Directions: Answer each question using the links attached.

Start the first video at 4:20.

1. How did the Japanese view foreigners?
2. Who was the Shogun threatened by? (3 nations)
3. For what reasons were these 3 nations interested in Japan?
4. How did the Shogun prepare for foreign invasion?
5. How did the Japanese respond to Comm. Perry’s ultimatum?
6. What was the result of Japan's opening to the West?

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/black_ships_and_samurai/bss_essay01.html

Begin reading at Representation of the “Throne of the Emperor of Japan at Jeddo” image from Gleason’s Pictorial for 6 paragraphs.

7. What were Perry’s preconceived notions of the Japanese that he discussed in his private journals? How were these different from reality?

8. What did the Treaty of Kanagawa give the United States?

9. Why was this expedition important to the US? Why was it important to the Japanese?

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/black_ships_and_samurai/cross01.html

10. How many shell guns did Comm. Perry have at his disposal?

11. What kind of ship was the Susquehanna? How was it powered?

In this section, you are to research the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. For each conflict do the following things, citing your credible sources as you go along. Make sure to cite your sources.

12. When did each war happen?

• Sino-Japanese War
• Russo-Japanese War

13. Who was Japan fighting with and for what reason?

• Sino-Japanese War
• Russo-Japanese War

14. Why was fighting these two wars important for establishing Japan as an imperial power? Why was doing this important for the survival of Japan in the Age of Imperialism?

Cite the sources that you used.