, segregating whites and blacks in South Africa. -
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
alliance between United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and the Empire of Japan -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
the event that ignited World War I.
