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Imperialism in Japan

Imperialism in Japan. Ch 20 Sec 4. Changes in Japan. In less than 50 years, Japan had changed from a feudal farming country to a leading industrial power. Cities grew rapidly. Every inch of suitable land was cultivated. the food supply could not feed the population. Social tensions grew.

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Imperialism in Japan

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  1. Imperialism in Japan Ch 20 Sec 4

  2. Changes in Japan • In less than 50 years, Japan had changed from a feudal farming country to a leading industrial power. • Cities grew rapidly. • Every inch of suitable land was cultivated. • the food supply could not feed the population.

  3. Social tensions grew. • In the Meiji era • Japanese customs and law allowed little dissent. • By the 1920s, economic development, education, and Western ideas changed attitudes. • Workers organized labor unions • Tenant farmers demanded lower rents • Women took jobs in manufacturing, textile, and office work. • many Japanese • believed these changes corrupted the country both economically and morally.

  4. Opposition to westernization grew. • The military increased its influence. • They frowned on dissent. • Militarism increasingly influenced social, economic, and political development. • conflicts with the West also drove the military to increase its role. • Western nations would never treat Japan as equal. • They insisted that Japanese people return to traditional values.

  5. Japan had become an industrial and military power. • It hoped new territory would provide raw materials for Japan’s industries and markets. • Although Korea was independent, Japan dominated its government. • Japan then looked to Manchuria. • Japan believed Russia would soon dominate Manchuria. • Japan signed an alliance with Great Britain. The Anglo-Japanese alliance. • In 1904 Japan • sent Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from Manchuria.

  6. Russia failed to respond. • Japan attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in Manchuria. • The Japanese navy stunned the world by destroying the Russian Baltic fleet. • Although the Japanese were winning, • Russo-Japanese War was costing lives and money. • Japan asked U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt to mediate. • met at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. • Treaty of Portsmouth Russia gave Japan its lease on Port Arthur and withdrew troops from Manchuria. • When Japan annexed Korea in 1910, no other imperialist power protested.

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