6.3 Vocab

Taiping Rebellion of 1864

a revolt against the Qing dynasty in China that eventually failed and led to the deaths of more than 20 million people.

Ghost Dance

(cult) religious movements that represented an attempt of Indians in the western United States to rehabilitate their traditional cultures.

Cherokee Nation

North American Indians who constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes at the time of European colonization of the Americas

Self-Strengthening Movement

a campaign for economic and military reform in China that failed to strengthen Qing rule.

100 Days of Reform

a failed national, cultural, political, and educational reform movement (June 11 to September 22, 1898) in late Qing dynasty China.

War of the Golden Stool

a violent battle in the series of conflicts between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire.

Sepoy Rebellion of 1857

an Indian Rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company.

Battle of Adwa

in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II andItalian forces.