USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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›Areas where foreign nations claimed special rights and economic privileges in China

(A) Boxer Rebellion

(B) ** sphere of influence

(C) China plan

(D) Asia Trade Act

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -How did foreign countries establish spheres of influence in China? spheres of influence is the area which a foreign power had control over. They established it by negotiating with the war lord of that specific place.

Concept note-2: -Following its loss of the two Opium Wars, China entered a period where foreign imperial powers developed ‘spheres of influence’ within its borders. Each of the following nations developed and established ‘spheres of influence’ in China after the mid-1800s: France, Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan.

Concept note-3: -What could countries with a sphere of influence in China do within their respective spheres? Build railroads. The capitulations between Europe countries and the ottoman Empire were similar to the what country in Asia? China.

Concept note-4: -What was the term applied to Chinese territories where foreign powers held exclusive economic privileges? Spheres of Influence.