This section deals with post-meiji Japan; the failure to establish a democratic system of parliamentary government, the rise of militarism and extreme nationalism leading to aggression in Manchuria and China; and the attempt to establish a Japanese Empire in East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific under the guise of a Japanese dominated Co-Prosperity Sphere. The focus should be on the failure of democracy and the rise of militarism, placed in the context of Japanese cultural traditions, its perception of its economic requirements and the effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the international situation. Explore the political, economic, militaristic and social characteristics of the Japan in the late Meiji Period Compare and contrast the causes of and motivations for war between Japan and China in 1894-95 and Japan and Tsarist Russia in 1904-1905 Explain the reasons for Japan s expansionist foreign policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Detail the reasons for Japan s invasion and annexation of the Korean peninsula Evaluate the reasons for Japan s invasion; also analyze the implications Investigate the impetus for the rise of nationalism in Japan Analyze the impact of the Imperial Rescript on Education issued by the emperor on October 30, 1890 as an antidote to western individualism on Japanese society INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE: DP History HL -Option 4.7: Imperial Japan 1912-52; 2013/14: - Created by Dr. Andrew Blumbergs Branksome Hall Asia Investigate Japan s alliances prior to the First World War Analyze Japan s role in the First World War Describe the implications of the post-war conferences in Paris for Japan Explain the objectives of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 Describe the role of the Emperor in Japan
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE: DP History HL -Option 4.7: Japan 1912-52; 2013/14: - Created by Dr. Andrew Blumbergs Branksome Hall Asia Detail the conditions that existed in post-ww1 Japan that resulted in a militarist turn in Japan Explain the implications that the signing of the London Naval Treaty had for Japanese democracy and society Investigate the rise of militarism in Japan in the 1920s Identify and examine the various critics of the Naval Treaties and their motivations Investigate the role ultranationalist played in promoting a more aggressive Japanese Imperial foreign policy that led to war INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE: DP History HL -Option 4.7: Japan 1912-52; 2013/14: - Created by Dr. Andrew Blumbergs Branksome Hall Asia Assess the implications for Japanese Democracy of an army that was not held accountable to the elected civilian government Evaluate the role of the army in Japanese politics Debate the extent to which the Japanese Army provided a stabilizing and positive political force in Japan Examine the Manchurian Incident and the motivations and designs of the Japanese in instigating this event Analyze the impact of the Fifteen-Year War (1931 45) between China and Japan on Japanese Imperial ambitions
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE: DP History HL -Option 4.7: Japan 1912-52; 2013/14: - Created by Dr. Andrew Blumbergs Branksome Hall Asia Explore the Japanese motivation for declaring war on China in 1937 Examine the impact on Japanese relations with the West following the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 Analyze how propaganda was used in Japan to sustain the war effort (e.g., The Great Crocodile) Investigate the reasons/motivations for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 Assess the effectiveness of the Japanese military campaign in the Pacific Theatre of war INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE: DP History HL -Option 4.7: Japan 1912-52; 2013/14: - Created by Dr. Andrew Blumbergs Branksome Hall Asia Describe the events and significance of the major battles of the Pacific War Describe the nature of Japanese warfare and their treatment of POWs, Women and indigenous populations in occupied and annexed territories during WW2 Evaluate the use of atomic weapons in bringing about an unconditional Japanese surrender Debate whether the use of atomic weapons was justified in bringing about a Japanese capitulation and end to the war Compare and contrast the US occupation of Japan in 1945 to the Japanese occupation of its annexed and conquered territories from 1930 to 1945
Compare and contrast the US occupation of Japan in 1945 to the Japanese occupation of its annexed and conquered territories from 1930 to 1945 cont... Investigate and evaluate the political and military change effected and implemented by US and allied occupation forces in Japan Describe and analyze the social, economic and cultural reforms under the Occupation in Japan from 1945 52