The Meiji Restoration
This emperor was restored to power during the Meiji Restoration
Who is Emperor Meiji
This type of public infrastructure (like railroads & telegraphs) was expanded during the Meiji period
What are transportation & communication networks?
After independence, most workers still labored on these large estates owned by the wealthy
What are latifundia?
This leader became president of Mexico in 1861 and promoted reforms such as land redistribution.
Who is Benito Juarez?
While Japan adopted a constitution, like the German constitution, this person had the power instead of elected representatives.
Who was the emperor?
The Meiji leaders aimed to modernize Japan by learning from this region
What is the West (Europe & the United States)
The government initially built factories, & sold them to powerful families, creating this type of economy.
What is zaibatsu capitalism?
This system trapped workers in cycles of debt and kept them in near-slavery conditions?
What is debt peonage?
Following independence, Mexico's government was dominated by this group.
What are caudillos?
This group resisted Meiji reforms because they feared losing traditional privileges and social roles.
Who are conservatives?
Meiji leaders used these two slogans to gain support for removing the shogun and restoring imperial rule
What are "Revere the Emperor!" and "Expel the Barbarians!"?
Many rural families sent their daughters to work in these during Japan's industrial growth.
What are silk factories?
Most profits from exports & industrialization in Latin America went to this small group
Who are the landowners or the wealthy?
This reform movement in Mexico aimed to reduce the power of the Church and military
What is La Reforma?
In Latin America, this institution often held large tracts of land and sided with elites, reinforcing inequality
What is the Catholic Church?
This system was dismantled and all classes in society were proclaimed equal
What is the feudal system?
This woman was arrested for speaking out in favor of women's rights during the Meiji period.
Who is Kishida Toshiko?
Countries like Britain and the U.S. provided these in exchange for economic influence in Latin America.
What are loans or foreign investments?
This dictator ruled Mexico after Juarez and promoted foreign investment while increasing poverty.
Who is Porfirio Diaz?
Many Japanese believed they were racially superior to other Asians and destined to lead the continent forward.
What are Social Darwinist concepts?
What two changes did the Meiji government make to gain more control over the country and modernize Japan's economy?
What are creating a national tax system and building a national education system?
This slogan defined traditional gender roles for women in Meiji Japan
What is "Good Wife, Wise Mother?"
These led to the growth of cities and the arrival of new immigrants
What are gold mines and coffee plantations?
This Cuban writer and revolutionary fought for Cuba's independence from Spain
Who is Jose Marti?
Despite modernization efforts, this major social inequality persisted in both Meiji Japan and Latin America.
What is gender inequality (or inequality between social classes)?