Chapter 10 Self Quiz

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. What prompted the imperial household to send Hirohito on a European tour?

Concerns that his narrow-mindedness had made him incapable of ruling correct incorrect

A desire for him to learn English and French correct incorrect

A desire to raise the prestige of the imperial institution correct incorrect

A fear that Hiroito was becoming involved in domestic politics correct incorrect

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. What precisely was the military demand that caused the Taisho political crisis?

More expansionist activity in Asia correct incorrect

Higher levels of conscription correct incorrect

More control over government ministries correct incorrect

Money for two new divisions of infantry correct incorrect

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. What was notable about Hara Kei's cabinet of September 1918?

It was formed at the request of a Meiji oligarch who was incapable of forming his own government. correct incorrect

Its members were all assassinated in November 1921 correct incorrect

It included Terauchi Masatake and his enemy, Okuma Shigenobu correct incorrect

It was the first stable government in Japan's history made up primarily of elected politicians and members of a political party correct incorrect

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. What did 'constitutional government' mean in Japan in this period?

Strict adherence to the Charter Oath correct incorrect

A cabinet made up of elected Diet members correct incorrect

Closer consultation of politicians and the emperor correct incorrect

Constitutional reform correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was a key policy of the Minseito?

Reducing funding to the navy correct incorrect

Withdrawing Japan from Taiwan correct incorrect

Encouraging more military figures to serve in the cabinet correct incorrect

Expanding the electoral franchise correct incorrect

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. What was the order of succession of the Japanese emperors, by reign name?

Meiji, Taisho, Showa correct incorrect

Meiji, Showa, Taisho correct incorrect

Tokugawa, Meiji, Taisho correct incorrect

Taisho, Meiji, Showa correct incorrect

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. In which of the following years did a) Hirohito succeed the Taisho emperor and b) his coronation occur?

1914 and 1918 correct incorrect

1921 and 1923 correct incorrect

1924 and 1931 correct incorrect

1926 and 1928 correct incorrect

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. What was Emperor Hirohito's vision of his role in Japanese politics?

He was to observe but not interfere. correct incorrect

He was to actively in dictating policies correct incorrect

He was not to be involved in any way beyond public appearances correct incorrect

He was to be briefed regularly and express opinions to ministers correct incorrect

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. Which of the following institutions did NOT tend to be a conservative presence in Japanese politics in the 1920s?

The Privy Council correct incorrect

The genro and jushin correct incorrect

The House of Peers correct incorrect

The House of Representatives correct incorrect

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. What was the political objective of the Amur River Society?

Pushing Japanese expansion toward North America correct incorrect

Investment in Japanese businesses in Korea and Taiwan correct incorrect

Preventing Russian encroachment on Hokkaido correct incorrect

Imperialist expansion in Asia and rejection of democracy correct incorrect

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. Which year did Japan's first May Day celebration take place?

Historians are not certain correct incorrect

1920 correct incorrect

1925 correct incorrect

1936 correct incorrect

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. Who were the 'caged birds' of early 20th century Japan?

Oppressed women correct incorrect

Exploited animals correct incorrect

Daughters of aristocrats correct incorrect

Miners correct incorrect

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. Why did local elites gain from supporting a Diet politician?

Huge bribes correct incorrect

Prestige correct incorrect

Government spending in their district correct incorrect

Draft exemptions for their sons correct incorrect

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. What percentage of men could vote in Japan in 1919?

Five correct incorrect

Twelve correct incorrect

Twenty-one correct incorrect

Ninety-six correct incorrect

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. Which of the following groups were NOT critics of Minseito social liberalism?

Zaibatsu leaders correct incorrect

Bureaucrats in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce correct incorrect

Tenant farmers correct incorrect

Members of the Seiyukai correct incorrect

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. Which of the following did NOT occur during Japan's participation in World War I?

The seizure of German territory in China correct incorrect

The signing of an alliance with Britain correct incorrect

The issuing of the Twenty-One Demands correct incorrect

Control over islands in the Pacific correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Siberian Intervention?

Japanese forces functioning in the vicinity of Lake Baikal correct incorrect

Increasing Western suspicion of Japan correct incorrect

The annexation of Vladivostok correct incorrect

The loss of over ten thousand troops to disease and battle correct incorrect

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. Japanese governments reduced troop levels in the military, and directed most of the savings toward:

Increased spending on healthcare correct incorrect

Lower taxes correct incorrect

Imports of coal and oil correct incorrect

Purchase of more modern weapons correct incorrect

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. What was the Gentlemen's Agreement between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Saoinji?

That the Americans would build not fortifications in the Pacific in return for Japan limiting its naval capacity correct incorrect

That Japan would ally with France in return for American protection of its colonies correct incorrect

That Japan would limit Japanese emigration to America correct incorrect

That the Americans would reduce its influence in China in return for Japan reducing its influence on Hawaii. correct incorrect

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. What followed the death of Korea's dethroned king, Kojong, in 1919?

Massive protests in Korea correct incorrect

An organized socialist revolt in northern Korea correct incorrect

Woodrow Wilson calling for Korean self-determination correct incorrect

Japan being forced to cede Shandong back to China correct incorrect