USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

[SOURCES]
The ____ Rebellion tried to rid China of foreign influence.

(A) ** Boxer

(B) Kung Fu

(C) Karate

(D) Judo

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China. Several countries sent troops to halt the attacks.

Concept note-2: -The Qing dynasty, established in 1644, was weakened by the Boxer Rebellion. Following an uprising in 1911, the dynasty came to an end and China became a republic in 1912.

Concept note-3: -The leading force of the Boxer Rebellion was a secret society called the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. Largely made up of poor and unemployed young Chinese men, the society was labeled ‘The Boxers’ by Western newspapers in reference to the military exercises they practiced.

Concept note-4: -The Boxer Rebellion’s name comes from that used by foreigners for members of the Chinese secret society Yihequan (“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”): they were called “Boxers” for their boxing and calisthenic rituals. The society’s original aim was to destroy the ruling Qing dynasty and privileged Westerners in China.