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Giattino -U5-6
Unit 5 Section 6 - JApan and the Meiji Restorations
Question | Answer |
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Sino - Japanese War | * Fought between Japan and China for trading rights in Korea * Japan drove China out of Korea, destroyed the Chinese Navy and gained a foothold in Manchuria |
Russo-Japanese War - 1904 | War fought between Japan and Russia for control over Manchuria - a region rich in resources in Northeast China |
Japanese Annexation of Korea | 1905 - Korea became a Japanese protectorate. By 1910, Japan took over or annexed all of Japan |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945 | * Japan finally surrendered to the US 9 - VJ Day * This ended Japanese Imperialism and the start of American occupation * Japan was demilitarized according to their new constitution. |
Archipalego | Japan is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean |
Isloationism | Japan cut itself off from the world |
End to Isolationism | American Commodore Matthew Perry to deliver a letter to the Japanese government This letter urged Japan to open up its ports to western trade or be destroyed in one years time. |
Meiji Reform and Modernization | Modernize, Industrialize, and millitarize |
MEIJI | Meiji Ends Isolation Japan Industrializes |