Review Questions What was the long march? ◦Communist march to escape the nationalists What was the Great Leap Forward? ◦Mao Zedong’s plan to industrialize China How was the Great Leap Forward similar to Stalin’s modernization plans for USSR? ◦Both included collective farms and 5 year plans What was the cultural revolution? ◦Propaganda and indoctrination of people with virtues of communism How was the cultural revolution different from Stalin’s purge? ◦Stalin rid the country of all enemies, cultural rev focused on just propaganda Why did famine affect China? ◦Droughts caused crop failure Why did famine affect Ukraine? ◦Forced famine by Stalin

Agenda (2 days) Bellringer Review Questions Textbook reading: Meiji Restoration w. packet activity Notes: Japanese nationalism Exit Ticket “Last Samurai” Mod 3 – Essay due Monday!!

Review Questions What was the Great Leap Forward? ◦Mao Zedong’s plan to industrialize China with communes and five year plans What was the Long March? ◦Mao and communist party fleeing nationalists, helped gain support What was the cultural revolution? ◦Propaganda war; touted virtues of Mao and communism What were the red guards? ◦Revolutionary groups of students What event triggered the Indian Independence movement? ◦Amritsar Massacre How did Mao and Meiji’s stance on education differ? ◦Mao: education bad; Meiji: compulsory education

Objective Students will identify the cause and impacts of the Meiji restoration in an exit ticket

Textbook reading Read pages Complete organizer on page 39 of blue packet Identify at least 9 important or key ideas from the reading to put on organizer ◦Ideas: causes, effects, people, events, treaties, statistics, etc…

Japanese Nationalism

Historical Circumstance Archipelago: chain of Islands Ring of Fire: tectonic plate movement means lots of volcanos, earthquakes and tsunamis Shinto and Zen Buddhism: focus on nature Very mountainous (terrace farming) Very few natural resources Difficult to unify (islands like Greece)

Historical Circumstance At this point in time: Japan is at a crossroads: tradition vs. modernization Some Japanese see value in “westernizing” Others value the traditional way of Japanese life

Social Structure While no longer strictly enforced, this system is still deeply embedded into Japanese culture during this time period…

Clash of the warrior class – soldier or samurai?

U.S. Interference 1600’s The Tokugawa Shogunate had isolated Japan from the rest of the world U.S. wanted an open door policy to trade Remember what GB did to China?

Commodore Matthew Perry We didn’t do that! We sent Commodore Matthew Perry with a letter from the President of the U.S. (Milliard Fillmore) Letter stated we wanted to open doors to trade

Commodore Matthew Perry Treaty of Kanagawa :Tokugawa Shogunate agreed to open two ports to American ships Many felt that this demonstrated the weakness of the Shogun to the U.S. so they overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperorship to Emperor Meiji. They want to modernize on their own terms. Without foreign influence.

Meiji Restoration Major Explosion in Japanese Industry Full blown modernization Brought in experts from West and sent some Japanese to the west to learn new ideas. Took ideas from the west: factories, railroads

Impacts Strong central government – a new constitution gave emperor total power (instead of shogun) Zaibatsu: Wealthy families who became powerful in banking and industry Military power: modernized army and navy, men required to join Social change: public education, hiring western educators for universities to teach technology

Japan Becomes Imperial Power Japan needs more raw materials as it continues to industrialize Sino-Japanese War ( ) – Japan fights China, gains Taiwan and lands in Korea Russo-Japanese War ( ) – Russia vs Japan, Japan gained control of Korea

Exit Ticket What was the goal of the Meiji Restoration? ◦To modernize Japan on Japan’s terms How did Commodore Matthew Perry play a role in this restoration? ◦Presented letter from U.S seeking open door trade policy, Tokugawa Shogun allowed it leading to revolution What were the impacts of the Meiji restoration on Japan? ◦Public education, modern navy/military, western instructors, railroads, bridges Why did the Japanese become an imperial power? ◦Seeking raw materials in undeveloped countries

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