pt 1

Question 1

What was a major outcome of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) for Japan?

Answer 1

Japan took a large portion of the Manchuria region and renamed it Manchuko.

Question 2

How did Western powers react to Japan’s victory in the First Sino-Japanese War?

Answer 2

It was a massive shock; no one expected Japan to win.

Question 3

What was the domestic reaction in Japan to victory in the First Sino-Japanese War?

Answer 3

There was a mass outpouring of national pride.

Question 4

What kind of concessions did Japan gain from China after the First Sino-Japanese War?

Answer 4

Concessions similar to the unequal treaties Japan had previously endured.

Question 5

What treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War and what did it pave the way for?

Answer 5

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895); it paved the way for empire building and containment of Russian expansion.

Question 6

What alliance did Japan form before the Russo-Japanese War and why?

Answer 6

An alliance with the UK in 1902 to counter Russian expansion in Asia.

Question 7

What triggered the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)?

Answer 7

Japan reacted to Russian aggression into the Manchuria region.

Question 8

What was the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War for Russia?

Answer 8

A resounding defeat.

Question 9

How did Russia’s defeat in the Russo-Japanese War affect Japan’s international standing?

Answer 9

Japan gained more respect as Russia recognized its influence in the area.

Question 10

What did Japan gain from Russia after the Russo-Japanese War?

Answer 10

The Liaodong Peninsula, the Railroad in Manchuria, Manchuria as a protectorate, and the southern half of Sakhalin.

Question 11

How did Japan’s victory over Russia affect its global image?

Answer 11

It put Japan ‘on the map’ as a world power.

Question 12

How did the Japanese public react to the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War?

Answer 12

They were unhappy, feeling the gains were not enough.

Question 13

What belief took hold in Japan after the Russo-Japanese War?

Answer 13

A belief in a Japanese Empire, superiority over Korea, and a national destiny.

Question 14

Causes of the sino Japanese war

Answer 14

1. Escalation of infighting in the Korean Royal household over the appropriate choice of a great power Ally.
2. the assassination of the Revolutionary Kim Ok-kyun on March 28th, 1894.
3. the Korean response to the Tonghak Rebellion to request Chinese deployments on June 3rd.
4. The Chinese and Japanese troop build ups in Korea in early June, and finally the sinking of the British transport ship Kowshing on July 25th, 1894.