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Commdore Perry arrives in Japan and forces Japan to open its ports to American ships to resupply. United States also demanded trade between Japan and the United States
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Emperor restored to most powerful. State Shinto religion. New land laws. People elected a Congress (Diet).
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Japan gained Korea and Port Arthur
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Japan fights against russia over Manchuria.
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Japan got a big opportunity to export goods to the supply demanding Europe. Japan gained the Qingdao Peninsula, the Marshall Islands, Marianas and the Carolines
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Japan invaded Manchuria. Chiang Kai-shek leader of China opposed the Japanese threat.
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A lot of trade between Tokyo and Washington. FDR bcame concerned that Japan depended on the USA for most of its metal, copper and oil.
Japan invaded China capturing big portion of its coast. -
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thousands of lives were lost on both sides
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American soldiers in The Pillipines were marched 65 miles north by the Japanese to a POW camp. If you stopped walking you were killed
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The Doolittle Raid was an attempt to cheer the american army up and make more people join the army.
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Stalemate; each side loses one aircraft carrier
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United States drpped atomic bomb on Hiroshima
