On 1 March, 1919, the nation-wide March 1st Movement that erupted in Korea signifies the arrival of this climax. However, the March 1st movement was violently suppressed by Japanese imperialists and failed in the end. The main reasons for its failure are…Secondly, Korean nationalists fantasized that they could "beg" for Korean independence from the United States and the Paris Peace Conference, instead of relying on the Korean people to achieve independence with violence. After the failure of the March 1st movement, Korean patriots could not begin anti-Japanese struggles, and therefore went into exile overseas in great numbers.