Unit 3

From Isolation to Adaptation

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 15, Lesson 1.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
• You will then be able to view the Reading/Study Guide Unit 3: Chapter 15, Lesson 1 worksheet.




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3. Read pages 328, 329, and 331 of your textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• How was Commodore Perry’s visit different from other visits by Europeans?
  
• After presenting the letter from the president, what did Perry do?
  
• What decision had the Japanese made by the time Commodore Perry returned?
  
• Why were many Japanese people unhappy with the deal?
  
• Why did the Japanese give in and sign?
  
• How does the idea of Manifest Destiny help to explain Perry’s mission to Japan?


4. Read pages 333 and 335 of your textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What were the three basic solutions suggested for the American problem?
  
• Your textbook says, “It was like a tidal wave.” What happened that had as much effect on the Japanese people as another tidal wave would have?
  
• What happened after the shogun resigned?
  
• Who won the civil war?
  


5. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.