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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