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United States vs. Mexico
After the war, United States gained the "thinly populated regions of northern Mexico", which is now present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. -
Imperialism Explodes
Europeans took advantage of their considerable power and began to "bring the world under their influence and control". This new imperialism spread out by causes such as economic interests; that also brought political and military motives, humanitarian and religious goals, and the idea of having superiority towards others. Western imperialism began to rapidly spread. -
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The New Imperialism
Imperialism is the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
Imperialism had always been around but when Europeans began to use their considerable power on a more agggresive expansion, that's when imperialism became a whole new idea. -
Resiting Imperialism
Muslim regions started to have reform movements. African leaders and Africans in general held nationalist movements to resist imperialism. They "faced powerful threats from Western imperialists". -
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Resisting Imperialism
Muslim regions started to have reform movements. African leaders and Africans in general held nationalist movements to resist imperialism. They "faced powerful threats from Western imperialists". -
Indian Nationalism
Nationalist leaders came together to create the Indian National Congress to have a peaceful protest, and hopefully gain self-rule while supporting Western-style. -
Modernize Government
The emperor of Japan issued the Meji constitution, which set the fourth principle that all citizens were equal before the law. After this, Japan "established a Western-style bureaucracy with separate departments..". -
Southeast Asia Under Control
Europeans at this point controlled almost all of Southeast Asia. The changes made there benefited the European colonizers more then they benefited the Southeast Asians. -
Increased Pressure
German empire, pressured by Europeans and all other countries taking control, built a Berlin-to-Baghdad railway. -
Three Principles
Chinease nationalism had continued to spread even though the Boxer Uprising, a group of Chinese formed a secret society, had failed. Sun Yat-sen had introduced the "Three Principles of the People "; nationalism, deomocracy, and livelihood were the three principles. -
Panama Canal
The building of Panama canal began. This was after the Panamanians won independence from Cuba, and gave United States the control to build the canal on their land. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
There were many factors, including, Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism & Nationalism, but this is the single event that sparked or ignited World War I.
