ASAMST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Durham Stevens, Syngman Rhee, Ahn Changho
31 Jan 2018
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1902-1924: initial wave of korean immigration to the u. s. The initial wave of korean immigration was not as big as the korean immigration wave in the 1960s-1970s. Japanese colonialism in korea during this time impacted korean immigration in a way that reduced the number of korean immigra nts and the period of immigration as well. "hermit kingdom": korea secluded itself from the world. Within the "hermit kingdom," there was unstable, corrupt bureaucracy (internal political battles), famine, and peasant uprisings. Each of the unequal treaties forced korea to open up to trade with other nations (colonial intrusion) and give up extra territory. All treaties called for trade with little taxing on the western nations. These treaties destroyed korea"s small, domestic industries, which became unable to compete with the cheap foreign goods. Korea treaty of 1882: signed with the u. s. Taft-katsura agreement (1905) - agreement between the u. s. and japan where both recognized each other"s influence in the philippines and korea, respectively.
