Source 19.1 An Edict of Expulsion
Source 19.2 Memorial on the American Demand for a Treaty
Source 19.3 A Sumo Wrestler and a Foreigner
Source 19.4 Reflections on My Errors
Source 19.5 Women and Westernization
Source 19.6 Critique of Wholesale Westernization
Source 19.7 War and Empire
Source 19.8 Fifty Years of New Japan
Instructions
This exercise asks you to assess the relationship between conclusions and evidence. Identify which of the following conclusions are supported by the specific piece of evidence. Click yes for those pieces of evidence that support the conclusion and no for those that do not.
Conclusion A
Japan could successfully resist Western powers without adopting Western ideas.
Conclusion B
Japan could be strengthened through engagement with the West.