<p> IMPERIAL JAPAN 1890-1945</p><p>Essential questions</p><p>1. Is it ever justified to dominate another country?</p><p>2. What consequences might that domination have on both the stronger and weaker country? Any benefits to imperialism for either of the countries involved?</p><p>Japan Questions</p><p>1. What reasons (internal and external) did Japan have to become an imperialist/ expansionist power? Were those reasons valid?</p><p>2. Did Japan have the same 'right' to become an imperial power as England, Germany or the United States?</p><p>3. How is propaganda used during times of war?</p><p>4. Why did Japan attack the United States at Pearl Harbor?</p><p>5. Why did Japan make an alliance with Nazi Germany during WWII, especially considering the Germans felt Asians were inferior?</p><p>6. What was the impact of WWII on Japan?</p><p>Vocabulary</p><p> nationalism</p><p> militarism</p><p>Propoganda</p><p> fascism</p><p> annex</p><p> modernization</p><p> oligarchy</p><p>Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Events</p><p>1890: Rescript on Education. Education emphasizes loyalty to the Emperor and civic responsibility</p><p>1895-1896: War with China over influence in Korea</p><p>1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War. Japan shocks the world by narrowly defeating a great European power. Discontent in Japan as the peace treaty does not give Japan all the country believed they were entitled to.</p><p>1910- Japan annexes Korea; dominance lasts until Japan's defeat in 1945</p><p>1914: Japan issues its 21 Demands to China</p><p>1919- End of WWI. Japan expected more territorial gains than they received from the Allied forces</p><p>1919: Racial Equality Clause rejected by the League of Nations</p><p>1920s: Rise of democratic movements and political parties in Japan</p><p>1921: Hirohito becomes regent of Japan</p><p>1923: Great Tokyo earthquake compounds Japan's domestic problems</p><p>1924: U.S. bars all Japanese immigration to the United States- the only country the U.S. bars.</p><p>1929: Great Depression causes economic hardship in Japan. Military gains greater control over Japanese government</p><p>1931: Manchurian Incident. Japan's troops go into Manchuria.</p><p>1937: Japan invaded Manchuria after 'Marco Polo Bridge' incident (beginning of WWII in Asia)</p><p>1939: Germany invades Poland. WWII starts in Europe</p><p>1941: Japan attacks the United States at Pearl Harbor. The next day they move against Dutch East Indies in a search for oil/ resources.</p><p>1942: The British surrender Singapore to the Japanese</p><p>1941-1945: Pacific War rages. Ultimately after two Atomic bombs are dropped on Japan the country surrenders on September 2, 1945.</p>