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Self-sufficiency
Producing in one's own country to meet one's own needs
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Opium War
A conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's opium trade in China
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Extraterritorial Rights
An exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a country
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Sphere of Influence
A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities
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Open Door Policy
A policy, proposed by the US in 1899, under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China
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Boxer Rebellion
A 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country
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Russo-Japanese War
Conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea
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Peonage
System of servitude in Latin America
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Caudillo
Military dictator of a Latin American country
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Mon Roe Doctrine
A US policy of opposition to European interference in Latin America, announced by President James Monroe in 1823
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"Colossus of the North"
Latin Americans were beginning to regard the US as the politival and economic "Colossus of the North"
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Spanish-American War
An 1898 conflict between the US and Spain, in which the US supported Cubans' fight for independence
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Roosevelt Corollary
President Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, in which he declared the right to exercise "police power" throughout the Western Hemisphere
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La Reforma
A liberal reform movement in 19th-century Mexico, led by Benito Juárez
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