Transcript Japan Modernization - Perry Local Schools

Bell Ringer!!!
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If you did not turn in the “Map of
Japan” Activity from yesterday,
turn it in to the black tray now.
•
In the bell ringer section of our
notes sheet, write in 2 positive and
2 negative effects of the policy of
Imperialism…
•
To show how
the policy of
Imperialism
had a world
wide effect,
especially in
the
modernization
of Japan
Modernization
of Japan
Global Impact
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Countries colonized by Western powers are
still badly damaged today by the
experience.
•
In Africa today, people still feel the effects
of 19th century imperialism.
Hollywood
vs.
Real Life
Global Impact
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
Western powers also
radically altered countries
that they never officially
colonized.
Two of these are Japan
and China.

The Japanese have a
reputation for adopting other
cultures and using them to
their own advantage.

This may explain why contact
with the West made them
much stronger.
Japan’s Feudal society
 From
about 1185 through the mid1800s, Japan was organized into a
feudal society.
 What
 Feudal
is a feudal society?????
Society = one in which local
lords govern their own lands, but
owe loyalty and military services to
a higher lord.
Japan’s Feudal society
 Shogun
= highest lord or military dictator.
 They
gave land to local lords(daimyo) in
exchange for their loyalty.
 Japan
does have an emperor…does he
have any political power?..........
 NO!! Ceremonial Leader - Symbolic
 What
occupation do most people have
in non-industrialized countries???
 The
majority of Japanese citizens were
farmers.
Japan’s Feudal society
 The
local lords maintained order in their
lands through the services of warriors
known as samurai.
End of Isolation
 The
Industrial Revolution and the
imperialist pressures ended Japan’s
isolation.
 In
1853, U.S. warships under the
command of Matthew Perry sailed
into Tokyo Harbor.
 Perry
presented the Japanese with a
letter from the President requesting
open trade between the two
countries.
Turn and Tell
 Let’s
say you were living in Japan at the
time the United State’s ships came into
the Tokyo Harbor…
 What
would your first thoughts be? How
would you react?
 Turn
and tell your neighbor quietly…
End of Isolation
 Instead
of being scared/worried, they
were amazed!!
 They
marveled at these steam-powered,
ironclad ships armed with cannons.
 In
1854, Japan and the United States
signed a treaty to open Japan to U.S.
trade.
 Other
nations soon followed the United
States in establishing trade and diplomatic
relations with Japan.
End of Isolation
 After
seeing Perry’s ships, the Japanese
realized that they would be unable to
resist the military and industrial power of
the United States.
 So
what do you think they did???
 INDUSTRIALIZED
themselves!!!!!!!
Industrializatio
n in Japan
Meiji Period
 Meiji
= Enlightened Rule
 Meiji
leaders studied Western countries
for ways to reform and modernize
Japan.
 What
kinds of changes can you
remember from your OGT notes that
Japan made??
Meiji Period
 New
government modeled after
Germany.
 Centralized
with Legislative Branch and
strong Executive Branch
 They
took the United States’ public
education system as a model for their
own.
Meiji Period
 New
Military
 Expanded
and acquired new modern
equipment such as guns and
battleships…
I
wonder where they got that idea??
 All
Japanese men had to serve in the
armed forces for three years.
 What
good does this do??
Meiji Period
 Like
Western capitalists, they built
factories and then sold them to investors.
A
national railroad system was built to
carry goods and workers to the new
factories.
 Under
Meiji Rule, Japan rapidly became
an industrial society and important
world-trading partner.
Think About It…
 Based
off of our
lesson yesterday,
why do you think it
was so simple for
Japan to become
a major trade
industry?

Think “Location.”
Imperial Japan
Japan
even learned the
benefits of becoming a
colonial empire.
Why
would they engage in this
policy? (Motivators)
T…………..Territory
E…………..Economics
N………….Nationalism
Imperial Japan
• Japan had improved so much that
they were even victorious in not one,
but two wars.
Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Imperial Japan