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to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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updated as of 9 Feb 03
Back to Iraq: The Search for Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction Bush's New National Security Strategy of the United States Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Eisenhower
Library Research Topics Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.
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Modern World Civilization Handout Thirteen Topic: The China and Japan OUTLINE XIII. Rise of China and Japan. A. Introduction. B. The Opium Wars. C. The Meiji Restoration. D. Japan vs China. E. Sun Yat-sen and The Kuomintang F. The Chinese Civil War. G. The Great Pacific War. H. Why the Bomb? QUESTIONS: 1. What were the Opium Wars? Why did they happen and what impact did they have on China? Explain. 2. Why didn’t Japan follow the Chinese model of Western domination during the course of Japanese history? What kept that from happening? What accounts for Japanese imperialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Explain. 3. Who was Sun Yat-Sen? What part did he play in the evolution of China in the twentieth century? What program did he try to introduce? What accounts for his failure to bring reform to China? 4. Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941? How did the Japanese plan and the operation? Did Japan have any hope of succeeding? 5. The use of atomic weapons late in World War II has contributed to lively historical arguments. Was Harry Truman justified in using the atomic bomb? What options did Truman face in 1945? Ultimately, why was the bomb used? Explain. 6. If you were an advisor to Harry Truman, what would have been your recommendation been? TERMS: Meiji Restoration Purple Russo-Japanese War Commissioner Lin Potsdam Declaration Opium Wars Yalta Agreements Kuomintang Downfall Mao Tse-tung Manhattan Project Chiang Kai-shek Little Boy/Fat Man Long March Downfall Rape of Nanking Taiping Rebellion Mukden Incident Boxer Rebellion China Incident Twenty-one Demands Marco Polo Bridge
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