Do NOW! Get a textbook and go through the

visuals in chapter 27 with your group. Go slowly and talk about how each one relates to the information you read in the chapter.

Russia and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West

Russia Before Reform Tsars maintaining tight grip on conservative

ideals of Russia (against ideas of French Revolution)

Avoided nationalist revolutions in the west Expansionist tendencies (Eastern Europe

and Ottoman Empire) Peasants fell behind west in trade and

technology. Serfdom still prevalent Behind militarily- Crimean War (1854-1856)

Reform in Russia 1861 Emancipation of Serfs (about the

same time that the U.S. and Brazil abolish it)

1860s-1870s Alexander II- new law codes, zemstvoes, officer corps, trans-Siberian railroad

Modern factories

Cons of Reform Absence of a large middle class Industrialization not up to western

standards (population and resources) High tariffs to protect industries Emancipation maintained the tsarist

grip on power and led to unsatisfied peasants

Causes of Revolution Minority nationalities began making

demands on the tsar Famines Intelligentsia Radicals engaged in terrorist acts Spread of Marxist doctrines and the rise

of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) and the Bolsheviks

Revolution in 1905 (This is NOT the Communist

Revolution!)

1904 defeat in Russo-Japanese War 1905 workers and peasants revolt Result: creation of the Duma and

Stolypin reforms where peasants gained greater freedom from redemption payments and village controls

Japan: Final Decades of the Shogun

First half of 19th century saw a slow breakdown of political system

Economic problems- taxes based on agriculture

Rise of secularism Dutch Studies group and western influence By 1850s economic growth slowed and rural

protest increased

Japan Ends Isolation 1853 Matthew Perry in Edo Bay- U.S.

gained 2 ports in 1856 1860s political crisis as Samurai

increased their attacks on foreigners 1866 civil war 1868 Mutsuhito comes to power and

begins the Meiji Era

Meiji Era of Reform 1871 abolished feudalism and replaced

daimyos Political power centralized 1884 new conservative nobility Examination system 1889 new constitution granted limited

powers to Diet Parliament advised government but did not

control it

Japan Industrializes New army Banks, railroads, private enterprise State direction of development of

manufacturing (zaibatsu) By early 20th century Japan industrial

power but still not equal to west

Social/Cultural Effects of Reform in Japan

Population growth Universal education but insistence on

Japanese values Western fashion Religious values preserved Women remained inferior

Japan’s Imperialism 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War gave

Japan influence over Korea, Taiwan, and the Pescadores Islands

1904 Russo-Japanese War 1910 Korea annexed