Russia Japan Blues.

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Instructions: Please read the following excerpts about the relations between Russia and Japan and the US and come up with some good lyrics for your blues tune about these countries.

1. Roosevelt knew that American business was involved in China, so he made it a point to protect the Open Door Policy. The Russians and Japanese began a war over influence in China.

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2. Roosevelt invited the countries to meet in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and agree on a Japanese victory.  The Japanese received port Arthur, the southern half of the Sakhalin Islands, and control of Korea while the Russians did not have to pay reparations.

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3. As a result of the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese immigration increased.  This began a wave of anti-Japanese agitation.  In San Francisco (1906) the school board put the 93 Japanese pupils in a separate school.  The Japanese government regarded this as an insult. 

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When you finish with your musical expression of this historical time. Please complete the section 5 review, page 541, questions 1-6 (work quietly please). If you finish with that – then complete the vocabulary section on page 542.

Thank you.