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Japan’s Modernisation Paper 4: Error Clinic
Japan’s Modernisation Paper 4: Error Clinic
Focused on compressed chronology and misread institutions: a one-year restoration, a constitution equated with democracy, and industrialisation measured only by gains.
Direct answers Answers and explanations for all ten questions
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 |
| Suggested time | 20 |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 3 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 3 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: DSE History Japan’s Modernisation |
| Level | Paper 4 (error clinic) |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationThe Treaty of Kanagawa was signed on 31 March 1854 and the restoration of imperial rule took place on 3 January 1868. How many days and years apart?
- FoundationError clinic: the claim that the restoration was completed within 1868. How many days and years from 3 January 1868 to the abolition of the domains on 29 August 1871?
- FoundationHow many years lie between the abolition of the domains on 29 August 1871 and the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution on 11 February 1889?
- IntermediateThe commutation of samurai stipends was enforced on 5 August 1876 and the Satsuma rebellion broke out in February 1877. How many days apart?
- IntermediateLand tax was fixed in cash. If the price of rice falls forty per cent, by what percentage does the real burden of a 100-dollar tax rise?
- IntermediateFrom the Ansei treaties of 29 July 1858 to the recovery of tariff autonomy on 17 July 1911, how many years elapsed?
- ChallengeHow many years separate the Meiji Constitution of 11 February 1889 from Hara Takashi forming the first party cabinet on 29 September 1918?
- ChallengeThe Ashio copper mine pollution widened in the 1880s and Tanaka Shozo appealed directly to the emperor in 1900. What is its significance for judging industrialisation?
- ChallengeThe treaty ending the Sino-Japanese War was signed on 17 April 1895 and Japan adopted the gold standard on 29 March 1897. How many days apart?
- Error redoError clinic: the claim that Japan became a democracy at once after the restoration. What does it overlook?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5026 days, about 13.8 years | Fourteen years separate the opening of the ports from the fall of the shogunate, with the Ansei purge and two Choshu expeditions in between. |
| 2 | 1334 days, about 3.7 years | The 1869 return of registers was largely nominal; real central control of land and people waited until 1871. |
| 3 | about 17.5 years | Institution building took eighteen years, from land tax and conscription to cabinet, local government and finally a constitution. |
| 4 | 194 days | Stipends became a one-off bond worth far less, and within half a year the samurai revolt followed. |
| 5 | about 66.7% (100 divided by 0.6 is roughly 166.7 dollars) | A fixed cash tax against falling produce prices means handing over more grain, which is why the Matsukata deflation hit farmers hard. |
| 6 | about 53.0 years | Treaty revision came in two steps: extraterritoriality ended in 1894 and tariff autonomy only in 1911, fifty-three years after the treaties. |
| 7 | about 29.6 years | The diet existed from the start, but oligarchs dominated until 1918, when the leader of the lower house majority first became premier. |
| 8 | it shows costs borne locally: ruined forests, dead fish and failed harvests, while profits went to the combine and the state | Judging the restoration needs more than steel and railway figures; ask who carried the cost and whether compensation and control were adequate. |
| 9 | 712 days | The indemnity of some 230 million taels served as the reserve, letting Japan move from silver to gold and enter international capital markets. |
| 10 | the emperor held sovereign power, cabinets answered to him rather than the diet, and the franchise was limited to taxpaying men, under one per cent of the population at first | A constitution and a diet are not democracy: sovereignty rested with the emperor and independent command later opened the way for the military. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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