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Modernization of Japan-Note Guide Day 2
Objective: I can evaluate how consequences of imperialism were viewed differently by the
colonizers and the colonized.
Western Influence
The Industrial Revolution and the resulting imperialist pressures of the 19th century ended
Japan’s __________________. In 1853, U.S. warships under the command of Matthew Perry
sailed into Tokyo Harbor.
The Japanese marveled at these ______________________, ironclad ships armed with
cannon.
Perry presented the Japanese with a letter from U.S. President Franklin Pierce, requesting that
Japan ________________U.S. ships to _____________ in Japanese ports. Perry said he
would return for an answer.
After seeing Perry’s ships the Japanese realize that they would be
__________________________________ the military and industrial power of the United
States.
In 1854, Japan and the United States signed a treaty to _____________ Japan to U.S.
_______________
.
Other nations soon __________________the United States in establishing trade and diplomatic
relations with Japan.
In 1868, the _____________________(an alliance of daimyo and samurai in Japan’s southern
provinces of Satsuma and Choshu) overthrew the Tokugawa shogun’s government.
Shift of power in Japan
At first, this group was _________________________to opening Japan to trade.
Its members soon realized, however, that Japan could not stand up to Western nations without
developing its own industrial and military power.
The _______________________ decided to support the 15 year old Emperor Mutsuhito.
Mutsuhito called his reign _______________, which means
“____________________________”
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However, the real power lay with the Sat-Cho.
They succeeded in transforming Japan from an isolated feudal society into a modern industrial
power. This period is called the _______________________________________________.
Westernization of Japan
The Meiji leaders studied the institutions of Western countries for ways to ______________ and
_____________________________ Japan.
They organized a new centralized government with a legislative branch and a strong executive
branch like Germany’s. [Democratic Ideas]
They took the United States’ public __________________ system as a model for their own.
To make their military resemble the armed forces of the _______________, they expanded it
and outfitted it with modern equipment, including new battleships.
All Japanese ________________ had to serve in the armed forces for ____________ years.
Like Western capitalists, they built factories and then sold them to investors.
A national ________________________ system was built to carry goods and workers to the
new factories.
Under Meiji Rule, Japan rapidly became an ______________________ society and important
world-trading partner.
Based on observations of Western nations, Japan decided that it, too, could
________________ from a colonial empire.
The Japanese islands lacked petroleum and iron ore as well as other _____________________
necessary for industry.
The Japanese also wanted more ______________ for an expanding population.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan fought ____________________________ over
Korea—one with China and one with Russia.
Japan ________ both wars.
The victory over Russia established Japan as world power.
Japan controlled Taiwan, Manchuria, Korea, and several islands off the coasts of China and
Russia.
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