When imperialistic European powers came into China, they were far behind the now advanced European nations. Great Britain was able to negotiate ownership of Hong Kong and the United States was able to negotiate the Open Door Treaty. The Open Door Treaty allowed for the rest of China to remain sovereign and all other nations to create trade deals. The Chinese people resented the western influence leading to rebellions and riots against western culture, in particular the influence of Christianity. Eventually, this will lead to uprisings causing a change in Chinese government to a nationalist party. This party will ineffectively remove western influence and that will then spark the communist party to rise.
employment discrimination against Asian Americans
The Yellow Power movement of the 1960s sought to end discrimination towards Asian-American people especially at work. The movement sought to bring an end to perceived stereotypes of Asian identity and culture in the United States
The famous person who was defeated seven times in his political career was Abraham Lincoln. He was defeated for the legislature in 1832 then defeated in run for the Illinois House Speaker in 1838. In 1843 he lost in nomination for Congress and again lost in his re-nomination to Congress in 1848. He was defeated for Senate when legislature in Illinois elects Lyman Trumbull in 1855. In 1856 he was lost in nomination for Vice-President and in 1858 he wins Senate’s popular vote but loses election to Stephen Douglas.
<span>Modernism started to reign after this period, including the advent of Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, and Futurism. The sharp lines and abstraction from the industrial age in the Dadaist movement gradually developed into the Bauhaus movement in Germany and an art group called Fluxus were particularily influential, as there was even more of a tendency towards abstraction, block colouring, hard edge painting, and minimalism</span>
