12.2- Modernization in Japan Flashcards
Which American Commodore took four ships into Tokyo Harbor and delivered a letter from President Fillmore?
Commodore Matthew Perry
Treaty of Kanagawa
-1854
-Japan opened two ports at which US ships could take on supplies and trade
Meiji Era
-45 year reign of Mutsohito
-means “enlightened ruler”
Mutsohito
-Meiji reign
-sent diplomats to study Western civilization and imitated European powers
-modernized military and government
-universal education
China’s and Japan’s reactions to the West
China:
-remains committed to traditional values
-loses numerous territorial conflicts
grants other nation spheres of influence within China
-finally accepts necessity for reform
Japan:
-considers modernization to be necessary
-borrows and adapts Western ways
-strengthens its economic and military power
-becomes an empire builder
Both:
-have well-established traditional values
-initially resist change
-oppose Western imperialism
Sino-Japanese War
Japan and China signed a hands-off agreement for Korea, which China later broke when sending in troops to help put down rebellions. Japan sent troops in response into Korea to fight the Chinese. Japan drove the Chinese out of Korea and gained a foothold in Manchuria. Peace treaty later gave Japan Taiwan and the neighboring Pescadores Islands
Which country did both Japan and China value both as a trading partner and a military outpost?
Korea
Russo-Japanese War
-Russia and Japan went to war over Manchuria
-Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea and captured most of Russia’s Pacific fleet and destroyed Russia’s Baltic fleet
-Treaty of Portsmouth peaced this war
Treaty of Portsmouth
-Pres. Theodore Roosevelt helped draft, gave Japan the territories it captured in the Russo-Japanese War
-Forced Russia to withdraw from Manchuria and stay out of Korea
annexation
bring a country under another country’s control
Do you think that Japan could have become an imperialistic power if it had not modernized?
Japan would not have had the resources necessary to take over other countries.
How did Japan begin its quest to build an Empire?
Japan defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War and gained control of Korea.
What influences do you think were most important in motivating Japan to build its empire?
The intrusion by European traders into Japan as well as a growing sense of power and nationalism.
How did Japan’s victory in the Russo- Japanese War both explode and create stereotypes?
Japan’s victory ended the myth about white supremacy and led to the stereotype of the yellow peril.
