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239 See also: The storming of the Bastille 208–13 ■ The 1848 revolutions 228–29 ■ Russia emancipates the serfs 243 ■ The opening ...

240 Nationalism was furthermore characterized by a romantic view of the right of peoples to lay claim to their historic destinie ...

241 The proclamation of Wilhelm I as Emperor of Germany took place in Versailles in 1871. It was heralded by a series of militar ...

242 See also: The Battle of Quebec 191 ■ The construction of the Suez Canal 230–35 ■ The Second Opium War 254–55 ■ The Berlin Co ...

243 See also: The founding of St. Petersburg 196–97 ■ The 1848 revolutions 228–29 ■ The construction of the Suez Canal 230–35 ■ ...

244 GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (1863) O n Nove ...

245 See also: The signing of the Declaration of Independence 204–07 ■ The storming of the Bastille 208–13 ■ The 1848 revolutions ...

246 Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Since both Kansas and Nebraska were to the north of Missouri’s southern border, what followed, ...

247 This Thomas Nast illustration shows life for black Americans before and after emancipation. Abraham Lincoln is also portraye ...

248 OUR MANIFEST DESTINY IS TO OVERSPREAD THE CONTINENT THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH (1848–1855) IN CONTEXT FOCUS American expansion ...

249 See also: The signing of the Declaration of Independence 204–07 ■ The Gettysburg Address 244–47 ■ The opening of Ellis Islan ...

250 AMERICA IS GOD’S CRUCIBLE, THE GREAT MELTING POT THE OPENING OF ELLIS ISLAND (1892) B y the mid-19th century, the world was ...

251 See also: The signing of the Declaration of Independence 204–07 ■ Bolívar establishes Gran Colombia 216–19 ■ The 1848 revolu ...

252 ENRICH THE COUNTRY, STRENGTHEN THE MILITARY THE MEIJI RESTORATION (1868) T he overthrow in 1868 of the Tokugawa shogunate, r ...

253 This image of Yokohama in 1874 depicts the modernity of Meiji-era Japan in the form of steam-powered trains and ships, which ...

254 IN MY HAND I WIELD THE UNIVERSE AND THE POWER TO ATTACK AND KILL THE SECOND OPIUM WAR (1856–1860) O n October 6, 1860, after ...

255 The port of Canton, in southern China, was initially the only trading port open to Western merchants. After the two opium wa ...

256 I OUGHT TO BE JEALOUS OF THE EIFFEL TOWER. SHE IS MORE FAMOUS THAN I AM THE OPENING OF THE EIFFEL TOWER (1889) T he opening ...

257 See also: Stephenson’s Rocket enters service 220–25 ■ The construction of the Suez Canal 230–35 ■ The opening of Ellis Islan ...

258 IF I COULD I WOULD ANNEX OTHER PLANETS THE BERLIN CONFERENCE (1884) T he Berlin Conference did not precipitate the sudden Eu ...