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"Black ships", end of isolation
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Trade with US
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Trying to modernize but after winning the war against Russia, still being seen as a 2nd class nation by the rest of the world
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Reforms, Nationalization, Empire
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Signed with China
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Japanese expansion
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Giovanni Giolitti becomes prime minister
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There is unspread unrest
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Mussolini is expelled from the socialist party for his stance on the war, Mussolini sets up a newspaper II Popola d'Italia
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The "Twenty-One Demands" are made with China
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Italy is promised major gains by the Entente, Treaty of London
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Italy enters the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary
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Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and Ebert takes over as president of the new Weimar Republic
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Germany signs armistice to end WW1
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The Treaty of Versailles confirms Japan's war gains
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Italian elections are held and the Socialist Party and Catholic Party gain the majority of votes but fail to form a government
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Mussolini encourages Croatian separatists who want to break free from the newly created state of Yugoslavia
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Mussolini encourages Arab nationalists who challenge the British and French Empires
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The Nazi Party gains 18.3% of the votes in the Reichstag elections
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Puppet state, military, raw materials, railway incident, Kaotong army, militarized
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The League of Nations decides to set up a Commission under Lord Lytton to investigate the Mukden incident
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Japan bombs the Chinese districts of Shanghai, army officer revolts, prime minister Inukai is assassinated
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The Nazi Party gains 37.4% of the votes in the Reichstag elections
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The USA issues Stimson Non-Recognition Doctrine. The Lytton Commission publishes its report.
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Hitler introduces programme of rearmament
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Hitler leaves the Disarmament Conference and announces the intention to withdraw Germany from the League of Nations.
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Italy sends troops to its border with Austria to prevent Hitler's attempts at Anschluss
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A conference between Britain, France, and Italy. Together these countries formed the “Stresa Front” against German aggression, but their decisions were never implemented
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Japan signs the Anti-Commintern Pact with Germany. Election results in the Minseito Party in government. An attempted coup takes place in Japan, in favor of Kodo-ha. The start of Tosei domination of government.
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Second United Front established between the GMD and the CCP in China
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The Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The beginning of Sino-Japanese war
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An unofficial agreement is made with Britain accepting the status quo in the Mediterranean
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Cina Appeals to the League of Nations after the Marco Polo incident. USS Panay is sunk by the Japanese
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Italy joins the Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany and Japan, an anti-Soviet alliance
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The National Mobilization Bill. A proposal for the East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere is announced.
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The USA gives loans to the GMD
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Britain recognizes Italian Abyssinia
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The Imperial Rule Assistance Association is formed. All political parties are banned in Japan
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The USA starts an embargo on Japan and the trade deal is canceled
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Military alliance
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Italy declares itself non-belligerent when Germany invades Poland
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Japan sets up Wang Ching Wei as the puppet ruler of Manchukuo. Japan signs the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. Japan demands access to bases in Vietnam from the French
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Japan signs the Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union.
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Japan invades the rest of Indo-China
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Japan occupies southern Indo-China. The USA freezes Japanese assets. A total trade embargo is imposed by ABD powers
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A total oil embargo imposed on Japan by the USA
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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