Paper 1 - Chapter 2 - Manchuria

Question 1

Which event led to increased poverty and unrest in Japan?

Answer 1

Wall Street Crash

Question 2

Give two reasons why the Japanese wanted to expand into Manchuria

Answer 2

• A market for Japanese goods

* To give space for the surplus population

Question 3

From which year was Japan allowed soldiers in Manchuria guarding the South Manchurian railway?

Answer 3

1904

Question 4

What did the Japanese claim happened on the railway line at Mukden in 1931?

Answer 4

An explosion which they said was sabotage by the Chinese

Question 5

What did the Japanese do to deal with the events at Mukden?

Answer 5

Defeated the Chinese at Mukden

Question 6

Did the Japanese government give permission for the action at Mukden?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

How did the LofN get involved in the incident?

Answer 7

The Chinese appealed for help

Question 8

Which commission investigated the Chinese claim that Japan had committed an act of aggression?

Answer 8

The Lytton Commission

Question 9

How did Japan justify what it had done in Manchuria?

Answer 9

It said it had gone in to restore order

Question 10

How long did it take for the Lytton Commission to report on what had happened?

Answer 10

1 Year

Question 11

What did the Lytton Commission find?

Answer 11

China’s rule was chaotic and the Japanese did have some legitimate grievances but the invasion was condemned and it was recommended that Manchuria be a self-governing state.

Question 12

What did the Japanese call Manchuria after it had been reorganised?

Answer 12

Manchukuo

Question 13

By when did Japan occupy the whole of Manchuria?

Answer 13

Early 1933

Question 14

When did the LofN finally condemn Japan’s actions in Manchuria?

Answer 14

Late 1933

Question 15

Which Chinese province did Japan then go on to occupy?

Answer 15

Jehol

Question 16

Why weren’t sanctions used against the Japanese?

Answer 16

The USA was its main trading partner (oil), therefore sanctions wouldn’t have had much effect because America wasn’t in the LofN.

Question 17

How did the economic depression affect international reactions to Manchuria?

Answer 17

Noone wanted to be involved.

Question 18

Give two reasons why Britain didn’t want to get involved in Manchuria?

Answer 18

• It didn’t want to risk its fleet against the powerful Japanese navy
• It didn’t want to affect its trade in Asia

Question 19

Why couldn’t the LofN call on the USSR (the nearest country to the crisis) to send troops to Japan?

Answer 19

It wasn’t in the LofN.

Question 20

Why was a strong Japan useful to the rest of the world?

Answer 20

Prevented the spread of communism (and the USSR) in the Far East.

Question 21

How did many people in Europe see the attack by the Japanese in China?

Answer 21

An intervention, not an attack

Question 22

When did Japan leave the LofN?

Answer 22

1933