WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What was one effect of the Great Depression in Japan? The ultranationalists gained power. What made Manchuria attractive to the Japanese? It was rich in natural resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, the Japanese economy suffered debilitating effects from two sources, the impact of the worldwide depression and the appreciation of the yen associated with the return to the gold standard. The consequences, economically, were abrupt deflation and a severe contraction of economic activities in 1930 and 1931.

Detailed explanation-3: -Military officials and ultranationalists blamed the Depression on Western influences. They condemned politicians for agreeing to Western demands to stop overseas expansion. They resented American laws that excluded Japanese immigrants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Key question: How did Japan develop into an ultranationalist state with a strong military? Japan underwent major modernization in the late nineteenth century to become an ultranationalist state. The changes, part of the Meiji Restoration, were meant to protect Japan from foreign domination.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 1929 New York Stock Exchange crash and the failure of important European banks plunged the entire world into an economic depression. Japan was hit especially hard. With practically no natural resources, the nation had to import oil, iron, steel, and other commodities to keep its industry and military forces alive.

Detailed explanation-6: -Sakurakai (, “Cherry Blossom Society") – an ultranationalist secret society established by young officers within the Imperial Japanese Army in September 1930, with the goal of reorganizing the state along totalitarian militaristic lines, via a military coup d’état if necessary.