Japan Imperialism

Imperialism

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

League of Nations

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Daimyo

Japan's large landowners

Emperor Mutsuhito

the first emperor in the Meiji Restoration; 17 years old

Social Darwinism

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

Nazi Germany

Germany as ruled by Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945, a fascist state dedicated to extreme nationalism, territorial expansion, and the purification of the German state.

Totaltarianism

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Millard Fillmore

U.S president who sent a letter to Japan proposing opening ports for trade

Rape of nanking

infamous genocidal war crime committed by japanese military in Nanjing. started in 1937 and lasted a few weeks. japanese army raped, stole and killed prisoners of war and civilians

Russo-Japanese War

A 1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea

Invasion of Manchuria

Japan took over in 1931. Invaded for resources, set up a sphere of influence before completely taking over as a territoty

emperor

The supreme ruler of an empire, religious figure and controlled by shogun until Meiji reforms

Fascist Italy

led by Benito mussolini, Extreme nationalism , Militaristic expansionism, Charismatic leaders, Private property with strong government controls , Anti-communist

moderate

Person whose views are between conservative and liberal and may include some of both ideologies

Shogun

A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name

Meiji Reforms

1868 - returned authority to the Japanese emperor, birth of modern Japan, attempted to industrialize Japan, westernize it, sent people abroad to study, constitutional monarchy was formed

WWII

A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan — and the Allies, including France and Britain, and later the Soviet Union and the United States.

Militarism

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

Right wing dictatorship

hitler, mussolini

WWI

A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (which entered in 1915), and the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.

Commodore Perry

After arriving with a fleet of warships, he gets Japan to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) opening some ports to America. Helps to end Japanese isolation

Samurai

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

Tokugawa Shogunate

was a semi-feudal government of Japan in which one of the shoguns unified the country under his family's rule. This family ruled from Edo 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.

Nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

Treaty of Portsmouth

(1905) ended the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). It was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Left wing dictatorship

stalin

Great Depression

the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

feudal peasants

lowest class, worked in agriculture, merchants, fisherman

Edo

Tokugawa capital city; modern-day Tokyo; center of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Treaty of Kanagawa

1854 treaty between Japan and the US. Japan agreed to open two ports to American ships

German Inflation

Germany couldn't pay reparations, so government kept printing off more money, made Allies realize that Germany needed help in order to pay reparations

US Stock Market Crash

1929. This triggered the collapse into the Great Depression.

Socialist

person who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of all profits

Anti-Semitism

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Emperor Hirohito

At the start of his reign, Japan was still a fairly rural country with a limited industrial base. Japan's militarization of in the 1930's eventually led to Japan's invasion in China and involvement in WW2.