paper 1 - japanese expansionism Flashcards

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anti-comintern pact

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  • 1936
  • japan signed this with germany and was later ratified by italy
  • it was in opposition to communism but actually proved to be the foundation for diplomatic alliance between these three powers
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tripartite pact

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1940 alliance between japan, germany, and italy

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mukden incident

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  • japanese blew up their own railroad in manchuria; blamed it on china
  • excuse to go to war with china
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rape of nanjing

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brutal japanese attack on chinese capital 1937-1938

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meiji restoration

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  • 1868
  • involved the elimination of the shogunate and power being handed over to the japanese emperor, who had previously existed as mere spiritual/symbolic figure
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marco polo bridge incident

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  • 1937
  • clash between japanese and chinese troops in the outskirts of beijing
  • the japanese government used this as an excuse to occupy beijing
  • when chiang kai shek refused to give way, full-scale war broke out between china and japan
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first sino-japanese war

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conflict between china and japan from 1894-1895 over control of korea

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second sino-japanese war

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series of incidents between china and japan in the summer of 1937, most were open warfare

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attack on pearl harbour

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december 7, 1941

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lytton report

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  • 1932
  • evaluating fault of mukden incident
  • blames japan for aggression causing japan to leave the league of nations
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triple intervention

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the combination of russia, france, and germany that pressured japan to renounce the liaodong peninsula in manchuria in 1895

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russo-japanese war

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(1904-1905) conflict between russia and japan over imperial possessions (korea) –> japan emerges victorious

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second united front

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alliance between the kuomintang (KMT) and chinese communist party (CCP) during the second sino-japanese war that suspended the chinese civil war from 1937 to 1946

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21 demands

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  • 1915 - during WW1
  • list of demands that sought to make china a japanese protectorate
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shintoism

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religion located in japan and related to buddhism

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east asian co-prosperity sphere

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imperial japan’s propaganda advocating asia’s release from european colonialists and creation of a new economy for asians

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treaty of tanggu

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1933 treaty signed by chiang acceding to japanese control of manchuria

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manchukuo

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japanese puppet state established in manchuria in 1931

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bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki

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  • after much deliberation, the U.S. decided to drop their newly developed atomic bomb killing thousands
  • after japan didn’t surrender, the U.S. dropped another one a few days after
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washington naval conference

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  • 1921
  • britain, france, italy, japan & US agree to limit size of navy
  • unequal treaties: japan can only have 60% of what the US and UK could have
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stimson doctrine

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  • 1932
  • hoover’s secretary of state said the US would not recognise territorial changes resulting from japan’s invasion of manchuria
22
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annexation of korea

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  • 1910
  • war where korea was taken over by japan as a colony in attempt to create a stronger japan after isolation
23
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may 15th incident

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attempted coup d’état launched by elements of imperial japanese navy