Historical Figures
What is the name of the man who led a US expedition to Japan in 1853?
Commodore Matthew Perry
What was Japan’s foreign policy since 1640?
Closed country or Isolation
In what year did the Japan Expedition make their first official American landing on the Japanese mainland?
1853
American expeditioners widely regarded Japanese people as ___.
Childish, inferior, or feminine
What did Perry claim the Japanese response to American technology was?
Wonder and astonishment
Who was president of the US at this time?
John Tyler
Name two of the “civilizing forces” the US wanted to bring to Japan
Commerce, Christianity, or Republican governance.
In what year did the United States formally establish trade with Japan?
1854
America has grown into what kind of society, with regards to White, Black, and Native American individuals? These same sentiments would be brought with them to Japan and its people.
Racialized or racially hierarchical
This form of art was helpful to the American crew in spreading Christianity and republicanism
Music
Jedidiah Morse, Samuel Goodrich, and Arnold Guyot were all famous in what field/profession?
Geography
What was Perry’s Primary goal in Japan?
Obtaining coal/creating a coaling station for an American steam route to China
What treaty formally established trade between Japan and the United States?
The Treaty of Kanagawa
Many crewmen hoped to bring a resurgence of what to Japan?
Japanese Christianity
Name two concepts justified America’s attempts to open up Japan?
Manifest destiny, White supremacy, or racism
Who was the acting master aboard the Powhatan?
Edward Yorke McCauley
Following the whaling incident of spring 1846, a memo provided to Perry described Japan as what?
“The common enemy of mankind”
Matthew Perry’s landing in Yokohama of March 8, 1854 marked the beginning of what?
Treaty negotiations
The forceful opening of Japan for trade was an example of what practice?
Gunboat diplomacy
How did Perry portray African Americans to the Japanese?
Through blackface minstrel shows and as strong but obedient bodyguards through public demonstrations
20th century U.S officials evoked the image of the Japan Expedition being a friendly mission, despite what really occurred. In particular, who celebrated Perry during the official surrender of the Japanese to the U.S on September 2nd, 1945?
General Douglas MacArthur
Through what method did Perry subtly threaten Japanese officials?
By giving gifts
Japan had a reputation for “barbarous” behavior amongst Americans of shipwrecked whalers. What was the name of the ship where the most infamous event occurred in spring of 1846?
The Lagoda
Japanese Christianity had been banned based on what policy?
Sakoku
Translatio imperii took the form of what in America?
Manifest destiny