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The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-Chinese disputes over British trade in China and China's sovereignty. -
A treaty allowing the opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade. -
Machine capable of transforming mechanical energy into electrical energy. -
Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone is one of the most significant inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution. -
The development of the internal combustion engine helped free men from the most adruous manual labor, made the airplane and other forms of transportation possible, and helped revolutionize power generation. -
New Imperialism and coincides with the sudden emergence of Germany as an imperial power. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismark. -
Hiram Maxim invented the first machine gun -
Officially known as the Indochina Union and after 1947 as the Indochina Federation, it was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia until its demise in 1954. -
Carl Elsene invented the Swiss Army knife -
It was a great invention for the advancement of cinema and technology in general. -
Built on an unprecedented scale and a pioneer in the use of high-voltage alternating current (10000 V), it generated 800 kilowatts and supplied central London. -
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. -
The discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer republics in the 1880s further intensified the rivalry. -
Elihu Thomson invented the electrostatic motor. -
Conrad Hubert invented the flashlight. -
A system to gain maximum efficiency from workers and machinery. -
Wright brothers invented the first succesful airplane. -
Gideon Sundback invented the zipper. -
Made it so ships did not have to go around South Africa, -
Charles Strite invented the toaster.