People
U.S. naval officer who opened Japan.
Commodore Perry
Opened Japan to the U.S.
Treaty of Kanagawa
Return of imperial rule in 1868.
Meiji Restoration
Military government led by a shogun.
Shogunate (Bakufu)
Symbol of early modernization. Installed between a Perry's ship and the Emperor's palace.
Telegraph
Emperor who led Japan’s modernization
Emperor Meiji
Ended the First Sino-Japanese War.
Treaty of Shimonoseki
Japan defeats China
First Sino-Japanese War
The last feudal regime of Japan.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Political ideology centered on military power.
Militarism
U.S. president who sent Perry to Japan.
Millard Fillmore
Ended the Russo-Japanese War.
Treaty of Portsmouth
Japan defeats Russia and gains global recognition.
Russo-Japanese War
Japanese parliament.
National Diet
Adoption of Western systems and technologies
Westernization
Japanese commander who defeated Russia.
Admiral Togo
Series of treaties forced on Japan by the West
Unequal Treaties
Last major samurai uprising.
Satsuma Rebellion
1889 constitution creating modern government.
Meiji Imperial Constitution
Rapid, state-driven modernization
Industrialization
Key Meiji leader and author of the Meiji Constitution
Ito Hirobumi
Russia, Germany, France push Japan to retreat.
Triple intervention
Japanese diplomatic study mission to the West
Iwakura Mission
Modern ministerial government.
Cabinet System
Law ordering universal military service in 1873
Conscription Law