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Japan on the

rise (1920)

growth and exapnsion

Liberal changes (1920)

problems below

the surface

unrest grows

the manchurian incident

Militarists in power

traditional values r revived

  • government accepts military domination
  • crack down on socialists
  • revive warrior values
  • spread nationalist message
  • used schools to teach absolute loyalty to the king

MORE EXPANSION IN CHINA

  • took advantage of civil war
  • increased influence
  • 1936 alllied with germany and italy (axis powers)
  • turned WW2 into a wide spread conflict

Conflicting forces in japan

First, a little background info on Japans

emperor, hirohito.

  • early 1930s
  • ultranationalists won support
  • foreign conquests
  • militarists plotted to overthrow government
  • breifly occupied tokyo
  • 1931 japanese take manchuria
  • blew up japanese tracks and blamed china
  • claiming to act in "self defense" conquered all of manchuria
  • set up puppet state
  • withdrew from leage of nations
  • expanded navy
  • great depression begins
  • ultranationalists discontent
  • blamed west for stopping expansion
  • angered by racist west policies
  • set their sites on manchuria

Ultranationslist: extreme nationalists

Manchuria: chinese province rich in national recources

  • rural peasents still poor, low factory wages
  • drawn to socialist ideas
  • youth regect tradition
  • military government tensions
  • many highs and lows
  • general improvment of economy
  • during 1920s began to move toward democracy
  • Diet (japanese parliment) exercised power
  • universal male suffrage
  • political parties still influenced(zaibatsu)
  • began to slow down expansion
  • agreed to limit size of navy and leave shandong
  • Incredible growth spur during and after WW1
  • exports to allied nations soared
  • annexed Korea as a colony
  • acquired more rights in china (21 demands)
  • took former german possesions
  • became a true industial giant
  • began to move towards a democracy and prosperity
  • drew back imperial goals for better PR
  • began to gain international prestige
  • conflicts, however, waited to uproot
  • economic crisis would bring them to light
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