26.3 The Rise of Modern Japan

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(Hint: Its name has FIVE letters.)

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[p1] What had been the Japanese policy toward foreigners under the Tokugawa shogunate?

TWO of these are correct.

• Isolationist

• Only Dutch & Chinese merchants could visit, & only at Nagasaki, one day per year.

• Imperialist

• War-like

[p1] How did the United States convince the Tokugawa shogunate to make concessions & open trade to American merchants?

• Commodore Perry's warships created military pressure (i.e. do it or we'll blast you)

• President Fillmore promised financial kickbacks to the shogun & his officials (bribes)

• Christian missionaries preached the truth of the Bible, convincing the emperor to become a Catholic Christian.

[p1] "Resistance to opening foreign relations was especially strong among..." In 1868 the ___________________ ended shogun rule in Japan.

• Sat-Cho alliance of samurai

• US Navy under Commodore Perry

• Dutch fur-traders

• Tokugawa

[p2] The ___________________ was a period of modernization in Japan, and began during the reign of Emperor Mutsuhito.

• Meiji Restoration

• Tokugawa Shogunate

• Sat-Cho Alliance

[p2] Who really controlled the Meiji ruler?

• The emperor made his own decisions

• The Sat-Cho samurai leaders

• The shogunate

• Western advisors

[p2] The feudal lords were named governors of the territories called ______________.

• Prefectures

• Concessions

• Subsidies

• Provinces

[p2] Although the new Meiji Constitution gave most authority to the executive branch (in theory to the emperor), in practice most of the power resided with...

• the emperor.

• the legislative branch.

• the Meiji leaders.

• the shogun.

[p3] The Meiji leaders reformed land ownership & taxes. Why were the new taxes "a burden for farmers"?

• The taxes were higher than their old rent payments.

• The taxes were the same every year regardless of the harvest quality.

• The taxes were imposed harshly, with non-payers punished with death.

[p3] What was unique about the industrial development of Japan during the Meiji period?

• Government & private business were in close relationships, with the government giving subsidies to help industries.

• The Meiji government collected a tax on farmland in Japan, which was a burden to farmers, especially in bad harvest years.

• The government seized & controlled all land & property, charging rents to farmers & hoarding the wealth.