The Rise of the Japanese Empire

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Advanced Modern American History 2024-2025

Freshman Year

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Japan expands into

Manchuria

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by 1932, all of Manchuria

  • was seized

  • became a puppet state

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In 1937, Japan is at war with

China

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Japanese military

brutal

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Japan was not able to defeat

China due to large army + help from Britain + Soviet Union

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Greater East Asia…

Co-Prosperity Sphere

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Japan claims to liberate

  • Asia from European rule

  • real reason = wanted natural resources

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how does the U.S. respond to Japan’s expansion

  • trade embargo

  • froze all Japanese assets in U.S.

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what was the trade embargo

  • U.S. refuses to trade foreign oil w/ Japan

  • threatens their economy + military

  • scrap metal + oil