China and the Open door policy

Question 1

Open door Policy

Answer 1

• Made by US to let each nation have equal trading rights in China in 1899
• Created a sphere of influence and protected China from being broken up

Question 2

Japan

Answer 2

• Isolated like China until US forced Japan’s doors open by treaty of Kanagawa in 1854
• behind from western civilization but adapted by modernizing
• became one of the most powerful nation in asia including Russia

Question 3

Japan Imperial Quest

Answer 3

• Won Korean ports and taiwan after defeating china in 1895 in Sino-Japanese war
• Won Korea and beat Russia

Question 4

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 4

:1904-1905 conflict between Russia and japan, sparked by the two countries effort to dominate Manchuria and Korea(won)

• Went after Korea and est. protectorate
• 1910 annexed Korea

Question 5

Treaty of Kanagawa

Answer 5

:an 1854 agreement between the US and Japan, which opened two japanese ports to US ships and allowed the US to set up an embassy in Japan

Question 6

Annexation

Answer 6

:the adding of a region to the territory of an existing political

Question 7

China and open door policy

Answer 7

• closed off to outside world until open door policy forced open doors
• China was behind western civilization bc they thought they were self sufficent
• Reforms including the taiping and boxer revolutions were created to go against traditional Gov’t