This DBQ examines Japan after 1853 when U.S. Navy Commodore Perry arrived and attempted to open up trade agreements between the two nations. Exploring 11 primary and secondary source documents (including 1 photograph, 1 map, 1 chart and 1 cartoon), students look at debates and changes in political isolationism and resistance to international trade as well as the effects of the trade agreements on the Japanese people, politics, culture and economy. Each document is followed by at least one constr