Background Information
The March 1st protests were met with brutal suppression by what occupying force?
The Japanese colonial government
The March 1st Movement took place in this year.
1919
This independence activist assassinated Ito Hirobumi in Harbin.
Ahn Jung-geun
What was the main thing they did in the March 1st movement?
?Recite the Proclamation of Korean Independence
During the March 1st Movement, Korean protesters often carried this item as a symbol of their national pride and independence.
Korean National Flag (태극기)
Approximately this many people participated in the March 1st Movement protests.
Over 2 million
Korea finally achieved independence from Japan in this year.
1945
Which protester was a teenager who continued to lead demonstrations even after her arrest?
Yu Gwan-sun
What was the main impact of the March 1st movement?
Trigger for establishing the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
In addition to peaceful protests, Korean activists engaged in this method to spread awareness internationally about the March 1st Movement.
Sending diplomatic letters/appeals to foreign governments
When was the beginning of Japan's annexation of Korea?
1910
Ahn Jung-geun assassinated Ito Hirobumi in this year.
1909
This Korean activist carried out a bombing at Hongkou Park, Shanghai, against Japanese military officials.
Yoon Bong-gil
What was the main concept behind Koreans stating their independence?
(Hint: first emerged by Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference)
National Self-Determination (민족 자결 주의)
Many activists arrested after the March 1st Movement were tried in this type of court under Japanese colonial law.
Military tribunal (군사 법정)
After the March 1st protests, many captured activists were detained and tortured in this notorious location.
Seodaemun Prison
This year marked the death of Yu Gwan-sun in Seodaemun Prison.
1920
Known for his leadership in the Korean Provisional Government, this figure wrote Baekbeom Ilji.
Kim Gu
Considering probable violence during the movement, the representatives moved the place of the Declaration of Independence Ceremony where was it?
Taehwa Restaruant (태화관)
The March 1st Movement became a national holiday in this year, after the Republic of Korea was officially established.
1949
Where in central Seoul was the Korean Declaration of Independence first read?
Tapgol Park
Yoon Bong-gil's bombing attack on Japanese officials occurred in this year.
1932
Who is the Japanese military General that Yoon Bong-gil killed during his bombing attack in Shanghai?
General Shirakawa Yoshinori
What did the Government-General of Chosen change after observing the impact of the March 1st movement?
Stole economic independence of Koreans (through rice industry and unfair estate transaction) & increased the number of police officers
This historic agreement between Japan and Korea in 1905, often considered an illegal annexation, stripped Korea of its sovereignty.
Japan–Korea Protectorate Treaty (을사조약)