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| Pancho Villa | Mexican cowboy who fought toi overthrow Pofirio Diaz. He was a "Robinhood" like legend among the Mexican people |
| Franciso Madero | Exiled revolutionary leader who sought to overthrow Diaz. he was murdered shortly after winning election as President. |
| Emilio Zapata | Revolutionary leader who rose up against Madero. Lost his life in the fight to rule Mexico. |
| LaReforma | Mexican reform movement of Benito Juarez |
| Benito Juarez | Reform leader who rose through the ranks of politics to replace Santa Anna. |
| Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | President of Mexico for 4 terms. He often changed his polkitical views in oerder to say the right things to get re-elected. |
| Caudillo | military dictator |
| Monroe Doctrine | U.S. policy that oppossed any Europena expansion into Latin America. |
| Roosevelt Corrollry | U.S. policy stating their intent to "police" Latin American nations. |
| Jose Marti | Exiled Cuban author who worked for the independance of Cuba from Spanish rule |
| Panama Canal | linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Shortened travel. |
| Spanish American War. | War between U.S.- Spain over Spain's control. of territory near the U.S. |
| Opium War | Clash between the Chinese and British over trade in China |
| extraterritorial rights | Rights that provided exemption from Chinese trade laws at 4 Chinese ports/ |
| Taiping rebellion | overturned the Meiji rule after people became angry over the government allowing christian missionaries to spread throughout China. |
| Dowager Empress | Leader of China in Quing dynasty who ffavored traditional ways even though she was in favor of some reforms. |
| open door policy | Agreement by world powers that all ntions would be permitted to trade in China. That no nation had a monopoly on it. |
| Boxer Rebellion | Campaign against the Dowager Empress rule. |
| sphere of influence | region in which a foreign nation controls trade and investment. |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | Opened 2 Japanese ports to U.S. trading vessels. Agreement made under the threat of violence. |
| Meiji Era | Period of time in Japanese history beginning when 15 yr old Mutsohito began his rule as Emperor. |
| Russo - Japanese War | Over control of the Chinese territory of Manchuria. |
| annexation | To bring a county under the control of another. |
