| Empire of the rising sun 3-6-01 - 1930s Japan on the rise - Nationalism and imperialist expansion - WWI Japanese economy improved ie: exports to Allies - 1925 Japan becomes more democratic ie- all men can vote - Young Japanese left tradition for western ways - 1929 Great Depression hits - Japanese exports die - Democracy was blamed in Japan - New policy of Imperialism and military expansion - Militaristic society develops - Civil war in china weakens the country - Japan attacks China Japanese Militarism *Causes - unhappiness over loss of tradition - loss of foreign markets - unemployment - poverty among peasants - nationalism - expansion demand for Japan *Effects - 1931 Manchurian attack - withdrawl of the League of nations - Anti-western feelings - End of democratic feelings - Renewed practice of traditions - Increased honor of the emperor - Renewed expansion efforts to control China |