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54 Cards in this Set
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Charter Oath
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-1868 in Japan
-creates a National Assembly -gets rid of ridiculous old customs -unity of all classes -seeks knowledge from around the world |
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Iwakura Mission
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-1871
-Japanese send delegates to renegotiate unfair treaties -learn western customs |
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Saigo Takamori
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-Japanese that wanted to invade Korea in retaliation for suspension of trade at Japan House
-Led the Satsuma rebellion(last samurai rebellion) |
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
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"part with asia"
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Mito School
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-revere the emperor and expel the foreigners
-interested in history and primary documents -religious ceremony and government are intertwined |
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Practical Statecraft (Dutch Studies)
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-learning must be applicable to the day--confucianism is outdated
-need to know about western technology to survive |
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Matthew Perry
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-1853 sailed ships into Edo, forced shogunate to sign Kanagawa Treaty of Friendship
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Harris Treaty
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-1858
-extraterritoriality for US in Japan -Japan would open cities for trade -Japan had to accept low tariffs on imported goods |
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Ito Hirobumi
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-drafted the constitution of Meiji Japan
-became prime minister |
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Russo-Japanese War
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-1904-5
-fought over Korea -Ended by portsmouth treaty |
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Minobe Tatsukichi
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-The Diet is an organ that represents the people
-THe emperor is merely an organ of the state |
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Treaty of Shimonoseki
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-1895
-China must pay indemnity of silver to Japan -China loses Taiwan -Korea is independent -Ports are opened to Japan |
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Triple Intervention
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-France Britain and Germany force Japan to give up the Liaotung Peninsula
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Treaty of Kanghwa
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-Kojong forced to sign it by Japan lest he be invaded
-Extraterratoriality -Ports are opened up -Korea is supposedly on same level as Japan |
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Taewongun
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-regent of Kojong
-doesn't want ties to Japan or west -abducted by Qing troops because his hostility to Japan was seen as a threat |
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Eastern Learning
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-Tonghak--new religion that combined buddhism, confucianism, and daoism
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Sun Yat-sen
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-Anti-manchu revolutionary
-Three People's Principles: Nationalism, Democracy, People's Livelihood (socialism) |
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Yuan Shikai
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-brought to power by Qing after 1911 Revolution
-declared himself emperor and set up a police state--chinese people not ready for democracy |
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Long March
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-1934
-Communist soldiers march north to look for a new base after being encircled by Nationalists |
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Mukden Incident
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-1931
-Japanese sabatoge own railway and blame on Chinese to give a reason to invade Manchuria -set up Manchukuo |
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Whampoa Academy
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-established by Chiang Kai-shek
-military academy that becomes a political training ground |
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May 15th incident
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Mill workers on strike are killed by Japanese officials in China
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May 30th incident
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British officials open fire on a crowd in China
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Northern Expedition
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1926
-Launched by KMT to gain support |
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Shanghai Spring
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1927
-Chiang Kai-shek cuts a deal with the Green Gang and other underworlders; for their support he'll ignore their purging of unions -KMT kills people once they find out and protest |
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May Fourth Movement
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1919
-word arrives the Chinese are left out at Versaille despite their war effort -protests in Tiananmen are put down violently |
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Nurhaci
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Founder of Qing Dynasty
Member of the Jurchens claims Jurchens descend from the Jin Dynasty |
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Jurchens
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-tribal group from manchuria
-later called the Manchus -found the Qing |
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Zunghars
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Mongols, led by Galden, that rival the Qing
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Galden
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Leads the Zunghars, that rival the Qing
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Banner Units
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-organized Manchus
-large bureaucratic system -membership is hereditary -state is involved with members' lives -banners separated from rest of society |
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Ashikaga
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Warring states period in Japan
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Daimyo
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local leaders in Tokugawa Japan
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Oda Nobunaga
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makes Japanese unification feasible
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Unites most of Japan
Says he's doing it for others--Tenka (the realm) |
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Ieyasu Tokugawa
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unites Japan
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Battle of Sekigahara
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Between Ieyasu and those that remain loyal to Hideyoshi's son and heir
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Burakumin
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outcastes in Japan--hereditary
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Hinin
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"non humans" in Japan; based on occupation
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Floating World (Yoshiwara)
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entertainment quarter
coutesans come to gain promenance and fame |
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Yi Song-gye
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established the Choson dynasty
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King Yongjo
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kills son Prince Sado
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Zhu Xi
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offers a neat synthesis that becomes neo-confucianism
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Neoconfucianism
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-look within to find the order that applies to all things
-everything is linked - women have fewer privelages -more spiritual than confucianism |
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Cohong
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merchants with the monopoly on certain goods
dealt with foreigners instead of Qing |
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Hoppo
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-Head of Cohong in Canton
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Lin Zexu
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point man in fight against Opium
thought if he acted morally, the British would withdraw |
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Treaty of Nanking
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1842
China opens 5 ports to British Indemnity Cohong monopoly abolished Hong Kong given to British |
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White Lotus Rebelion
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-belief in Eternal Venerable Mother
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Nian Rebellion
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1851-1868
Yellow river flooded and groups of bandits formed to stay alive |
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Taiping Rebellion
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Guangxi Province
Minority Hakka follow a new kind of Chritianity |
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Tongzhi Restoration
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-led by Prince Gong
-adopts western style diplomacy -establishes a translation college |
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National Learning
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Led by Motoori Norinaga
focus on national identity descended from Sun Goddess |
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General Sherman
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Boat sails to Pyongyang, fires on people on banks of river, gets stuck, and crew is massacred
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