Japanese Expansionism

By mariacarvalho

  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    The first treaty between Japan and the United States

  • Charter Oath

    The beginning of the Meiji Era

  • First Sino-Japanese War

    The war between Japan and China for supremacy in Korea

  • Treaty of Shimonoseki

    Ended the First Sino-Japanese War

  • Triple Intervention

    Intervention made by Russia, Germany, and France in relation to Japan's expansionism

  • Russian-Japanese War

    The war between Japan and Russia for territories
    Ended in 1905

  • Russian Revolution

    One of its immediate causes was the Russian military's disastrous performance in the Russian-Japanese War

  • Taisho Democracy

    1912 - 1926

  • First World War

    Japan was able to take advantage of the war economically

  • Racial Equality Clause

    Japan proposed it but it was denied by the League of Nations

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Japan ventured into the global arena of diplomacy for the first time

  • Washington Naval Treaty System

    Signed among the major Allies of World War I

  • Extension of the electorate

    Adult males were given the right to vote

  • Hirohito Period

    1926 - 1989

  • Manchuria Crisis

  • Mukden Incident

    Explosion on a section of the Japanese-owned South Manchurian Railway

  • Lytton Report

    Revealed Japan's deception

  • Second Sino-Japanese War

  • Battle of Shangai

    August-November 1937

  • Battle of Nanjing

    Nanjing fell on December 13, 1937

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack

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