Study the cause-and-effect diagram.
A cause-and-effect chart is titled Commodore Perry’s Arrival in Japan. It has three rows with causes leading to effects. Row 1: Cause: The United States wishes to begin trading with Japan. Effect: President Fillmore sends Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan with four warships to pressure the Japanese to sign a trade agreement in July 1853. Row 2: Cause: Japan refuses to open its ports to American ships and orders the Americans to leave. Effect: Perry presents Japanese officials with a letter from the president and says he will return the following year. Row 3: Cause: Perry returns to Japan early the following year with nine warships as a display of strength. Effect: The Japanese enter into negotiations to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa, opening up ports to American trade.
Which form of imperialism does the diagram describe?
(1 point)
Responses
gunboat diplomacy
gunboat diplomacy
spheres of influence
spheres of influence
colonization
colonization
military conquest