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When was the Meiji Restoration?
When is 1868-1912?
What was a major form of communication that was established in Japan in the Meiji period?
What was a telegraph?
What year did Japan make education a national priority?
When was 1868?
What countries did Japan colonize first during the Meiji Restoration?
Where were Korea, China, and Formosa(Taiwan)?
When was the first railroad built during the Meiji Restoration?
When was 1872?
Silk was what percent of Japan's exports during the Meiji period?
How much was 40%?
After 1868, who could attend school besides samurai?
What were commoners?
What did Japan purchase from Britain?
What were advanced warships?
When was the Gakusei introduced?
When is 1872?
Which of the following is an industry that did NOT grow during the Meiji period: tea, silk, cotton, coal mining, transportation?
What was coal mining?
Teacher training programs were expanded to include who?
What were women/samurai?
How did Japan train to go to war?
When was education made a priority?
When was 1868?
Why did the cotton industry grow during the Meiji period?
What was government investment, increased production capacity, and high foreign demand for textiles?
How did the changes in women’s education and teacher training challenge traditional social class roles in Japan?
What was gender inequality?
Why did Japan stop building their own factories?
What was reducing reliance on imports?