JAPAN EVENTS EXPLANANTION

Question 1

meiji restoration

Answer 1

ending the edo period, opens Japan to Westernisation and modernisation

Question 2

civic code

Answer 2

upholds traditional Japanese morals, poses equality on all people appealing to tradition

Question 3

sino japanese war

Answer 3

• china, korea and japan go to war
• korea wants independence from japanese rule
• china and korea lose and japan gains land and resources
• they get liaodong peninsula
• they get taiwan

Question 4

triple intervention

Answer 4

• france, russia and germany all goes against japan
• they bully and belittle japan to their success in korea
• russia took liaodong
• french and britain took cities and ports
• germany took shandong

Question 5

anglo - japanese alliance

Answer 5

• britain and japan sign an alliance with eachother
• japan does not want to be excluded from the western powers
• succession brought Japanese pride

Question 6

russo - japanese war

Answer 6

• russia fought japan on sea and lost
• russia had to give

Question 7

treaty of portsmouth

Answer 7

• Japan gains control over russian railway lines
• they annex korea
• they get portsmouth and liaodong
• they gain territory

Question 8

paris peace conference

Answer 8

• japan wanted racial equality
• they didnt get that😹
• permanent member of the league with veto power with other strong powers
• however there was collective security clauses

Question 9

washington conference

Answer 9

• 5 power treaty; 5:5:3 naval ratio
• 4 power treaty; Brit + USA + Jap + France would respect each other in the region
• 9 power treaty; respecting China’s independence and border

Question 10

London Naval Conference

Answer 10

• new ratio!!!!!!! 10:10:6
• however, japanese military was not happy
• seiyukai attacks government bcz the ratio was not discussed with them before

Question 11

tanggu treaty

Answer 11

• japan holds jehol (inner mongolia)
• manchuria recognised as munchuko (japanese)
• great wall of china controlled
• demilitarised part of china

Question 12

kellogg-briand pact

Answer 12

• promises not to use war as a solution to solve disputes

Question 13

lytton commission

Answer 13

• refuses to recognise manchuko, it is still chinese
• withdrawal of japanese troops from china
• china should still have full control over manchuria

Question 14

stimson doctrine

Answer 14

• retain “open door” policy
• japan broke the 9 power pact
• USA no longer bound by naval limits
• no recognition of manchuko

Question 15

new order

Answer 15

aggressive version of co-prosperity sphere