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Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s

Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s. Aim: How Did the Meiji Reformation affect Japan? Do now: According to the cartoon which style of dress is the best and which is the worst? HW. Write a paragraph - Would you completely change your style of dress and culture if it meant success? Why or why not?.

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Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s

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  1. Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s Aim: How Did the Meiji Reformation affect Japan? Do now: According to the cartoon which style of dress is the best and which is the worst? HW. Write a paragraph - Would you completely change your style of dress and culture if it meant success? Why or why not? Enlightened Half-Enlightened Un-Enlightened

  2. 1853 – Commodore Matthew Perry“Opens Up” Japan to Western Trade!

  3. The Treaty of Kanagawa - 1854

  4. What Did the U. S. Want?? • Coaling stations. • More trading partners. • A haven for ship-wrecked sailors.

  5. Japan Annexes Korea

  6. Japan Learns a Lesson! In 1862, just before the start of the Meiji period, Tokugawa sent officials and scholars to China to study the situation there. A Japanese recorded in his diary from Shanghai… The Chinesehave become servants to the foreigners. Sovereignty may belong to China but in fact it's no more than a colony of Great Britain and France. How would this lesson change Japan?

  7. China’s “Unequal Treaties” • After the Opium War of 1839-1842, Japan was convinced that it had to Open Up to the West.

  8. LandRedistribution Westernizethe SchoolSystem(Fr. & Ger.) Abolitionof the feudal system ModernBankingSystem Modernize the Army(Prussian) MeijiReforms WrittenConstitution(Germans) Build aModern Navy(British) Human Rights & ReligiousFreedom EmperorWorshipIntensified

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