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United States and Japan sign Treaty of Kanagawa. Japan must open five ports to American trade. Americans can live in port cities, but did not have to obey Japanese laws. Pai very smal tax on imported items, "flooded" Japan with cheap products.
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Commodore Perry arrives in Japan and forces Japan to open its ports to Americans ships to resupply. Unired States also demmanded Japan to begin trading. (Gunboat Diplomacy)
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Emperor Meiji restored as supreme ruler of Japan. Japan begins modernization--new army, sent people to study in forgein countries, developed technology (trains,ships, telegraph
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Emperor restored to most powerful. State Shinto religeon. New land laws.
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Japan goes to war with China so that they could concor some land.
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Japan fights Russia for a wealthy land in China.
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Europe was in war at this time and it had allies ( other countries) to support them.
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Japan gains alot of money because Japans factories were open at that time. They also go get secret deals with Britain.
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Japan joins the League of Nations in the 1920s and serfe as a permanent member of the Council.
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America goes to war with Germany and the other Axis nations that were with Germany
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Japanese planed an attack on Pearl Harbor, America's Naval Base.
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America planed this attack on Japan so that they could boost the morale of AMerican people to join the war.
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Americans were forced to march a long way and if they stoped marching they would be executed
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Stalemate; Japan and United States both loose one aircraft carrier
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Americans intercept Japanese Coded message
Americans ambush Japanese Navy; Americans defeat “cream” of Japanese Navy
Turning point in war in Pacific -
Thousands of lives lost on both sides; indicator of number of American /Japanese lives that would be lost in the war
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United States drops bomb on Hiroshima
