Move to Global Affairs (1888–1914)
This war in 1898 marked the emergence of the US as an imperial power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This puppet state was established by Japan in Manchuria.
What is Manchukuo?
This global economic crisis increased pressure on Japan to expand.
What is the Great Depression?
This organization condemned Japan’s actions but failed to stop them.
What is the League of Nations?
This concept explains why Japan expanded due to economic and political pressures.
What is causation?
This amendment allowed the US to intervene in Cuban affairs.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This 1937 clash marked the start of full-scale war between China and Japan.
What is the Marco Polo Bridge Incident?
This ideology promoted loyalty to the emperor and justified expansion.
What is militarism?
This report criticized Japan’s actions in Manchuria.
What is the Lytton Report?
This concept examines the impact of Japanese expansion on China and global tensions.
What is consequence?
This policy aimed to ensure equal trading rights in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This 1937 event involved mass killings and atrocities committed by Japanese forces in China.
What is the Rape of Nanjing?
These powerful industrial groups supported expansion for economic gain.
What are the zaibatsu?
This was Japan’s response to criticism from the League of Nations
What is withdrawing from the League of Nations (1933)?
This concept would compare Japanese expansion to German expansion in Europe.
What is comparison?
This corollary justified US intervention in Latin America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This policy aimed to create a Japanese-dominated economic and political bloc in Asia.
What is the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
This concept explains Japan’s desire to dominate Asia and reduce Western influence.
What is imperialism (or Pan-Asianism)?
This conflict between China and Japan escalated into a wider war after 1937.
What is the Second Sino-Japanese War?
This concept evaluates how important Japanese expansion was in causing WWII.
What is significance?
This canal significantly enhanced US naval and trade power.
What is the Panama Canal?
This 1931 incident was used by Japan as a pretext to invade Manchuria.
What is the Mukden Incident?
Japan lacked these and sought expansion to secure supplies (ex. oil and iron).
What are natural resources?
This failure highlighted the weakness of collective security in the interwar period.
What is the failure of the League of Nations (collective security)?
This approach would consider Japan’s perspective rather than judging by modern values.
What is historical perspective?