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HIST 1312 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I. Essay #1—Settling of the WestII. Essay #2—Populist PartyIII. Essay #3—Spanish-American WarIV. Multiple ChoiceOutline of Current Lecture I. McKinley’s PresidencyA. “Extraterritoriality” B. Opium WarC. Boxer RebellionD. Open Door NotesII. Election of 1900A.McKinley and RooseveltB.McKinley’s AssassinationCurrent Lecturel.A. Extraterritoriality are rules that apply in one country, apply in another. Britain wanted to trade with the Chinese, however the Chinese would only accept silver and they would not buy anything back from Britain, so it was a one way trade. China, at this time did not want outward influence, so they burned their ships, and only a few ports were open. Britain did not want to trade all their silver to the Chinese so they started selling Opium which is a very addictive drug and makes people not want to work.B. The first Opium War takes place in the 1840’s. The British win because of their superior ships, and the Opium trade continues. So the Chinese send a diplomatic letter to Queen Victoria of England asking her to stop her merchants from shipping Opium to them. The Queen doesn’t respond so the emperor of China confiscates the Opium and burns it. Britain doesn’t like this so a second Opium War is started. The British win again and this time in their treaty they declare that they get Hong Kong which became a major trading port, and they also got the right of extraterritoriality. C. The Boxer Rebellion started with people in China who were against foreigners taking over and were tired of people using China. These people attacked foreigners and anyoneThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.who was a threat to the Chinese way. A multinational expeditionary force was sent to China to protect the foreigners.D. Before the Boxer Rebellion, Secretary of State John Hayes sent an Open Door note in 1898 stating that America wanted open trade with China. China did not want any part of any trade with anybody so they formed the Boxer Rebellion. After this Hayes sent a second open door note stating that America will have free and open trade with China with no extraterritoriality. We preserved the Chinese way of life by making this deal with European powers.ll.A. In the election of 1900, McKinley was up for re-election, but they wanted him to have a different vice president. This was a very progressive era where the wealthy wanted to enact changes in the government for the progress of humanity, which is what Teddy Roosevelt is doing. Big Businesses don’t like this change so as an insult they elect Teddy Roosevelt as V.P. He accepts and gets sworn in in 1901.B. At the World’s Exposition President McKinley went to make a special speech and he getsshot by an anarchist. He dies and “That Damn Cowboy” Teddy Roosevelt, who was they very person Big Businesses did not want in office becomes


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