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ii. The U.S. Civil War was not merely a national conflict, in the sense that proslavery forces hoped to expand slave territory into the Caribbean; the government also purchased Alaska from Russia shortly after the war. iii. Social reformers around the world had to decide whether to strengthen their countries by imitating powerful foreign empires or by holding tight to their own traditions; this tension played out in places like Russia, Japan, Egypt, and Iran. IV.

Revolutions, 1870s–1920: China and Mexico a. From the 1870s to the 1920s, discontent with corrupt rulers grew among peasants and the middle class around the world, ultimately leading to revolutions. A. The Chinese Revolution, 1880s–1910s 1. Pressures and Grievances a. The Qing’s indifference toward a growing impoverished population was one of several pressures and grievances that primed China for revolution. i. Foreign missionaries and businessmen had special rights and seemed to exert undue influence. ii. Opium addiction, famine, and a shortage of potential brides also caused many young men to consider rebellion. iii. Tensions arose between the so-called self-strengthening movement in the provinces, which wanted to modernize infrastructure and education, and the more conservative Qing court that preferred the tried-and-true ways of the past. 2. Foreign Pressure and Internal Revolt a. The Chinese faced a humiliating defeat in the Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), ceding Taiwan and paying a large indemnity to Japan. b. Internal revolt by violent, xenophobic nationalist youths called the...