East Asia and the Start of Expansion

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East Asia and the Start of Expansion

• Words to Know
• 1) Isolationism
• -Policy of avoiding alliances with other nations

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2) Russo-Japanese War
www.russojapanesewar.com/pre-war.html

• War between Russia Japan
• -Fought over Chinese territory
• -President Teddy Roosevelt helped to
• end it.

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3) Open-Door Policy

• Policy that stated that all nations should have
  open trade with china.
• -China strongly opposed this policy
• 4) Boxer Rebellion
• Chinese attempt to drive foreigners out of China

www.paulnoll.com/China/History/history-boxer-...
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5) Imperialism

• Policy of acquiring colonies to increase the
  wealth and power of the mother country.
• -Also called Colonialism

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6) Great White Fleet

• 4 brand-new steam-powered, steel-plated was
  ships.
• -Painted bright white
• -very visible to other nations
• -designed to show the world that
• America was a world power.

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Questions

• Why did an expansionist mood develop in the U.S.
  at the start of the start of the 20th Century?
• How did the U.S. become involved in East Asia?
• How and why did the U.S. acquire its first
  overseas colonies?