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monroe doctorine
This doctorine said that if any other European contries that tried to take over parts of the U.S. would show aggression. -
opium wars
The chinese, British, Russians and many others fought over who gets the opium rights. -
treaty of kanagawa
this treaty opened the doors for trade with japan and also let the U.S. consulate in Japan -
suez canal
Feedinand de Lesseps got permission from the ottoman empire to build a canal from the Egypt and to the Suez -
berlin conference
All the different rulers from a various amount of countries got together to decide who gets what from Africa. -
open door policy
this policy just dispatched all or Europes power -
boer war
The Boers were people from original Dutch decent that lived in south africa. They got tired of not living in good conditions and when the british found diamonds on their part or africa they wanted some of those diamonds but britian didn't want to give them any so they got in a war.
