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Buildup to wwii ss
1. Buildup to WWII
Mrs. Boyd
Mt. Lebanon
10th Grade World Cultures
2. The Meiji Success
• Japan Modernizes
– Still keeps traditional values
• Japan’s confidence goes up.
– renegotiates unequal treaties.
– They want more – they want what
the west has
3.
4. • First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
• Gained:
• Taiwan
• Manchuria
• Foothold and Influence in Korea
• Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
• Destruction of a Russian fleet
• Finally respected as a world power
• Japan is seen as a growing threat
• Annexation of Korea (1910)
• World War I (1914-1918)
• Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-
1945)
• Included the Rape of Nanjing
7. Japanese Imperialism
• Why?
– Need for the raw
materials of
industry? – NO oil
– Lack of fertile land
for agriculture?
– Markets for finished
products?
– Population growth?
– Response to
Western
imperialism?
“Enrich the country, strengthen the military”
8. 1920s
• Peace and Happiness
– Japanese business leaders and
people are happy
• Decide that they have expanded
enough!
– Fighting is not always good for
business
• Leaders sign a pact with the U.S.
and Britain to reduce their navy
9. Effects of the Great
Depression
• Decreased the number of exports
to foreign countries.
– tariffs placed on imports to protect
their own industries
• 1929-1931 – Value of Japanese exports
fell by 50%
– Results: Factories closed and
unemployment rose
• Japan could not handle the
changes
– Many people started blaming the
government
– “If we would have continued
expansion we would have been fine.”
– Mad at American anti Asian
Immigration laws
10. Japanese Militarism on the
Rise
1930s – Japan becomes a military
dictatorship
– New leaders promote glorification of the
military
– Revival of Samurai traditions (Bushido Code)
• Mission: Free Asia from western
imperialism – get resources from China
11. Decision to Attack
• Japan joins the Axis Powers –
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
• Attacks China for resources.
• The U.S. response by cutting off
Japan’s oil supply
– Needs oil supply to continue
expanding and to operate their own
country
– New leaders will lose the people.
