Korea under Japanese rule

in an effort to preserve the philosophy in the face of burgeoning Buddhist and Confucianist influences.” Most of the people who have been carrying it down are monks, and if there are no monks, you would probably lose the religion. That is why the Japanese government is trying to save it, so we can believe in Shinto for many generations to…

When the Japanese surrendered and left the country it was split between the Vietnam and the French. Eventually the leader of Vietnam’s democracy, Ho Chi Minh, declared that Vietnam was now its own independent country. This caused a war to erupt between the followers…

However, as the Industrial Revolution continued to spread, more changes kept shifting family life. As time went on, a new strict code developed that families had to abide by. There were rules that said how dress at any occasion, how to give dinner parties, pay for a social call, when to write letters, how long to be sad over a dead relative, and parents taught their children that they were expected to be seen but not heard from. Along with…

The March Revolution saw extensive changes within the political, economic and social structure of Russia. It saw the abdication of the Tsar and the end of over 300 years of Romanov rule. The revolution also saw the formation of the Provisional Government which was made to look after people, until the representatives were elected. The Success of the March 1917 Revolution to a great extent caused by the inept leadership of Tsar Nicholas II. This ineptitude was highlighted through many different…

certainly not the case for the Korean people, this meant struggle and difficulty. As many Korean people thought this would be the end of Japanese control, and a chance to become unified. Due in part because Korea was part of the Japanese Empire from 1905 until 1945. This quickly led to a great deal of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. When Korea was liberated at the end of the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union held a temporary trusteeship. The…

As Mr. Ward stated, “North Korea is famously known as The Hermit Kingdom” (np). This title shows how the country isolates itself from the rest of the world. North Koreans believe in many things that they have been told. For example, North Koreans believe that Americans are the root to all evil in their country and that we are the reason that they are living so horribly. The North Korean government also has brainwashed the people to think that Americans are vile and disagreeable. North Korean…

faces and their ideals. First and foremost, Japan does not have the same type of government as us. In America, we have a federal presidential republic. In a federal republic, there are partially self governing states or regions with a constitution under a federal government, and the presidential part means that we have a president. Japan has a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. In a constitutional monarchy, there is a king or queen, or in Japan’s case, an emperor. This figure must follow…

claims that due to the fact that European and U.S colonial powers were a product of the European Enlightenment, they believed in the equality of all human beings. The Japanese also believed that within the spheres of race and culture, they shared these similarities with their colonized subjects. Therefore, European, U.S. and Japanese colonial endeavors were not a product of racist discrimination but a tactic developed to lift the status of women within in the areas that they colonized. I do not…

WHAT WOULDVE HAPPENED IF THE NAZI'S WON WORLD WAR II Imagine how the world would have been different if the Nazis had won World War II. , If the axis powers won over the allied forces. Since the Nazis were known for their destructive crimes, such a fantasy is undeniably a frightening one. However, let us try putting the negatives aside, and view a Nazi victory more as a fantasy than a nightmare. United States General George S. Patton had not realized until late in the war that the United…

dynasty began in 1644 when the Manchu people took over China and began their reign. It was not the greatest dynasty, nor the longest, but during its regime the people of China were changed forever, and it would be the last of the dynastic empires to rule. The people of China were exposed to the Western world through trade and conflicts like the Opium Wars. The influences that resulted from these exposures, as well as aspects of traditional Chinese Culture led to the modern Chinese government to…