Russia+and+Japan

1. **What was the Decemberist uprising? What were its causes and effects?** -Was Russian officials led 3,000 soldiers to protest against Nicholas that believed he did not deserve the throne that occurred in December. They suppressed Nicholas power, but lost and faield by the tsar army. Nicholas created varities of regulations to prevent liberal movements in Russia 2. **What were the weaknesses of the Russian economy?** out of date economy, most of the population consisted of peasants, Tsar was an autocrat who decided the country economy business by himself with no help that refused to compromise 3. **What caused the Crimean War? what were its major effects?** The Russian Tsar Nicholas 1 got Russia into a desperate fight with Britain, France, Prussia and Austria and the Ottoman Empire over Russian attempts to use its power to force the Ottoman Empire to grant it access to the seas.he war demonstrated everything that was wrong with Russia - politically, militarily, socially, economically. Opened a door for Russian revolution. 4. **Why were serfs emancipated? how did their emancipation differ from the emancipation of slaves in the U.S.? What changes did it create?** to increase economy productivity for Russia at defeats by Europe during the Crimean war. 5 **What were the Zemstvoes? How successful were they?** was a form of government hat was instituted during the great liberal reforms perform 6. **What was the significance of the Trans-Siberian railroad?** The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. It is the longest railway in the world. Connected most of the world together by this single railroad, that then led to a bigger trasportation and created more ways to westernization. 7. **What economic reforms were enacted by Sergei Witte** 8. What were the signs that Russia was headed to revolution? (think about - intelligentsia, anarchists, Marxists, Bolsheviks.) This "bloody Sunday" was followed in succeeding months by a series of strikes, riots, assassinations, naval mutinies, and peasant outbreaks. On 8 March 1917, there were riots in Petrograd about the food shortages and the war. Tsars mmistakes, the army was badly ran and led.
 * Russia**

Adademics,Secular, developed more trade in Japan. Created a new governement, INTERLLECTUAL BECAME MORE POPULAR, SUCH AS SUTCH SCHOOLS, Confuscian made dominant He demanded that ports be opened to Americans, that prisoners be treated well and given back Perry landed for peace and trade talks on March 8th, 1854. opend ports in 1855 Abolished feudalism and in 1871, taxes resent agfriculture, Meiji state, allows to pass laws from both houses. Created banks and capital growing for industries. Built state roads that connected teh world. destroying old restrictions of old ways. Famers were given an insenttive to grow more agriculture population went up from new, but decreases resources. political parties were established, many schjolors copied philosophers, culture insecuruitie because it wasnt their original ideas. differnece in standards
 * Japan: Transformation without Revolution**
 * 1. Explain major developments in Japan in the early 1800's**
 * 2. What effect did the actions of Commodore Perry have on Japan? (include details on Samurai discontent)**
 * 3. List the actions taken by the Meiji State**
 * 4. Explain how Japan Industrialized - (Private and government roles)**
 * 5. List ways that Industrialization changed Japan**
 * 6. What division within Japanese society were created by modernization?**
 * Read //Good-Bye Asia// by Fukuzawa Yukichi. From Riley. Discuss article
 * Read In Depth p. 627 and answer questions
 * Analyze the two faces of Western Influence p.630