Social Unit 3 Flashcards
- What did the Americans see when they arrived on the shores of Japan? What did the Japanese see?
They saw large men.
The Americans saw people with old medieval weapons.
- Perry used three main strategies in dealing with the Japanese: a strong show of military force, an insistence on meeting with high-level representatives of Japanese leadership, and an attitude of patience and persistence. Identify evidence of each of these strategies and tell why you think each contributed to his success.
I think that many of the Japanese were frightened by the men which helped Perry’s success.
- How did the Japanese respond to Perry?
They agreed to sign the treaty saying that the ports were opened to American ships.
- There were many internal struggles within Japan by the time Perry and his black ships arrived. What were these? What were some of the ideas about what could be done?
There was a loss of respect for the shogunate.
- What forms of disorder and civil rest led to the shogun resigning in 1868?
Instead of debating the people took to rioting in the streets. Samurai were arrested, daimyos were retired or put under arrest.
- What was the Meiji Restoration? When did it begin?
It began at the beginning of Emperor Meiji’s rule. It was a period of the Japanese rulers trying to restore Japan and its people.
- What were the two goals of the reforming government?
To create a strong central government that could unite the people, and to create a form of government closer to the democracies of the west.
- Restate each point in the Five Charter Oath in your own words.
Assembly’s will be largely established, and all problems will be discussed publicly.
Everyone will work together to complete the tasks of the state.
The Commoners will be able to choose their own jobs so that everyone is happy.
Wrong things of the past will be removed, and decisions will be made on the right law of nature.
Knowledge will be sought to increase the understanding of a imperial rule.
- What changes came about for the Common People?
They were allowed to choose their jobs, their land belonged to them, discriminatory laws were in place, and the dress code was no longer enforced.
- What changes were brought forth for education?
They made education based on the traditional Japanese values, and respect on the emperor.
- Despite the Charter Oath, life stayed much the same for many. What are some examples of this? (Page 342)
Traditional family patterns did not change, class distinctions remained, rural peasant life was the same, many could not go to school.
- What kinds of changes took place during the Industrial Revolution?
Machines were made to do what humans were doing faster.
- Name some technology that was ‘borrowed’.
Miniature steam engine, telegraph set, and wire.
- What other ideas were ‘borrowed’?
Confucianism, Buddhism, Ship building, military science, factory construction and medicine.
